High Plains of Colorado
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The High Plains of Colorado are a semi-arid, high-elevation grassland region in eastern Colorado characterized by flat to gently rolling terrain, agriculture, and prairie ecosystems.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| High Plains | 14 |
| High Plains of Colorado canonical | 1 |
| High Plains of eastern Colorado | 1 |
| High Plains region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10168722 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High Plains of Colorado Context triple: [Smoky Hill River, sourceLocation, High Plains of Colorado]
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A.
High Plains of Kansas
The High Plains of Kansas are a vast, semi-arid plateau in western Kansas characterized by flat to gently rolling grasslands, extensive agriculture, and a largely rural landscape.
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B.
Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
The Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains is the largely rural, high-desert and mountainous region of western Colorado lying west of the Continental Divide, known for its mesas, canyons, and agricultural valleys.
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C.
Pikes Peak region
The Pikes Peak region is an area of central Colorado centered around the iconic 14,115-foot Pikes Peak mountain and encompassing nearby communities, outdoor recreation areas, and scenic Front Range landscapes.
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D.
Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau is a high, arid region of the southwestern United States renowned for its layered sedimentary rock formations, deep canyons, and iconic national parks such as the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Arches.
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E.
Arkansas Valley, Colorado
Arkansas Valley, Colorado is an agricultural region in southeastern Colorado known for its fertile river-bottom farmland and production of specialty crops such as Pueblo chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High Plains of Colorado Target entity description: The High Plains of Colorado are a semi-arid, high-elevation grassland region in eastern Colorado characterized by flat to gently rolling terrain, agriculture, and prairie ecosystems.
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A.
High Plains of Kansas
The High Plains of Kansas are a vast, semi-arid plateau in western Kansas characterized by flat to gently rolling grasslands, extensive agriculture, and a largely rural landscape.
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B.
Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
The Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains is the largely rural, high-desert and mountainous region of western Colorado lying west of the Continental Divide, known for its mesas, canyons, and agricultural valleys.
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C.
Pikes Peak region
The Pikes Peak region is an area of central Colorado centered around the iconic 14,115-foot Pikes Peak mountain and encompassing nearby communities, outdoor recreation areas, and scenic Front Range landscapes.
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D.
Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau is a high, arid region of the southwestern United States renowned for its layered sedimentary rock formations, deep canyons, and iconic national parks such as the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Arches.
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E.
Arkansas Valley, Colorado
Arkansas Valley, Colorado is an agricultural region in southeastern Colorado known for its fertile river-bottom farmland and production of specialty crops such as Pueblo chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
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grassland ⓘ high plain ⓘ region ⓘ |
| borders | Front Range of the Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
dry stream channels
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playa lakes ⓘ prairie dog colonies ⓘ shortgrass steppe ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasAverageElevation | approximately 1200–1800 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
high elevation
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low precipitation ⓘ strong winds ⓘ wide open spaces ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasClimateType | cold semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
grassland ecosystem
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prairie ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | limited surface water ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
drought
ⓘ
dust storms ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
flat terrain
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gently rolling terrain ⓘ |
| hasTypicalLandUse |
agriculture
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dryland farming ⓘ irrigated farming ⓘ ranching ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
mixed-grass prairie
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sagebrush steppe ⓘ shortgrass prairie ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
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eastern Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| overlies | Ogallala Aquifer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Plains
ⓘ
High Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsSpecies |
burrowing owl
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grassland birds ⓘ prairie dog ⓘ pronghorn ⓘ swift fox ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cattle grazing
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corn production ⓘ irrigated crop production ⓘ sorghum production ⓘ wheat production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: High Plains of Colorado Description of subject: The High Plains of Colorado are a semi-arid, high-elevation grassland region in eastern Colorado characterized by flat to gently rolling terrain, agriculture, and prairie ecosystems.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sterling, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
subject surface form:
Burlington, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
subject surface form:
Limon, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains region
subject surface form:
Brush, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains of eastern Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
subject surface form:
Cheyenne County, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
subject surface form:
Cheyenne County, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains
subject surface form:
Kiowa County, Colorado
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains
this entity surface form:
High Plains