Shiprock (monadnock)
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Shiprock (monadnock) is a prominent volcanic rock formation and sacred Navajo landmark rising dramatically from the desert plains of northwestern New Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiprock (monadnock) canonical | 2 |
| Shiprock pinnacle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10596816 — 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: Shiprock (monadnock) Context triple: [Shiprock, New Mexico, namedAfter, Shiprock (monadnock)]
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A.
Thumb Butte
Thumb Butte is a prominent granite landmark and popular hiking destination located just west of downtown Prescott, Arizona.
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B.
Skinner Butte
Skinner Butte is a prominent hill and public park overlooking downtown Eugene, Oregon, known for its scenic views, trails, and historic significance.
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C.
Sandstone Peak
Sandstone Peak is a prominent summit in Southern California known for its panoramic views and popular hiking trails within the Santa Monica Mountains.
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D.
Minna Bluff
Minna Bluff is a prominent, ice-covered volcanic promontory in Antarctica that extends into the Ross Ice Shelf and serves as a notable landmark for Antarctic exploration and research.
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E.
Hayrick Butte
Hayrick Butte is a flat-topped, ice-shaped volcanic feature (a tuya) in the central Oregon Cascades, notable for its steep sides and formation beneath glacial ice.
- 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: Shiprock (monadnock) Target entity description: Shiprock (monadnock) is a prominent volcanic rock formation and sacred Navajo landmark rising dramatically from the desert plains of northwestern New Mexico.
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A.
Thumb Butte
Thumb Butte is a prominent granite landmark and popular hiking destination located just west of downtown Prescott, Arizona.
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B.
Skinner Butte
Skinner Butte is a prominent hill and public park overlooking downtown Eugene, Oregon, known for its scenic views, trails, and historic significance.
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C.
Sandstone Peak
Sandstone Peak is a prominent summit in Southern California known for its panoramic views and popular hiking trails within the Santa Monica Mountains.
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D.
Minna Bluff
Minna Bluff is a prominent, ice-covered volcanic promontory in Antarctica that extends into the Ross Ice Shelf and serves as a notable landmark for Antarctic exploration and research.
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E.
Hayrick Butte
Hayrick Butte is a flat-topped, ice-shaped volcanic feature (a tuya) in the central Oregon Cascades, notable for its steep sides and formation beneath glacial ice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
ⓘ
monadnock ⓘ volcanic neck ⓘ |
| climbingBanReason |
sacred status to Navajo
ⓘ
safety concerns ⓘ |
| climbingStatus | climbing prohibited ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
associated with the story of the great bird that carried the Navajo to their land
ⓘ
central place in Navajo mythology ⓘ |
| distanceToNearestTown | about 10 miles southwest of Shiprock, New Mexico ⓘ |
| elevation |
2188 m
ⓘ
7177 ft ⓘ |
| formedAs | volcanic plug ⓘ |
| formedBy | erosion of surrounding sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Oligocene
ⓘ
about 27 million years ⓘ |
| governingBody | Navajo Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 36.6875° N ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | 108.8439° W ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
radiating dike walls
ⓘ
steep volcanic spire ⓘ |
| heightAboveSurroundings |
about 1570 ft
ⓘ
about 480 m ⓘ |
| inDesert | high desert of the Colorado Plateau ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
San Juan County, New Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
northwestern New Mexico ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | resembles a 19th‑century clipper ship ⓘ |
| nativeName | Tsé Bitʼaʼí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Navajo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameMeaning |
rock with wings
ⓘ
winged rock ⓘ |
| nearSettlement | Shiprock, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onLandOf | Navajo Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Navajo Volcanic Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographicSubject | popular subject for landscape photography ⓘ |
| prominence |
1582 ft
ⓘ
482 m ⓘ |
| protectedStatus | on tribal land with restricted access ⓘ |
| region | Four Corners region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rockType |
minette
ⓘ
volcanic breccia ⓘ |
| sacredTo | Navajo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | navigational landmark ⓘ |
| USGSMap | USGS Shiprock quadrangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | many miles across the surrounding desert ⓘ |
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: Shiprock (monadnock) Description of subject: Shiprock (monadnock) is a prominent volcanic rock formation and sacred Navajo landmark rising dramatically from the desert plains of northwestern New Mexico.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shiprock pinnacle