Lamesa, Texas
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Lamesa, Texas is a small West Texas city that serves as an agricultural and regional service center on the Llano Estacado.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamesa, Texas canonical | 3 |
| Lamesa, Texas, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11024952 — 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: Lamesa, Texas Context triple: [Dawson County, Texas, countySeat, Lamesa, Texas]
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A.
Mesquite, Texas
Mesquite, Texas is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth area known for its strong retail centers, rodeo heritage, and family-oriented residential communities.
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B.
New London, Texas
New London, Texas is a small East Texas town best known as the site of the 1937 New London School explosion, one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history.
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C.
Velasco, Texas
Velasco, Texas was a historic Gulf Coast port town that played a key role in early Texas history, including as the site where treaties ending the Texas Revolution were signed.
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D.
El Campo, Texas
El Campo, Texas is a small city in Wharton County known for its agricultural roots and location within the greater Houston metropolitan region.
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E.
Lorena, Texas
Lorena, Texas is a small city in Central Texas that functions as a suburban community within the Waco metropolitan area.
- 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: Lamesa, Texas Target entity description: Lamesa, Texas is a small West Texas city that serves as an agricultural and regional service center on the Llano Estacado.
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A.
Mesquite, Texas
Mesquite, Texas is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth area known for its strong retail centers, rodeo heritage, and family-oriented residential communities.
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B.
New London, Texas
New London, Texas is a small East Texas town best known as the site of the 1937 New London School explosion, one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history.
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C.
Velasco, Texas
Velasco, Texas was a historic Gulf Coast port town that played a key role in early Texas history, including as the site where treaties ending the Texas Revolution were signed.
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D.
El Campo, Texas
El Campo, Texas is a small city in Wharton County known for its agricultural roots and location within the greater Houston metropolitan region.
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E.
Lorena, Texas
Lorena, Texas is a small city in Central Texas that functions as a suburban community within the Waco metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| areaCode | 806 ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeatOf | Dawson County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToLubbock | about 60 miles south GENERATED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ cotton production ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 2,979 feet
ⓘ
about 908 meters ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 48-41140 ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1903 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1361122 ⓘ |
| governmentType | city government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Lamesa Municipal Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Lamesa Independent School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts | annual chicken fried steak festival ⓘ |
| incorporationDate | 1905 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landArea | predominantly land ⓘ |
| landUse |
dryland farming
ⓘ
irrigated cropland ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 32.737° N ⓘ |
| localGovernmentJurisdiction | Dawson County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dawson County, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
High Plains of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Llano Estacado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitude | approximately 101.951° W ⓘ |
| nearestLargeCity | Lubbock, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Home of the Chicken Fried Steak Festival ⓘ |
| partOf | South Plains region of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrend | small city ⓘ |
| postalCode | 79331 ⓘ |
| primaryCrops |
cotton
ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| region | West Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadAccess |
Texas State Highway 137
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas State Highway 349 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
agricultural center
ⓘ
regional service center ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| waterArea | very small ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lamesa, Texas Description of subject: Lamesa, Texas is a small West Texas city that serves as an agricultural and regional service center on the Llano Estacado.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dawson County, Texas
subject surface form:
Dawson County, Texas
subject surface form:
Dawson County, Texas
this entity surface form:
Lamesa, Texas, United States