El Dorado County
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El Dorado County is a county in the Sierra Nevada region of Northern California known for its Gold Rush history, outdoor recreation, and proximity to Lake Tahoe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Dorado County canonical | 39 |
| El Dorado County government | 4 |
| El Dorado County Supervisorial District | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22116 — 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: El Dorado County Context triple: [Northern California, contains, El Dorado County]
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A.
Meriwether County
Meriwether County is a rural county in west-central Georgia known for its historic towns, including Warm Springs, and its association with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
Madera County
Madera County is a county in central California known for encompassing part of Yosemite National Park and serving as a gateway to the Sierra Nevada.
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C.
Barton County, Missouri
Barton County, Missouri is a rural county in southwestern Missouri known as the birthplace of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and for its county seat, the city of Lamar.
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D.
Cedar County, Iowa
Cedar County, Iowa is a predominantly rural county in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural landscape and historic communities, including the birthplace of President Herbert Hoover in West Branch.
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E.
Hardin County, Kentucky
Hardin County, Kentucky is a county in north-central Kentucky historically notable as the birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- 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: El Dorado County Target entity description: El Dorado County is a county in the Sierra Nevada region of Northern California known for its Gold Rush history, outdoor recreation, and proximity to Lake Tahoe.
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A.
Meriwether County
Meriwether County is a rural county in west-central Georgia known for its historic towns, including Warm Springs, and its association with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
Madera County
Madera County is a county in central California known for encompassing part of Yosemite National Park and serving as a gateway to the Sierra Nevada.
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C.
Barton County, Missouri
Barton County, Missouri is a rural county in southwestern Missouri known as the birthplace of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and for its county seat, the city of Lamar.
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D.
Cedar County, Iowa
Cedar County, Iowa is a predominantly rural county in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural landscape and historic communities, including the birthplace of President Herbert Hoover in West Branch.
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E.
Hardin County, Kentucky
Hardin County, Kentucky is a county in north-central Kentucky historically notable as the birthplace of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
county ⓘ |
| admittedAsCountyWithStatehood | yes ⓘ |
| areaCode | 530 ⓘ |
| borders |
Alpine County
ⓘ
Amador County, California ⓘ
surface form:
Amador County
Douglas County, Nevada ⓘ Lyon County, Nevada ⓘ Placer County ⓘ Sacramento County ⓘ |
| contains |
South Fork American River
ⓘ
surface form:
American River (South Fork segment)
Cameron Park ⓘ Coloma ⓘ Desolation Wilderness (part) ⓘ Shingle Springs ⓘ
surface form:
Diamond Springs
El Dorado Hills ⓘ Eldorado National Forest ⓘ
surface form:
Eldorado National Forest (part)
Georgetown ⓘ Lake Tahoe ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Tahoe (California side, southeast portion)
Placerville ⓘ Pollock Pines ⓘ Shingle Springs ⓘ South Lake Tahoe ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countySeat | Placerville ⓘ |
| elevationRange | Central Valley edge to Sierra Nevada crest ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1850 ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 06017 ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
Mediterranean climate in lower elevations
ⓘ
alpine climate in higher elevations ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | site of James W. Marshall’s 1848 gold discovery at Coloma ⓘ |
| knownFor |
California Gold Rush history
ⓘ
apple orchards ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ proximity to Lake Tahoe ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| largestCity | El Dorado Hills ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern California
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| namedAfter | El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Sacramento metropolitan area ⓘ |
| popularActivities |
boating on Lake Tahoe
ⓘ
camping ⓘ hiking and backpacking ⓘ skiing and snowboarding ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSectors |
agriculture
ⓘ
retail and services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| region | Gold Country ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
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: El Dorado County Description of subject: El Dorado County is a county in the Sierra Nevada region of Northern California known for its Gold Rush history, outdoor recreation, and proximity to Lake Tahoe.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
El Dorado County government
this entity surface form:
El Dorado County government
this entity surface form:
El Dorado County government
this entity surface form:
El Dorado County Supervisorial District
subject surface form:
Eastern California
subject surface form:
Georgetown, California
subject surface form:
Georgetown, California
this entity surface form:
El Dorado County government