Alxa Plateau
E95571
The Alxa Plateau is a high, arid tableland in western Inner Mongolia, China, characterized by extensive deserts and rugged terrain within the broader Gobi region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alxa Plateau canonical | 1 |
| Southwestern Inner Mongolia | 1 |
| Ālāshàn Méng | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T775320 — 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: Alxa Plateau Context triple: [Gobi Desert, contains, Alxa Plateau]
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A.
Dzungarian Basin
The Dzungarian Basin is a large inland depression in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, known for its arid climate, steppe and desert landscapes, and significant oil and gas reserves.
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B.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is a vast, ethnically diverse autonomous region in northern China known for its grassland landscapes, coal and rare earth resources, and significant Mongol cultural heritage.
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C.
Hopei–Chahar region
The Hopei–Chahar region was a historically significant area in northern China encompassing parts of modern Hebei and Inner Mongolia that became a focal point of Japanese military and political control in the 1930s.
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D.
Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.
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E.
Yan Mountains
The Yan Mountains are a major mountain range in northern China that form a natural barrier between the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau.
- 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: Alxa Plateau Target entity description: The Alxa Plateau is a high, arid tableland in western Inner Mongolia, China, characterized by extensive deserts and rugged terrain within the broader Gobi region.
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A.
Dzungarian Basin
The Dzungarian Basin is a large inland depression in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, known for its arid climate, steppe and desert landscapes, and significant oil and gas reserves.
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B.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is a vast, ethnically diverse autonomous region in northern China known for its grassland landscapes, coal and rare earth resources, and significant Mongol cultural heritage.
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C.
Hopei–Chahar region
The Hopei–Chahar region was a historically significant area in northern China encompassing parts of modern Hebei and Inner Mongolia that became a focal point of Japanese military and political control in the 1930s.
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D.
Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.
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E.
Yan Mountains
The Yan Mountains are a major mountain range in northern China that form a natural barrier between the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
plateau ⓘ tableland ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Hexi Corridor
ⓘ
Ordos ⓘ
surface form:
Ordos Plateau
|
| climate |
cold desert climate
ⓘ
continental climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Badain Jaran Desert
ⓘ
Tengger Desert ⓘ Ulan Buh Desert ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| drainage | endorheic basins ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
animal husbandry
ⓘ
mineral extraction ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1000–1500 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature | Mesozoic and Paleozoic basement rocks ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
arid
ⓘ
high elevation ⓘ large diurnal temperature range ⓘ low annual precipitation ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasLandform |
desert
ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ rocky hills ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
Mongolian ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
desert shrubs
ⓘ
sparse grassland ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Mongol
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol ethnic groups
|
| knownFor |
extreme aridity
ⓘ
Badain Jaran Desert ⓘ
surface form:
mega-dunes of Badain Jaran Desert
|
| locatedIn |
Alxa League
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Inner Mongolia
North China ⓘ
surface form:
northern China
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
western Inner Mongolia
|
| partOf |
Gobi Desert
ⓘ
Gobi Desert ⓘ
surface form:
Gobi region
|
| regionType | inland plateau ⓘ |
| surfaceMaterial |
aeolian sand
ⓘ
gravel plains ⓘ |
| timeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
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: Alxa Plateau Description of subject: The Alxa Plateau is a high, arid tableland in western Inner Mongolia, China, characterized by extensive deserts and rugged terrain within the broader Gobi region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ālāshàn Méng