McDermitt
E304325
McDermitt is a small unincorporated community and former mining town that straddles the Nevada–Oregon border in the northern Great Basin region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McDermitt canonical | 3 |
| McDermitt, Nevada | 3 |
| McDermitt, Nevada–Oregon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2813700 — 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: McDermitt Context triple: [Humboldt County, Nevada, hasCommunity, McDermitt]
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A.
Modoc
The Modoc are a Native American people traditionally from the area around the California–Oregon border, known for their resistance during the 19th-century Modoc War.
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B.
Elko
Elko is a small city in northeastern Nevada known as a regional hub for ranching, mining, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Winnemucca
Winnemucca is a small city in north-central Nevada known as a regional hub for ranching, mining, and transportation along Interstate 80.
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D.
Tonopah
Tonopah is a historic mining town in central Nevada that serves as the county seat of Nye County.
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E.
Dahlonega
Dahlonega is a historic north Georgia town best known for its 19th-century gold rush and as the site of the first major U.S. gold rush.
- 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: McDermitt Target entity description: McDermitt is a small unincorporated community and former mining town that straddles the Nevada–Oregon border in the northern Great Basin region.
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A.
Modoc
The Modoc are a Native American people traditionally from the area around the California–Oregon border, known for their resistance during the 19th-century Modoc War.
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B.
Elko
Elko is a small city in northeastern Nevada known as a regional hub for ranching, mining, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Winnemucca
Winnemucca is a small city in north-central Nevada known as a regional hub for ranching, mining, and transportation along Interstate 80.
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D.
Tonopah
Tonopah is a historic mining town in central Nevada that serves as the county seat of Nye County.
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E.
Dahlonega
Dahlonega is a historic north Georgia town best known for its 19th-century gold rush and as the site of the first major U.S. gold rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
former mining town ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| borderCommunity | Nevada–Oregon border town ⓘ |
| borderFeature |
Nevada–Oregon state line
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada–Oregon border
|
| borderStraddling | yes ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distanceToWinnemucca | about 73 miles north ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 4,400 feet ⓘ |
| governedAs |
unincorporated area of Humboldt County, Nevada
ⓘ
unincorporated area of Malheur County, Oregon ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 775 ⓘ |
| hasDemographicCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasEducationLevel | K–12 school available locally ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
McDermitt Combined School
ⓘ
post office ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | mining boom in 20th century ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ |
| hasNearbyGeologicalFeature | McDermitt Caldera ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMine | McDermitt Mine ⓘ |
| hasNearbyResource |
lithium-bearing deposits
ⓘ
mercury deposits ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 172 (2020 census) ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 89421 ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern | linear settlement along U.S. 95 ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | rural community ⓘ |
| hasVariantName | McDermit ⓘ |
| historicalIndustry | mercury mining ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Humboldt County, Nevada
ⓘ
Malheur County, Oregon ⓘ
linked to:
Malheur County (partial)
Nevada ⓘ Oregon ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Great Basin ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Quinn River ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Nevada–Oregon border
ⓘ
U.S. Route 95 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles McDermit ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Winnemucca, Nevada
ⓘ
linked to:
Winnemucca
|
| primaryEconomicActivity |
mining (historical)
ⓘ
ranching ⓘ |
| region | northern Great Basin ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportationCorridor | U.S. Route 95 corridor ⓘ |
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: McDermitt Description of subject: McDermitt is a small unincorporated community and former mining town that straddles the Nevada–Oregon border in the northern Great Basin region.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Humboldt County
linked to: McDermitt
linked to: McDermitt
linked to: McDermitt
linked to: McDermitt