Roswell, New Mexico
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Roswell, New Mexico is a city best known for its association with the 1947 UFO incident and its role as a regional economic and cultural center in southeastern New Mexico.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roswell, New Mexico canonical | 55 |
| Roswell, New Mexico, United States | 8 |
| Roswell | 3 |
| Roswell metropolitan area | 2 |
| Roswell micropolitan area | 1 |
| Roswell, New Mexico (TV series) | 1 |
| Roswell, New Mexico (as primary research location) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4080500 — 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: Roswell, New Mexico Context triple: [New Mexico's 2nd congressional district, containsCity, Roswell, New Mexico]
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A.
Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro, New Mexico is a small city in central New Mexico known for its proximity to the Very Large Array radio telescope and New Mexico Tech, a prominent science and engineering university.
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B.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico is the capital city of New Mexico, renowned for its Pueblo-style architecture, vibrant arts scene, and rich blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures.
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C.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico is a city in southern New Mexico known as a regional hub for education, agriculture, and technology, and as the home of New Mexico State University.
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D.
Gallup, New Mexico
Gallup, New Mexico is a historic city in western New Mexico known for its strong Native American cultural presence and its role as a prominent stop along the former U.S. Route 66.
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E.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico is a small town in northern New Mexico best known as the birthplace of the atomic bomb and a historic center of U.S. nuclear research.
- 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: Roswell, New Mexico Target entity description: Roswell, New Mexico is a city best known for its association with the 1947 UFO incident and its role as a regional economic and cultural center in southeastern New Mexico.
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A.
Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro, New Mexico is a small city in central New Mexico known for its proximity to the Very Large Array radio telescope and New Mexico Tech, a prominent science and engineering university.
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B.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico is the capital city of New Mexico, renowned for its Pueblo-style architecture, vibrant arts scene, and rich blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures.
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C.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico is a city in southern New Mexico known as a regional hub for education, agriculture, and technology, and as the home of New Mexico State University.
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D.
Gallup, New Mexico
Gallup, New Mexico is a historic city in western New Mexico known for its strong Native American cultural presence and its role as a prominent stop along the former U.S. Route 66.
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E.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Los Alamos, New Mexico is a small town in northern New Mexico best known as the birthplace of the atomic bomb and a historic center of U.S. nuclear research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| areaCode | 575 ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Hispanic and White population ⓘ |
| distanceTo | about 200 miles southeast of Albuquerque ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
dairy industry ⓘ military and aerospace ⓘ oil and gas ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1,100 meters
ⓘ
approximately 3,600 feet ⓘ |
| foundedAs | settlement in the 19th century ⓘ |
| governance | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
UFO-themed shops and attractions
ⓘ
historic downtown district ⓘ |
| hasEvent | annual UFO festival ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Eastern New Mexico University–Roswell
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern New Mexico University
|
| hasMuseum |
International UFO Museum and Research Center
ⓘ
Roswell Museum and Art Center ⓘ
linked to:
Roswell Museum
|
| incorporatedAs | city ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1947 UFO incident
ⓘ
Roswell UFO Festival ⓘ UFO tourism ⓘ regional cultural center in southeastern New Mexico ⓘ regional economic center in southeastern New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Chaves County, New Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pecos River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Roswell Smith ⓘ |
| near | Walker Air Force Base (former) ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
|
| partOf |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Llano Estacado region (near edge) ⓘ |
| populationTrend | medium-sized city by New Mexico standards ⓘ |
| postalCode |
88201
ⓘ
88203 ⓘ |
| region | southeastern New Mexico ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
U.S. Route 285
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 380 ⓘ U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Mountain Daylight Time ⓘ |
| transport | Roswell Air Center ⓘ |
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: Roswell, New Mexico Description of subject: Roswell, New Mexico is a city best known for its association with the 1947 UFO incident and its role as a regional economic and cultural center in southeastern New Mexico.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Walker Air Force Base (former)
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Dexter
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Goddard
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US 70
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