New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
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The New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center is a leading U.S. facility specializing in research, development, and large-scale testing of explosives and other energetic materials for government, industry, and academic partners.
All labels observed (1)
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| New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4294999 — 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: New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center Context triple: [Socorro, New Mexico, hasNearbyFacility, New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center]
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A.
ATF National Laboratory Center
The ATF National Laboratory Center is a specialized forensic science facility that supports the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations involving firearms, explosives, arson, and related evidence.
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B.
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories is a major U.S. Department of Energy research and development facility specializing in national security, nuclear weapons engineering, and advanced science and technology.
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C.
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company is a manufacturer specializing in energetic materials and related safety and actuation technologies, serving aerospace, defense, and industrial markets.
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D.
Pantex Plant
Pantex Plant is a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Texas responsible for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear warheads.
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E.
Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
- 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: New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center Target entity description: The New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center is a leading U.S. facility specializing in research, development, and large-scale testing of explosives and other energetic materials for government, industry, and academic partners.
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A.
ATF National Laboratory Center
The ATF National Laboratory Center is a specialized forensic science facility that supports the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations involving firearms, explosives, arson, and related evidence.
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B.
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories is a major U.S. Department of Energy research and development facility specializing in national security, nuclear weapons engineering, and advanced science and technology.
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C.
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company is a manufacturer specializing in energetic materials and related safety and actuation technologies, serving aerospace, defense, and industrial markets.
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D.
Pantex Plant
Pantex Plant is a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Texas responsible for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear warheads.
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E.
Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
explosives testing facility
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research center ⓘ |
| activity |
blast effects measurement
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development of test protocols for explosives ⓘ field testing of munitions ⓘ large-scale explosives testing ⓘ research and development of energetic materials ⓘ training in explosives safety ⓘ |
| affiliation | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ⓘ |
| client |
U.S. government agencies
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linked to:
U.S. federal agencies
academic researchers ⓘ commercial industry ⓘ defense industry ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
U.S. Department of Defense
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linked to:
Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Homeland Security ⓘ law enforcement agencies ⓘ private defense contractors ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalRole |
provides hands-on training for students in explosives engineering
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supports New Mexico Tech academic programs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
blast effects
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counterterrorism technology ⓘ energetic materials ⓘ explosives engineering ⓘ explosives safety ⓘ explosives testing ⓘ homeland security research ⓘ munitions testing ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
ballistic test facilities
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blast measurement facilities ⓘ explosives storage magazines ⓘ instrumented test pads ⓘ laboratories for energetic materials ⓘ outdoor test range ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Mexico ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integrated research and testing capabilities for energetic materials
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large-scale explosive tests ⓘ |
| operatedBy | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ⓘ |
| purpose |
advance energetic materials science
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improve explosives safety ⓘ provide testing services to government and industry ⓘ support national security ⓘ |
| shortName | EMRTC ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
explosives
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improvised explosive device effects ⓘ propellants ⓘ pyrotechnics ⓘ |
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: New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center Description of subject: The New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center is a leading U.S. facility specializing in research, development, and large-scale testing of explosives and other energetic materials for government, industry, and academic partners.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Socorro, New Mexico
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hasNearbyFacility
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New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
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