San Francisco Opera
E106725
San Francisco Opera is one of the leading American opera companies, renowned for its grand productions and influential role in the cultural life of San Francisco.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Opera canonical | 21 |
| San Francisco Opera (at War Memorial Opera House) | 1 |
| San Francisco Opera (nearby) | 1 |
| San Francisco Opera Ballet | 1 |
| San Francisco Opera Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T904641 — 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: San Francisco Opera Context triple: [Gordon Getty, patronOf, San Francisco Opera]
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A.
Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe Opera is a renowned open-air opera company and festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico, celebrated for its innovative productions and dramatic desert setting.
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B.
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony is a major American orchestra based in San Francisco, renowned for its innovative programming, high-caliber performances, and extensive recording history.
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C.
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its innovative repertory, world-class dancers, and influential role in American ballet.
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D.
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is a world-renowned opera company based at Lincoln Center in New York City, known for its grand productions and leading role in the international opera scene.
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E.
Cincinnati Opera
Cincinnati Opera is a major American opera company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, known for its long history, summer festival seasons, and productions of both classic and contemporary works.
- 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: San Francisco Opera Target entity description: San Francisco Opera is one of the leading American opera companies, renowned for its grand productions and influential role in the cultural life of San Francisco.
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A.
Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe Opera is a renowned open-air opera company and festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico, celebrated for its innovative productions and dramatic desert setting.
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B.
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony is a major American orchestra based in San Francisco, renowned for its innovative programming, high-caliber performances, and extensive recording history.
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C.
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its innovative repertory, world-class dancers, and influential role in American ballet.
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D.
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is a world-renowned opera company based at Lincoln Center in New York City, known for its grand productions and leading role in the international opera scene.
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E.
Cincinnati Opera
Cincinnati Opera is a major American opera company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, known for its long history, summer festival seasons, and productions of both classic and contemporary works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
ⓘ
opera company ⓘ |
| cityServed | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
guest conductors
ⓘ
international opera singers ⓘ stage directors ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
presenting contemporary operas
ⓘ
presenting standard operatic repertoire ⓘ training young opera artists ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1923 ⓘ |
| founder | Gaetano Merola ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| hasArtisticDirector | various over time ⓘ |
| hasChorus | San Francisco Opera Chorus ⓘ |
| hasEducationProgram |
community outreach
ⓘ
family performances ⓘ school programs ⓘ |
| hasMusicDirector | various over time ⓘ |
| hasOrchestra | San Francisco Opera Orchestra ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Merola Opera Program
ⓘ
San Francisco Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Opera Center
|
| hasReputation |
major West Coast opera company
ⓘ
one of the leading American opera companies ⓘ |
| hasSeason |
fall opera season
ⓘ
summer opera season ⓘ |
| hasType | resident opera company ⓘ |
| homeVenue | War Memorial Opera House ⓘ |
| influences | cultural life of San Francisco ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ primarily Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ War Memorial Opera House ⓘ |
| notableFor |
American premieres of major operas
ⓘ
commissioning new operas ⓘ grand opera productions ⓘ role in cultural life of San Francisco ⓘ |
| partOf | San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center ⓘ |
| performsAt |
War Memorial Opera House
ⓘ
outdoor venues for special events ⓘ |
| performsWorksBy |
Giacomo Puccini
ⓘ
Giuseppe Verdi ⓘ Richard Wagner ⓘ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ |
| regionServed | Northern California ⓘ |
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: San Francisco Opera Description of subject: San Francisco Opera is one of the leading American opera companies, renowned for its grand productions and influential role in the cultural life of San Francisco.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Opera (at War Memorial Opera House)
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Opera Center
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Opera (nearby)
subject surface form:
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