N.D. Cal.
E361264
N.D. Cal. is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, a federal trial court covering the northern region of California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| N.D. Cal. canonical | 3 |
| N.D. California | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3487123 — 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: N.D. Cal. Context triple: [United States District Court for the Northern District of California, abbreviation, N.D. Cal.]
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A.
Campo, California
Campo, California is a small rural community in southeastern San Diego County known as the southern starting point of the Pacific Crest Trail near the U.S.–Mexico border.
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B.
California, United States
California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Kalifornia
Kalifornia is a 1993 neo-noir road thriller film that follows a journalist couple researching serial killers while unknowingly traveling with one.
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D.
CA
CA is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Canada in international standards and systems.
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E.
CA
CA is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Italian city of Cagliari.
- 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: N.D. Cal. Target entity description: N.D. Cal. is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, a federal trial court covering the northern region of California.
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A.
Campo, California
Campo, California is a small rural community in southeastern San Diego County known as the southern starting point of the Pacific Crest Trail near the U.S.–Mexico border.
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B.
California, United States
California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Kalifornia
Kalifornia is a 1993 neo-noir road thriller film that follows a journalist couple researching serial killers while unknowingly traveling with one.
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D.
CA
CA is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Canada in international standards and systems.
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E.
CA
CA is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Italian city of Cagliari.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States district court
ⓘ
federal trial court ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | United States District Court for the Northern District of California ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
N.D. Cal.
ⓘ
N.D. Cal. ⓘ
surface form:
N.D. California
|
| appealsTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ |
| circuit | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| courtSystem |
federal judiciary of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal judiciary
|
| courtType | federal trial court ⓘ |
| fullName | United States District Court for the Northern District of California ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
Northern California
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| governmentBranch |
Judicial branch of the United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
Judicial branch of the United States
|
| handlesCaseType |
antitrust cases
ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ class actions ⓘ copyright cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question cases ⓘ intellectual property cases ⓘ patent cases ⓘ securities cases ⓘ technology-related disputes ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
United States Constitution within its district
ⓘ
federal regulations within its district ⓘ federal statutes within its district ⓘ |
| hasCourthouseIn |
Eureka, California
ⓘ
Oakland ⓘ
surface form:
Oakland, California
San Francisco ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California
San Jose ⓘ
surface form:
San Jose, California
|
| hasLevel | trial court ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Ninth Circuit judicial system
United States district courts ⓘ
surface form:
United States District Courts
|
| jurisdiction |
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern District of California
federal law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Northern California ⓘ |
| primaryCourthouse | Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse ⓘ |
| primaryCourthouseCity |
San Francisco
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California
|
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subjectMatter |
cases between citizens of different states under diversity jurisdiction
ⓘ
cases involving the United States government ⓘ federal law disputes ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: N.D. Cal. Description of subject: N.D. Cal. is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, a federal trial court covering the northern region of California.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
N.D. California
this entity surface form:
N.D. California