San Marcos, Texas
E375053
San Marcos, Texas is a central Texas city along the San Marcos River known for its university campus, outlet shopping, and outdoor recreation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Marcos, Texas canonical | 10 |
| Downtown San Marcos | 1 |
| San Marcos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3641977 — 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 Marcos, Texas Context triple: [Southwest Texas State Teachers College, locatedIn, San Marcos, Texas]
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A.
San Marcos
San Marcos is a suburban city in northern San Diego County, California, known for its growing residential communities and educational institutions such as California State University San Marcos.
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B.
San Marcos
San Marcos is a city that maintains an official twinning partnership with Biel/Bienne in Switzerland, reflecting cultural and municipal cooperation between the two communities.
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C.
San Marcos
San Marcos is a city in western Guatemala that serves as the capital of the San Marcos Department near the country’s highest peak, Volcán Tajumulco.
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D.
College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas is a central Texas city best known as the home of Texas A&M University and its large student-centered community.
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E.
North Lake College Station
North Lake College Station is a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stop serving the North Lake College area in Irving, Texas.
- 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 Marcos, Texas Target entity description: San Marcos, Texas is a central Texas city along the San Marcos River known for its university campus, outlet shopping, and outdoor recreation.
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A.
San Marcos
San Marcos is a suburban city in northern San Diego County, California, known for its growing residential communities and educational institutions such as California State University San Marcos.
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B.
San Marcos
San Marcos is a city that maintains an official twinning partnership with Biel/Bienne in Switzerland, reflecting cultural and municipal cooperation between the two communities.
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C.
San Marcos
San Marcos is a city in western Guatemala that serves as the capital of the San Marcos Department near the country’s highest peak, Volcán Tajumulco.
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D.
College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas is a central Texas city best known as the home of Texas A&M University and its large student-centered community.
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E.
North Lake College Station
North Lake College Station is a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stop serving the North Lake College area in Irving, Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| areaCode |
512
ⓘ
737 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demographics | college town ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 182 meters ⓘ |
| foundedAs | San Marcos, Texas self-link ⓘ |
| governingBody | San Marcos City Council ⓘ |
| hasAirport | San Marcos Regional Airport ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
ⓘ
glass-bottom boat tours ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict |
San Marcos, Texas
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Downtown San Marcos
|
| hasMayor | mayor of San Marcos, Texas ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Rio Vista Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sewell Park ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
canoeing
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ kayaking ⓘ swimming ⓘ |
| hasRiver | San Marcos River ⓘ |
| hasShoppingCenter |
San Marcos Premium Outlets
ⓘ
Tanger Outlets ⓘ
surface form:
Tanger Outlets San Marcos
|
| hasSports | Texas State Bobcats athletics ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Texas State University ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Hays County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
San Marcos campus
ⓘ
surface form:
Texas State University campus
outdoor recreation ⓘ outlet shopping ⓘ river tubing ⓘ spring-fed river ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
City of Austin
ⓘ
surface form:
Austin, Texas
San Antonio, Texas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hays County, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| locatedOn | San Marcos River ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
City of Austin
ⓘ
surface form:
Austin, Texas
San Antonio, Texas ⓘ |
| partOf |
central Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Texas
|
| population | over 60,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| postalCodeRange | 78666 ⓘ |
| region | Texas Hill Country edge ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Guadalupe River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalupe River basin
|
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| traversedBy | Interstate 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterSource | San Marcos Springs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Marcos, Texas Description of subject: San Marcos, Texas is a central Texas city along the San Marcos River known for its university campus, outlet shopping, and outdoor recreation.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San Marcos
this entity surface form:
Downtown San Marcos