San Francisco Bay Costanoan
E377917
The San Francisco Bay Costanoan are an Indigenous Ohlone-speaking people native to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, traditionally living in village communities along its shores and inland valleys.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monterey Bay Costanoan | 1 |
| San Francisco Bay Costanoan canonical | 1 |
| San Francisco Bay Costanoan language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3578972 — 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 Bay Costanoan Context triple: [Utian, hasSubgroup, San Francisco Bay Costanoan]
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A.
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large, shallow estuarine inlet on the coast of Northern California, known for its iconic bridges, maritime activity, and role as the geographic center of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Humboldt Bay
Humboldt Bay is a large natural harbor and coastal lagoon on the Northern California coast, known for its rich marine ecosystems, commercial port, and surrounding wetlands.
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C.
Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in Northern California that forms part of the greater San Francisco Bay system and serves as a key confluence for the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.
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D.
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta is a vast inland estuarine network of rivers, channels, and wetlands in Northern California that forms the state’s largest freshwater tidal ecosystem and a critical hub for its water supply and agriculture.
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E.
Tomales Bay
Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet on the coast of northern California known for its oyster farms, wildlife, and scenic kayaking and boating.
- 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 Bay Costanoan Target entity description: The San Francisco Bay Costanoan are an Indigenous Ohlone-speaking people native to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, traditionally living in village communities along its shores and inland valleys.
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A.
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large, shallow estuarine inlet on the coast of Northern California, known for its iconic bridges, maritime activity, and role as the geographic center of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Humboldt Bay
Humboldt Bay is a large natural harbor and coastal lagoon on the Northern California coast, known for its rich marine ecosystems, commercial port, and surrounding wetlands.
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C.
Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in Northern California that forms part of the greater San Francisco Bay system and serves as a key confluence for the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.
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D.
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta is a vast inland estuarine network of rivers, channels, and wetlands in Northern California that forms the state’s largest freshwater tidal ecosystem and a critical hub for its water supply and agriculture.
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E.
Tomales Bay
Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet on the coast of northern California known for its oyster farms, wildlife, and scenic kayaking and boating.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Ohlone group ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | shellmound-building cultures of San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| associatedMission |
Mission San Francisco de Asís
ⓘ
Mission San José ⓘ Mission Santa Clara de Asís ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
basketry
ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ seasonal ceremonies ⓘ |
| ethnographicRegion | Central California ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Spanish colonial period in California
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonial era in California
pre-contact California ⓘ |
| impactedBy |
Spanish colonial period in California
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonization of California
Spanish mission system ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Ohlone languages
ⓘ
Utian languages ⓘ |
| modernDescendants | contemporary Ohlone descendant communities ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Bay Miwok
ⓘ
Coast Miwok ⓘ Patwin ⓘ |
| regionType |
coastal people
ⓘ
estuarine people ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Mutsun Ohlone
ⓘ
Ohlone peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Ohlone groups
Rumsen Ohlone ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Ohlone spirituality ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Ohlone peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Ohlone people
|
| traditionalEconomy |
foraging
ⓘ
trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
domed structures
ⓘ
thatched houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Ohlone languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Ohlone language
San Francisco Bay Costanoan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Bay Costanoan language
|
| traditionalLifestyle | village-based communities ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
East Bay
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay shoreline at Berkeley ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Bay shoreline
San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ South Bay ⓘ inland valleys around San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
acorn processing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gathering wild plant foods ⓘ hunting ⓘ shellfish gathering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Francisco Bay Costanoan Description of subject: The San Francisco Bay Costanoan are an Indigenous Ohlone-speaking people native to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, traditionally living in village communities along its shores and inland valleys.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Monterey Bay Costanoan
San Francisco Bay Costanoan
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traditionalLanguage
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San Francisco Bay Costanoan
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
San Francisco Bay Costanoan language