The Embarcadero
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The Embarcadero is a major waterfront roadway and promenade in San Francisco known for its piers, views of the bay, and access to landmarks like the Ferry Building.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Embarcadero canonical | 28 |
| The Embarcadero (street) | 3 |
| The Embarcadero roadway | 3 |
| Embarcadero Promenade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T297957 — 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: The Embarcadero Context triple: [F Market & Wharves, operatesAlongWaterfront, The Embarcadero]
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A.
Washington Street
Washington Street is a major thoroughfare running through San Francisco’s Chinatown, known for its dense concentration of Chinese shops, restaurants, and cultural landmarks.
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B.
College Street
College Street is a prominent thoroughfare in New Haven, Connecticut, running alongside Yale University’s Old Campus and connecting key parts of the downtown area.
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C.
Market Street
Market Street is a major shopping thoroughfare in Manchester city centre, known for its busy pedestrian zone and high street retail stores.
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D.
Market Street
Market Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Philadelphia known for its commercial activity, transit connections, and role as a central artery of the city.
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E.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street is a major thoroughfare running through the Newton Highlands village of Newton, Massachusetts, serving as one of its primary local roads.
- 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: The Embarcadero Target entity description: The Embarcadero is a major waterfront roadway and promenade in San Francisco known for its piers, views of the bay, and access to landmarks like the Ferry Building.
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A.
Washington Street
Washington Street is a major thoroughfare running through San Francisco’s Chinatown, known for its dense concentration of Chinese shops, restaurants, and cultural landmarks.
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B.
College Street
College Street is a prominent thoroughfare in New Haven, Connecticut, running alongside Yale University’s Old Campus and connecting key parts of the downtown area.
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C.
Market Street
Market Street is a major shopping thoroughfare in Manchester city centre, known for its busy pedestrian zone and high street retail stores.
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D.
Market Street
Market Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Philadelphia known for its commercial activity, transit connections, and role as a central artery of the city.
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E.
Walnut Street
Walnut Street is a major thoroughfare running through the Newton Highlands village of Newton, Massachusetts, serving as one of its primary local roads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
promenade
ⓘ
street in San Francisco ⓘ waterfront roadway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| connectsArea |
Financial District vicinity
ⓘ
Fisherman’s Wharf vicinity ⓘ South Beach ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| follows |
Port of San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco waterfront
|
| hasFeature |
access to ferry services
ⓘ
sidewalks ⓘ views of San Francisco Bay ⓘ waterfront promenade ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Exploratorium vicinity
ⓘ
Pier 39 vicinity ⓘ Ferry Building ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Ferry Building
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge vicinity ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Embarcadero BART station vicinity
ⓘ
Muni Metro lines ⓘ
surface form:
Muni light rail
historic streetcars ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to piers
ⓘ
pedestrian promenade ⓘ tourist attractions ⓘ waterfront views ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ |
| near |
Downtown San Francisco
ⓘ
Transbay Transit Center vicinity ⓘ |
| partOf | San Francisco street network ⓘ |
| recreation |
jogging
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| runsAlong | northeastern waterfront of San Francisco ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist destination ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cycling
ⓘ
pedestrian use ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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: The Embarcadero Description of subject: The Embarcadero is a major waterfront roadway and promenade in San Francisco known for its piers, views of the bay, and access to landmarks like the Ferry Building.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
F Market & Wharves
this entity surface form:
Embarcadero Promenade
this entity surface form:
The Embarcadero (street)
subject surface form:
Market Street (San Francisco)
subject surface form:
South Beach (San Francisco)
subject surface form:
Pier 1 (San Francisco)
this entity surface form:
The Embarcadero roadway
subject surface form:
Embarcadero station
subject surface form:
Embarcadero station
subject surface form:
Drumm Street
this entity surface form:
The Embarcadero roadway
subject surface form:
Market Street (San Francisco)
subject surface form:
Market Street (San Francisco)
this entity surface form:
The Embarcadero (street)
this entity surface form:
The Embarcadero (street)