San Francisco street grid
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The San Francisco street grid is the planned network of intersecting streets and avenues that organizes much of the city into rectangular blocks, particularly on its western and northeastern sides.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| San Francisco street grid canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10193257 — 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 street grid Context triple: [32nd Avenue (San Francisco), partOf, San Francisco street grid]
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A.
Los Angeles street grid
The Los Angeles street grid is the extensive, often irregular network of streets and boulevards that structures the layout, traffic flow, and neighborhood organization of the city of Los Angeles.
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B.
Sacramento street grid
The Sacramento street grid is the planned network of numbered and lettered streets that organizes the layout and navigation of Sacramento’s central urban area.
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C.
Seattle street grid
The Seattle street grid is the organized network of streets and avenues that structures the layout and navigation of Seattle’s urban core and surrounding neighborhoods.
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D.
Manhattan street grid
The Manhattan street grid is the iconic, rectilinear network of numbered streets and avenues that organizes most of the borough of Manhattan into uniform city blocks.
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E.
Downtown San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco is the city’s central urban core, known for its dense mix of financial, commercial, and historic neighborhoods, including iconic hilltop districts and major cultural landmarks.
- 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 street grid Target entity description: The San Francisco street grid is the planned network of intersecting streets and avenues that organizes much of the city into rectangular blocks, particularly on its western and northeastern sides.
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A.
Los Angeles street grid
The Los Angeles street grid is the extensive, often irregular network of streets and boulevards that structures the layout, traffic flow, and neighborhood organization of the city of Los Angeles.
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B.
Sacramento street grid
The Sacramento street grid is the planned network of numbered and lettered streets that organizes the layout and navigation of Sacramento’s central urban area.
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C.
Seattle street grid
The Seattle street grid is the organized network of streets and avenues that structures the layout and navigation of Seattle’s urban core and surrounding neighborhoods.
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D.
Manhattan street grid
The Manhattan street grid is the iconic, rectilinear network of numbered streets and avenues that organizes most of the borough of Manhattan into uniform city blocks.
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E.
Downtown San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco is the city’s central urban core, known for its dense mix of financial, commercial, and historic neighborhoods, including iconic hilltop districts and major cultural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street grid
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urban planning system ⓘ |
| appliesToArea |
northeastern San Francisco
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western San Francisco ⓘ |
| constrains |
building orientation in much of San Francisco
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traffic flow patterns in San Francisco ⓘ |
| coversNeighborhood |
Chinatown, San Francisco
NERFINISHED
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Downtown San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Financial District, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mission District, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ North Beach, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Richmond District, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ SoMa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunset District, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenderloin, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Addition, San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doesNotFullyCoverArea |
Glen Canyon area
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Golden Gate Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidio of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Twin Peaks area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
irregular adaptation to hilly topography
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multiple superimposed grids ⓘ non‑continuous alignments between neighborhoods ⓘ orthogonal street layout ⓘ planned network of intersecting streets and avenues ⓘ rectangular blocks ⓘ variable block sizes ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
frequent four‑way intersections
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long continuous avenues on west side of city ⓘ steep graded streets on grid-aligned hills ⓘ |
| hasStreetOrientation |
diagonal segments in some districts
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east–west ⓘ north–south ⓘ |
| historicallyExpandedWith |
post‑1906 earthquake reconstruction
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westward urban expansion in late 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | 19th‑century American grid planning practices ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| organizes | rectangular city blocks in San Francisco ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
San Francisco Municipal Railway bus routes
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San Francisco streetcar network NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco zoning patterns ⓘ |
| usedFor |
addressing system in San Francisco
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land subdivision ⓘ property development ⓘ transportation circulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Francisco street grid Description of subject: The San Francisco street grid is the planned network of intersecting streets and avenues that organizes much of the city into rectangular blocks, particularly on its western and northeastern sides.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
32nd Avenue (San Francisco)