China Basin
E92401
China Basin is a waterfront district in San Francisco known for its mix of commercial development, residential spaces, and proximity to Oracle Park along the city’s eastern shoreline.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| China Basin canonical | 5 |
| China Basin Channel | 1 |
| China Basin, San Francisco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T775966 — 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: China Basin Context triple: [Port of San Francisco, hasPart, China Basin]
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A.
Amerasian Basin
The Amerasian Basin is a major deep-water region of the Arctic Ocean located north of North America and Siberia, characterized by complex seafloor topography and significant geological and geopolitical interest.
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B.
Dzungarian Basin
The Dzungarian Basin is a large inland depression in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, known for its arid climate, steppe and desert landscapes, and significant oil and gas reserves.
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C.
Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.
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D.
Mono Basin
Mono Basin is a high-desert watershed in eastern California best known for Mono Lake, its striking tufa formations, and its dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery.
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E.
Colombian Basin
The Colombian Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, lying off the coasts of Colombia and Central America and forming one of the region’s major deep-water areas.
- 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: China Basin Target entity description: China Basin is a waterfront district in San Francisco known for its mix of commercial development, residential spaces, and proximity to Oracle Park along the city’s eastern shoreline.
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A.
Amerasian Basin
The Amerasian Basin is a major deep-water region of the Arctic Ocean located north of North America and Siberia, characterized by complex seafloor topography and significant geological and geopolitical interest.
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B.
Dzungarian Basin
The Dzungarian Basin is a large inland depression in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, known for its arid climate, steppe and desert landscapes, and significant oil and gas reserves.
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C.
Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.
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D.
Mono Basin
Mono Basin is a high-desert watershed in eastern California best known for Mono Lake, its striking tufa formations, and its dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery.
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E.
Colombian Basin
The Colombian Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, lying off the coasts of Colombia and Central America and forming one of the region’s major deep-water areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
neighborhood
ⓘ
waterfront district ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Mission Creek ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Mission Bay
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developmentType | redeveloped industrial waterfront ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
office buildings
ⓘ
piers ⓘ residential complexes ⓘ waterfront parks ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial
ⓘ
mixed-use ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Mission Bay
ⓘ
surface form:
Mission Bay neighborhood
Oracle Park ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Caltrain nearby
ⓘ
Muni Metro lines ⓘ
surface form:
Muni light rail
|
| hasWaterfront |
China Basin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
China Basin Channel
|
| knownFor |
proximity to Oracle Park
ⓘ
technology and biotech offices ⓘ waterfront development ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Oracle Park ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern shoreline of San Francisco ⓘ |
| partOf |
South of Market (SoMa)
ⓘ
surface form:
South of Market
|
| urbanPlanningDesignation | redevelopment area ⓘ |
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: China Basin Description of subject: China Basin is a waterfront district in San Francisco known for its mix of commercial development, residential spaces, and proximity to Oracle Park along the city’s eastern shoreline.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
China Basin, San Francisco
this entity surface form:
China Basin Channel
subject surface form:
King Street (San Francisco)