First Unitarian Church of San Francisco
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The First Unitarian Church of San Francisco is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation known for its progressive social activism and influential 19th-century minister Thomas Starr King.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Unitarian Church of San Francisco canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12921944 — 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: First Unitarian Church of San Francisco Context triple: [Thomas Starr King, employer, First Unitarian Church of San Francisco]
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First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley, California)
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Berkeley, California is a landmark early 20th-century church renowned for its innovative Arts and Crafts–influenced architecture and harmonious integration with its natural surroundings.
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St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley is a historic California church renowned as an early landmark of architect Julia Morgan’s work, showcasing her distinctive Arts and Crafts–influenced design.
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Stanford Memorial Church
Stanford Memorial Church is a historic, Romanesque-style nondenominational church located at the center of Stanford University’s campus, known for its elaborate mosaics and role as a campus landmark.
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D.
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation housed in a distinctive 19th-century building noted for its bold, eclectic architecture.
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former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco
The former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist in San Francisco is a historic religious building now repurposed to house the headquarters and facilities of the Internet Archive.
- 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: First Unitarian Church of San Francisco Target entity description: The First Unitarian Church of San Francisco is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation known for its progressive social activism and influential 19th-century minister Thomas Starr King.
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A.
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley, California)
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Berkeley, California is a landmark early 20th-century church renowned for its innovative Arts and Crafts–influenced architecture and harmonious integration with its natural surroundings.
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B.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley is a historic California church renowned as an early landmark of architect Julia Morgan’s work, showcasing her distinctive Arts and Crafts–influenced design.
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C.
Stanford Memorial Church
Stanford Memorial Church is a historic, Romanesque-style nondenominational church located at the center of Stanford University’s campus, known for its elaborate mosaics and role as a campus landmark.
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D.
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation housed in a distinctive 19th-century building noted for its bold, eclectic architecture.
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E.
former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco
The former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist in San Francisco is a historic religious building now repurposed to house the headquarters and facilities of the Internet Archive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unitarian Universalist church
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historic church ⓘ religious organization ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Unitarian Universalist social action
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progressive Christianity ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| denomination |
Unitarian Universalist
ⓘ
linked to:
Unitarian Universalism
|
| follows | Unitarian Universalist theology ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historic congregation
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progressive ⓘ socially active ⓘ |
| hasCommunityRole |
center for progressive activism
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religious community hub in San Francisco ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
19th-century Unitarianism
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American religious liberalism ⓘ |
| hasMinister | Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| ideology | liberal religion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic Unitarian Universalist congregation
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progressive social activism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableClergy | Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential 19th-century ministry of Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Northern California
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San Francisco ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Unitarian Universalism ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
community service
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congregational worship ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Unitarianism
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Universalism ⓘ |
| servesCommunity | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| typeOfBuilding | church building ⓘ |
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: First Unitarian Church of San Francisco Description of subject: The First Unitarian Church of San Francisco is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation known for its progressive social activism and influential 19th-century minister Thomas Starr King.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.