San Francisco Cable Car Museum
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The San Francisco Cable Car Museum is a historic institution in San Francisco that showcases the city’s iconic cable car system, featuring preserved cars, machinery, and exhibits on their engineering and history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Cable Car Museum canonical | 1 |
| San Francisco cable car power house | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T70789 — 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 Cable Car Museum Context triple: [San Francisco cable car system, museumAt, San Francisco Cable Car Museum]
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A.
San Francisco cable car system
The San Francisco cable car system is a historic manually operated streetcar network and iconic symbol of the city, known for its steep routes and status as the world’s last permanently operational cable car system.
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B.
California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum is a major railway history museum in Sacramento showcasing historic locomotives, rolling stock, and exhibits on the development of railroads in California and the American West.
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C.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is a waterfront national historical park in San Francisco that preserves and interprets the city’s rich maritime heritage through historic ships, a museum, and educational exhibits.
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D.
Pier 39
Pier 39 is a popular waterfront shopping, dining, and entertainment complex in San Francisco best known for its sea lions, bay views, and tourist attractions.
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E.
Fogg Museum
The Fogg Museum is a prominent Harvard University art museum renowned for its extensive Western art collections and influential role in art historical research and teaching.
- 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 Cable Car Museum Target entity description: The San Francisco Cable Car Museum is a historic institution in San Francisco that showcases the city’s iconic cable car system, featuring preserved cars, machinery, and exhibits on their engineering and history.
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A.
San Francisco cable car system
The San Francisco cable car system is a historic manually operated streetcar network and iconic symbol of the city, known for its steep routes and status as the world’s last permanently operational cable car system.
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B.
California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum is a major railway history museum in Sacramento showcasing historic locomotives, rolling stock, and exhibits on the development of railroads in California and the American West.
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C.
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is a waterfront national historical park in San Francisco that preserves and interprets the city’s rich maritime heritage through historic ships, a museum, and educational exhibits.
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D.
Pier 39
Pier 39 is a popular waterfront shopping, dining, and entertainment complex in San Francisco best known for its sea lions, bay views, and tourist attractions.
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E.
Fogg Museum
The Fogg Museum is a prominent Harvard University art museum renowned for its extensive Western art collections and influential role in art historical research and teaching.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history museum
ⓘ
museum ⓘ transportation museum ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
San Francisco Municipal Railway
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Muni
San Francisco cable cars ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco cable car system
|
| buildingType | industrial building ⓘ |
| category |
Museums in San Francisco
ⓘ
Railroad museums in California ⓘ Transportation in San Francisco ⓘ |
| city | San Francisco ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
grip car 8
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grip car 9 ⓘ historic cable car trailers ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exhibitFocus |
San Francisco cable car system
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cable car engineering ⓘ cable car history ⓘ |
| featuresExhibit |
cable car grip mechanisms
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cable car machinery ⓘ cable car track cross-sections ⓘ engineering diagrams ⓘ historic cable cars ⓘ historic photographs ⓘ |
| founded | 1974 ⓘ |
| hasAdmissionPolicy | free admission ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | moving underground cables ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.cablecarmuseum.org/ ⓘ |
| houses |
San Francisco cable car power house
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Cable Car Museum
cable winding machinery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| near |
Powell-Hyde cable car line
ⓘ
linked to:
Powell–Hyde cable car line
Powell-Mason cable car line ⓘ
linked to:
Powell–Hyde cable car line
|
| neighborhood | Nob Hill ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
SFMTA
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Muni
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Muni
|
| overlooks | working cable car machinery ⓘ |
| postalCode | 94108 ⓘ |
| purpose |
preservation of cable car heritage
ⓘ
public education ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| streetAddress | 1201 Mason Street ⓘ |
| subjectOf | San Francisco tourism guides ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Francisco Cable Car Museum Description of subject: The San Francisco Cable Car Museum is a historic institution in San Francisco that showcases the city’s iconic cable car system, featuring preserved cars, machinery, and exhibits on their engineering and history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: San Francisco Cable Car Museum