Mission Dolores

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Roman Catholic church Spanish mission historic landmark

Mission Dolores is a historic Spanish mission and the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco, central to the city's early colonial and religious history.

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Label	Occurrences
Mission Dolores canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1194439 — 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: Mission Dolores
Context triple: [Mission San Francisco de Asís, alsoKnownAs, Mission Dolores]

A. Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish colonial mission in San Antonio, Texas, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region's early Catholic and cultural history.
B. Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in present-day Fremont, California, founded in the late 18th century as part of Spain’s colonial mission system.
C. Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is a historic Spanish Catholic mission founded in 1771 near present-day Los Angeles, known for its distinctive Moorish-style architecture and central role in early California colonization.
D. Paso de San Francisco
Paso de San Francisco is a high-altitude Andean mountain pass on the Argentina–Chile border, known as a key access route to the Ojos del Salado volcano and surrounding desert landscapes.
E. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission in Carmel, California, known as the headquarters of Father Junípero Serra and one of the most architecturally significant of the California missions.
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: Mission Dolores
Target entity description: Mission Dolores is a historic Spanish mission and the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco, central to the city's early colonial and religious history.

A. Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish colonial mission in San Antonio, Texas, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region's early Catholic and cultural history.
B. Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in present-day Fremont, California, founded in the late 18th century as part of Spain’s colonial mission system.
C. Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is a historic Spanish Catholic mission founded in 1771 near present-day Los Angeles, known for its distinctive Moorish-style architecture and central role in early California colonization.
D. Paso de San Francisco
Paso de San Francisco is a high-altitude Andean mountain pass on the Argentina–Chile border, known as a key access route to the Ojos del Salado volcano and surrounding desert landscapes.
E. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission in Carmel, California, known as the headquarters of Father Junípero Serra and one of the most architecturally significant of the California missions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church ⓘ Spanish mission ⓘ historic landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Misión San Francisco de Asís ⓘ linked to: Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission San Francisco de Asis ⓘ linked to: Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission San Francisco de Asís ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mission Revival (adjacent basilica) ⓘ Spanish Colonial ⓘ
associatedWith	Franciscan missionaries ⓘ Ohlone people ⓘ linked to: Ohlone peoples
coordinateLocation	37.7616°N 122.4260°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalSignificance	central to early colonial history of San Francisco ⓘ important site in California Catholic history ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of San Francisco
foundedBy	Franciscan Order ⓘ Francisco Palóu ⓘ
foundingEra	Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ
hasPart	Mission Dolores Basilica ⓘ garden ⓘ mission cemetery ⓘ mission chapel ⓘ
hasUse	museum ⓘ parish church ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
heritageDesignation	California Historical Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places San Francisco Designated Landmark ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Mission District, San Francisco ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ
materialUsed	adobe ⓘ redwood ⓘ
namedAfter	Mission San Francisco de Asís ⓘ Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Dolores Park ⓘ
oldestBuildingIn	San Francisco ⓘ
partOf	California mission chain ⓘ Spanish missions in California ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
servesAs	active parish of the Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ
significantEvent	Christianization of local Indigenous peoples ⓘ Spanish colonization of Alta California ⓘ linked to: Spanish colonial period in California survived 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ
streetAddress	3321 16th Street, San Francisco, California ⓘ
tourism	popular historic site in San Francisco ⓘ