Ghirardelli Square
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Ghirardelli Square is a historic San Francisco landmark and former chocolate factory complex transformed into a popular waterfront shopping and dining destination.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghirardelli Square canonical | 11 |
| Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco | 1 |
| Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T70671 — 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: Ghirardelli Square Context triple: [Fisherman’s Wharf, hasPart, Ghirardelli Square]
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A.
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square is a central public plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon, often called the city's "living room" and known for hosting community events, gatherings, and performances.
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B.
Palmer Square
Palmer Square is a prominent mixed-use town square in downtown Princeton, New Jersey, known for its upscale shops, restaurants, offices, and public gathering spaces adjacent to Princeton University.
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C.
Sproul Plaza
Sproul Plaza is the central public square of UC Berkeley’s campus, historically renowned as a focal point for student activism and free speech movements.
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D.
Inman Square
Inman Square is a vibrant, historically working-class neighborhood and commercial district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its diverse restaurants, bars, and local businesses.
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E.
Wrigley Square
Wrigley Square is a landscaped plaza in Chicago’s Millennium Park best known for its classical-style Millennium Monument and open gathering space.
- 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: Ghirardelli Square Target entity description: Ghirardelli Square is a historic San Francisco landmark and former chocolate factory complex transformed into a popular waterfront shopping and dining destination.
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A.
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square is a central public plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon, often called the city's "living room" and known for hosting community events, gatherings, and performances.
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B.
Palmer Square
Palmer Square is a prominent mixed-use town square in downtown Princeton, New Jersey, known for its upscale shops, restaurants, offices, and public gathering spaces adjacent to Princeton University.
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C.
Sproul Plaza
Sproul Plaza is the central public square of UC Berkeley’s campus, historically renowned as a focal point for student activism and free speech movements.
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D.
Inman Square
Inman Square is a vibrant, historically working-class neighborhood and commercial district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its diverse restaurants, bars, and local businesses.
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E.
Wrigley Square
Wrigley Square is a landscaped plaza in Chicago’s Millennium Park best known for its classical-style Millennium Monument and open gathering space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
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landmark ⓘ mixed-use development ⓘ shopping center ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| addedToNationalRegister | 1982 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | industrial ⓘ |
| city | San Francisco ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| formerOwner | Ghirardelli Chocolate Company ⓘ |
| formerUse | chocolate factory ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Ghirardelli sign
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brick factory buildings ⓘ central plaza ⓘ clock tower ⓘ fountain ⓘ views of Alcatraz Island ⓘ |
| hasTenant |
Ghirardelli Ice Cream and Chocolate Shop
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linked to:
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
boutiques ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| hasUse |
dining
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office space ⓘ residential units ⓘ shopping ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ghirardellisq.com/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | San Francisco Designated Landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| namedAfter |
Domenico Ghirardelli
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linked to:
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company ⓘ |
| near |
Aquatic Park
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Fisherman’s Wharf waterfront ⓘ
linked to:
Fisherman’s Wharf
Hyde Street cable car terminus ⓘ
linked to:
Hyde Street terminal
|
| neighborhood | Fisherman’s Wharf ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| overlooks | San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| owner | Jamestown L.P. ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs |
dining destination
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retail complex ⓘ |
| state |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
|
| touristActivity |
chocolate tasting
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dining ⓘ shopping ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
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: Ghirardelli Square Description of subject: Ghirardelli Square is a historic San Francisco landmark and former chocolate factory complex transformed into a popular waterfront shopping and dining destination.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
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hasHistoricDistrictAssociation
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Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco
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linked to: Ghirardelli Square
linked to: Ghirardelli Square
subject linked to:
Bay Street