Mission San Juan Bautista
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Mission San Juan Bautista is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in central California, renowned for its well-preserved adobe church, role in early California history, and appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Vertigo."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mission San Juan Bautista canonical | 15 |
| Mission San Juan Bautista (Texas) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T177100 — 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 San Juan Bautista Context triple: [Spanish missions in California, hasPart, Mission San Juan Bautista]
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A.
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.
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B.
Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and a historic Spanish Catholic mission founded in the late 18th century.
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C.
Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Mission San Diego de Alcalá is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission in San Diego, California, recognized as the first of the California missions and a cornerstone of early European settlement in the region.
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D.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in Los Angeles County, California, founded in 1797 as part of Spain’s colonial mission system.
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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 San Juan Bautista Target entity description: Mission San Juan Bautista is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in central California, renowned for its well-preserved adobe church, role in early California history, and appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Vertigo."
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A.
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.
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B.
Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and a historic Spanish Catholic mission founded in the late 18th century.
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C.
Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Mission San Diego de Alcalá is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission in San Diego, California, recognized as the first of the California missions and a cornerstone of early European settlement in the region.
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D.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in Los Angeles County, California, founded in 1797 as part of Spain’s colonial mission system.
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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 mission
ⓘ
Spanish mission in California ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Monterey
|
| associatedWithPeople |
Mutsun people
ⓘ
linked to:
Yokuts people
Ohlone people ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone peoples
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse |
active parish church
ⓘ
museum site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| denomination |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| era |
Mexican period in California
ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ early American period in California ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Mission San Juan Bautista ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Fermín Francisco de Lasuén ⓘ |
| foundingOrder | Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Adobe construction
ⓘ
Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bell tower
ⓘ
interior murals and altars ⓘ mission cemetery ⓘ mission quadrangle ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
California Historical Landmark
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark District (as part of San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District) ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
|
| historicalRole |
agricultural center in early California
ⓘ
center of Spanish colonial evangelization in Alta California ⓘ settlement nucleus for the town of San Juan Bautista ⓘ |
| languageOfHistoricalRecords | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alta California (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Alta California (Spanish colony)
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Central California ⓘ San Benito County, California ⓘ San Juan Bautista, California ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
Vertigo (1958 film)
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linked to:
film Vertigo
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| namedAfter |
Saint John the Baptist
ⓘ
linked to:
John the Baptist
|
| notableFeature |
adjacent Spanish plaza and town
ⓘ
historic plaza setting ⓘ large adobe church ⓘ original adobe walls ⓘ three-aisle basilica-style church ⓘ |
| ownership |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| partOf |
California mission chain
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish missions in California
El Camino Real de las Californias ⓘ
linked to:
El Camino Real (California)
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| tourism | popular visitor destination on the California Mission Trail ⓘ |
| usedAsLocationIn |
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo
ⓘ
linked to:
film Vertigo
film Vertigo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mission San Juan Bautista Description of subject: Mission San Juan Bautista is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in central California, renowned for its well-preserved adobe church, role in early California history, and appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Vertigo."
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Padre Fermín Lasuén
subject linked to:
film Vertigo
linked to: Mission San Juan Bautista