Pier 15
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Pier 15 is a renovated historic pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero that houses the Exploratorium science museum and public waterfront spaces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pier 15 canonical | 2 |
| Pier 15, Embarcadero | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2315621 — 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: Pier 15 Context triple: [Embarcadero waterfront, contains, Pier 15]
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A.
Pier 11
Pier 11 is a major East River ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan, New York City, serving as a key hub for commuter and sightseeing boat services.
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B.
Pier 5
Pier 5 is a recreational pier in Brooklyn Bridge Park known for its sports fields, waterfront views, and public gathering spaces along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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C.
Pier 7
Pier 7 is a scenic wooden pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero waterfront, known for its skyline views, fishing spots, and iconic perspective toward the Financial District.
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D.
Pier 7
Pier 7 is one of the waterfront recreational piers within Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York, offering public access and views along the East River.
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E.
Pier 7
Pier 7 is a multi-story dining and entertainment tower in Dubai Marina known for its collection of upscale restaurants and panoramic waterfront views.
- 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: Pier 15 Target entity description: Pier 15 is a renovated historic pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero that houses the Exploratorium science museum and public waterfront spaces.
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A.
Pier 11
Pier 11 is a major East River ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan, New York City, serving as a key hub for commuter and sightseeing boat services.
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B.
Pier 5
Pier 5 is a recreational pier in Brooklyn Bridge Park known for its sports fields, waterfront views, and public gathering spaces along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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C.
Pier 7
Pier 7 is a scenic wooden pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero waterfront, known for its skyline views, fishing spots, and iconic perspective toward the Financial District.
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D.
Pier 7
Pier 7 is one of the waterfront recreational piers within Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York, offering public access and views along the East River.
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E.
Pier 7
Pier 7 is a multi-story dining and entertainment tower in Dubai Marina known for its collection of upscale restaurants and panoramic waterfront views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
museum facility ⓘ pier ⓘ |
| accessibleBy |
Muni light rail
ⓘ
linked to:
Muni Metro lines
San Francisco bus lines ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | The Embarcadero pedestrian promenade ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures on The Embarcadero in San Francisco
ⓘ
Museum buildings in San Francisco ⓘ Piers in San Francisco ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFeature |
bay-view decks
ⓘ
educational classrooms ⓘ exhibit halls ⓘ glass-enclosed observatory-like spaces ⓘ museum galleries ⓘ outdoor public plaza ⓘ public promenade ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultural attraction
ⓘ
informal science education ⓘ public recreation ⓘ |
| hasTenant |
Exploratorium
ⓘ
linked to:
Exploratorium at Pier 15
|
| hasUse |
educational facility
ⓘ
event venue ⓘ public waterfront space ⓘ science museum ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
San Francisco Bay
ⓘ
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | renovated historic structure ⓘ |
| houses |
Exploratorium
ⓘ
linked to:
Exploratorium at Pier 15
|
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn |
San Francisco waterfront
ⓘ
linked to:
Embarcadero, San Francisco
The Embarcadero ⓘ |
| neighboringStructure |
Pier 17
ⓘ
The Embarcadero roadway ⓘ
linked to:
The Embarcadero
|
| ownedBy | Port of San Francisco ⓘ |
| partOf |
Port of San Francisco
ⓘ
San Francisco piers ⓘ
linked to:
Port of San Francisco
|
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| underwent | historic renovation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Exploratorium visitors
ⓘ
local residents ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
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: Pier 15 Description of subject: Pier 15 is a renovated historic pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero that houses the Exploratorium science museum and public waterfront spaces.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pier 15