Coloma
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Coloma is a historic town in Northern California best known as the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coloma canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T399041 — 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: Coloma Context triple: [El Dorado County, contains, Coloma]
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A.
Ovalle
Ovalle is a Chilean city known as an agricultural and commercial center in the north-central part of the country.
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B.
San Borja
San Borja is a primarily residential and commercial district in Lima, Peru, known for its middle- to upper-class neighborhoods, green areas, and cultural institutions.
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C.
Fusagasugá
Fusagasugá is a Colombian city in the department of Cundinamarca, known for its mild climate, flower cultivation, and role as an important commercial and agricultural center near Bogotá.
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D.
Tepehuán
The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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E.
Zipaquirá
Zipaquirá is a historic Colombian city famed for its underground Salt Cathedral and colonial architecture, located north of Bogotá.
- 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: Coloma Target entity description: Coloma is a historic town in Northern California best known as the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
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A.
Ovalle
Ovalle is a Chilean city known as an agricultural and commercial center in the north-central part of the country.
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B.
San Borja
San Borja is a primarily residential and commercial district in Lima, Peru, known for its middle- to upper-class neighborhoods, green areas, and cultural institutions.
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C.
Fusagasugá
Fusagasugá is a Colombian city in the department of Cundinamarca, known for its mild climate, flower cultivation, and role as an important commercial and agricultural center near Bogotá.
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D.
Tepehuán
The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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E.
Zipaquirá
Zipaquirá is a historic Colombian city famed for its underground Salt Cathedral and colonial architecture, located north of Bogotá.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
historic town ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfGoldDiscovery | January 24, 1848 ⓘ |
| distanceFromSacramento | about 36 miles northeast ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 225 meters
ⓘ
about 738 feet ⓘ |
| foundedDuring |
California Gold Rush era
ⓘ
linked to:
California Gold Rush
|
| governingBody |
El Dorado County government
ⓘ
linked to:
El Dorado County
|
| hasAnnualEvent | Gold Discovery Day celebrations ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 530 ⓘ |
| hasCemetery |
historic Coloma Pioneer Cemetery
ⓘ
linked to:
Coloma Historic Park
|
| hasHistoricSite | Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park ⓘ |
| hasMonument | James W. Marshall Monument ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Gold Discovery Museum ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
camping
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ kayaking ⓘ |
| hasStatePark | Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park ⓘ |
| hasStructure | reconstructed Sutter’s Mill ⓘ |
| hasZIPCode | 95613 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
birthplace of large-scale gold mining in California
ⓘ
catalyst for rapid population growth in California ⓘ |
| knownFor |
site of the 1848 gold discovery
ⓘ
starting point of the California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| listedAs | California Historical Landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
El Dorado County ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northern California ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Coloma Valley ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | South Fork American River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spanish word "coloma" or "paloma" meaning dove ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Auburn
ⓘ
Placerville ⓘ |
| originalSettlementType | mining camp ⓘ |
| partOf | Gold Country ⓘ |
| populationCensus2010 | 529 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity | tourism ⓘ |
| regionCode |
US-CA
ⓘ
linked to:
CA
|
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
gold panning
ⓘ
historic buildings and museums ⓘ whitewater rafting on the South Fork American River ⓘ |
| transportationRoute | California State Route 49 ⓘ |
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: Coloma Description of subject: Coloma is a historic town in Northern California best known as the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.