California Theatre
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The California Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown San Jose known for hosting concerts, film screenings, and cultural events in a restored early-20th-century movie palace.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Theatre canonical | 2 |
| California Theatre (historic cinema) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5391157 — 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: California Theatre Context triple: [Downtown San Jose, contains, California Theatre]
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A.
State Theatre of California
The State Theatre of California, better known as the Pasadena Playhouse, is a historic performing arts venue in Pasadena renowned for its influential role in American theater and actor training.
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B.
Hollywood Theatre
Hollywood Theatre is a historic, independently operated movie theater and cultural venue in Portland, Oregon, known for its classic architecture and eclectic film programming.
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C.
Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts
The Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts is a restored early-20th-century performing arts venue in downtown San Bernardino known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
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D.
El Capitan Theatre
El Capitan Theatre is a historic and ornate movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, renowned for hosting major film premieres and Disney screenings.
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E.
Ahmanson Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Los Angeles, California, known for hosting large-scale Broadway productions and other prominent theatrical performances.
- 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: California Theatre Target entity description: The California Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown San Jose known for hosting concerts, film screenings, and cultural events in a restored early-20th-century movie palace.
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A.
State Theatre of California
The State Theatre of California, better known as the Pasadena Playhouse, is a historic performing arts venue in Pasadena renowned for its influential role in American theater and actor training.
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B.
Hollywood Theatre
Hollywood Theatre is a historic, independently operated movie theater and cultural venue in Portland, Oregon, known for its classic architecture and eclectic film programming.
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C.
Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts
The Historic California Theater of the Performing Arts is a restored early-20th-century performing arts venue in downtown San Bernardino known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
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D.
El Capitan Theatre
El Capitan Theatre is a historic and ornate movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, renowned for hosting major film premieres and Disney screenings.
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E.
Ahmanson Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Los Angeles, California, known for hosting large-scale Broadway productions and other prominent theatrical performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
movie palace
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performing arts venue ⓘ theatre building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | movie palace style ⓘ |
| buildingType | indoor theatre ⓘ |
| category |
cinemas in California
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historic theatres in the United States ⓘ performing arts venues in California ⓘ theatres in San Jose, California ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | regional cultural landmark ⓘ |
| hasBeenRestored | true ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
film exhibition venue
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live performance venue ⓘ |
| hasSeating | fixed auditorium seating ⓘ |
| hasStage | proscenium stage ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic venue ⓘ |
| hosts |
community cultural events
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film festivals ⓘ music concerts ⓘ touring performances ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | cultural life of downtown San Jose ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
San Jose, California
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downtown San Jose ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Santa Clara County, California
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linked to:
Santa Clara County
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| name | California Theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historic interior
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restored early-20th-century architecture ⓘ |
| originalUse |
cinema
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movie palace ⓘ |
| publicAccess | open to the public during events ⓘ |
| restorationFocus |
architectural restoration
ⓘ
historic preservation ⓘ |
| servesCommunity | San Jose metropolitan area ⓘ |
| use |
concerts
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cultural events ⓘ film screenings ⓘ performing arts ⓘ |
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: California Theatre Description of subject: The California Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown San Jose known for hosting concerts, film screenings, and cultural events in a restored early-20th-century movie palace.
Referenced by (3)
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