Mission Creek
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Mission Creek is a historic waterway and former tidal inlet in San Francisco that once extended inland through what is now the Mission Bay and China Basin area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mission Creek Channel | 4 |
| Mission Creek canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3871800 — 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 Creek Context triple: [China Basin, adjacentTo, Mission Creek]
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A.
Ward Creek
Ward Creek is a stream in the Lake Tahoe Basin that serves as one of the tributaries feeding freshwater into Lake Tahoe.
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B.
Ralston Creek
Ralston Creek is a stream in Colorado that flows through the city of Arvada and is a tributary of Clear Creek in the Denver metropolitan area.
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C.
Sturgeon Creek
Sturgeon Creek is a smaller waterway in the northeastern United States that feeds into the Piscataqua River, contributing to its watershed and local aquatic ecosystem.
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D.
Drift Creek
Drift Creek is a river in Lincoln County, Oregon, known for flowing through coastal forest landscapes and supporting local recreation and wildlife habitats.
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E.
Issaquah Creek
Issaquah Creek is a stream in King County, Washington, known for flowing through the city of Issaquah and supporting important salmon runs in the region.
- 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 Creek Target entity description: Mission Creek is a historic waterway and former tidal inlet in San Francisco that once extended inland through what is now the Mission Bay and China Basin area.
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A.
Ward Creek
Ward Creek is a stream in the Lake Tahoe Basin that serves as one of the tributaries feeding freshwater into Lake Tahoe.
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B.
Ralston Creek
Ralston Creek is a stream in Colorado that flows through the city of Arvada and is a tributary of Clear Creek in the Denver metropolitan area.
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C.
Sturgeon Creek
Sturgeon Creek is a smaller waterway in the northeastern United States that feeds into the Piscataqua River, contributing to its watershed and local aquatic ecosystem.
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D.
Drift Creek
Drift Creek is a river in Lincoln County, Oregon, known for flowing through coastal forest landscapes and supporting local recreation and wildlife habitats.
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E.
Issaquah Creek
Issaquah Creek is a stream in King County, Washington, known for flowing through the city of Issaquah and supporting important salmon runs in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic waterway
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
China Basin neighborhood
ⓘ
Mission Bay neighborhood ⓘ
linked to:
Mission Bay
Mission District ⓘ
linked to:
Mission District, San Francisco
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| flowsInto | San Francisco Bay ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
former tidal marsh
ⓘ
partially culverted ⓘ partially filled ⓘ urban waterway ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
estuarine
ⓘ
urban estuary ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure |
China Basin buildings
ⓘ
Mission Creek Park ⓘ Mission Creek Trail ⓘ residential developments in Mission Bay ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mission Creek Channel
ⓘ
linked to:
Mission Creek
|
| hasStatus |
partly open to the surface
ⓘ
partly underground ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
fish
ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
channelization in early 20th century
ⓘ
landfill of tidal inlet areas ⓘ |
| historicalName | Mission Bay Creek ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
drainage channel
ⓘ
industrial waterway ⓘ navigation ⓘ tidal inlet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
China Basin ⓘ Mission Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Mission Bay, San Francisco
San Francisco ⓘ |
| managedBy |
City and County of San Francisco
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco County
|
| mouthOf |
Mission Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Mission Bay, San Francisco
|
| namedAfter | Mission San Francisco de Asís ⓘ |
| near |
Caltrain Depot at 4th and King
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Caltrain Station
Mission Bay Park ⓘ Oracle Park ⓘ |
| partOf |
San Francisco Bay watershed
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Bay hydrologic region
|
| region | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boating
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| waterBodyType |
channel
ⓘ
creek ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mission Creek Description of subject: Mission Creek is a historic waterway and former tidal inlet in San Francisco that once extended inland through what is now the Mission Bay and China Basin area.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
King Street
linked to: Mission Creek
subject linked to:
King Street in San Francisco
linked to: Mission Creek
linked to: Mission Creek