The Tangent (Palo Alto coffeehouse)
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The Tangent was a small but influential 1960s Palo Alto coffeehouse and folk venue known for hosting early performances by musicians who would later become the Grateful Dead.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Tangent (Palo Alto coffeehouse) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23163488 — 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: The Tangent (Palo Alto coffeehouse) Context triple: [Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, performedAt, The Tangent (Palo Alto coffeehouse)]
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Tecton café
Tecton café is a modernist-style refreshment venue located within Dudley Zoo, serving visitors food and drinks during their visit.
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B.
Tangierine Café
Tangierine Café is a quick-service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT, known for serving Middle Eastern and North African-inspired dishes.
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Cafe Zoetrope
Cafe Zoetrope is a European-style café and wine bar in San Francisco closely associated with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, known for its Italian fare and cinematic ambiance.
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D.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse is a renowned nonprofit folk and roots music venue in Berkeley, California, known for its intimate performances and support of traditional and contemporary acoustic music.
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E.
The Coffee Shop
The Coffee Shop is the English title of Carlo Goldoni’s classic 18th-century Italian comedy play "La bottega del caffè," set in a Venetian coffeehouse and centered on the intertwined lives and intrigues of its patrons.
- 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: The Tangent (Palo Alto coffeehouse) Target entity description: The Tangent was a small but influential 1960s Palo Alto coffeehouse and folk venue known for hosting early performances by musicians who would later become the Grateful Dead.
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A.
Tecton café
Tecton café is a modernist-style refreshment venue located within Dudley Zoo, serving visitors food and drinks during their visit.
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B.
Tangierine Café
Tangierine Café is a quick-service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT, known for serving Middle Eastern and North African-inspired dishes.
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C.
Cafe Zoetrope
Cafe Zoetrope is a European-style café and wine bar in San Francisco closely associated with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, known for its Italian fare and cinematic ambiance.
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D.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse is a renowned nonprofit folk and roots music venue in Berkeley, California, known for its intimate performances and support of traditional and contemporary acoustic music.
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E.
The Coffee Shop
The Coffee Shop is the English title of Carlo Goldoni’s classic 18th-century Italian comedy play "La bottega del caffè," set in a Venetian coffeehouse and centered on the intertwined lives and intrigues of its patrons.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.