Patterson, California
E491754
Patterson, California is a small agricultural city in Stanislaus County known as the "Apricot Capital of the World" and located in the San Joaquin Valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patterson, California canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5078655 — 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: Patterson, California Context triple: [Crows Landing, nearCity, Patterson, California]
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A.
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg, California is an industrial and residential city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its waterfront location on the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and its long history tied to manufacturing and shipping.
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B.
Pacheco, California
Pacheco, California is a small unincorporated community in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Contra Costa County, known primarily as a suburban residential area with nearby commercial development.
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C.
Prather, California
Prather, California is a small unincorporated community in Fresno County that serves as a gateway stop for travelers heading into the Sierra Nevada foothills and nearby mountain recreation areas.
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D.
Pomona, California
Pomona, California is a city in eastern Los Angeles County known for its diverse community, historic downtown, and role as a regional center for education and culture in the Pomona Valley.
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E.
Rutherford, California
Rutherford, California is a small community in Napa Valley renowned for its premium wineries and distinctive Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
- 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: Patterson, California Target entity description: Patterson, California is a small agricultural city in Stanislaus County known as the "Apricot Capital of the World" and located in the San Joaquin Valley.
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A.
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg, California is an industrial and residential city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its waterfront location on the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and its long history tied to manufacturing and shipping.
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B.
Pacheco, California
Pacheco, California is a small unincorporated community in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Contra Costa County, known primarily as a suburban residential area with nearby commercial development.
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C.
Prather, California
Prather, California is a small unincorporated community in Fresno County that serves as a gateway stop for travelers heading into the Sierra Nevada foothills and nearby mountain recreation areas.
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D.
Pomona, California
Pomona, California is a city in eastern Los Angeles County known for its diverse community, historic downtown, and role as a regional center for education and culture in the Pomona Valley.
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E.
Rutherford, California
Rutherford, California is a small community in Napa Valley renowned for its premium wineries and distinctive Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
almonds
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apricots ⓘ dairy products ⓘ walnuts ⓘ |
| areaCode | 209 ⓘ |
| averageSummerCondition | hot, dry summers ⓘ |
| averageWinterCondition | cool, wet winters ⓘ |
| censusDesignation | city ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Stanislaus County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 27 miles southwest of Modesto, California
ⓘ
approximately 90 miles east of San Francisco, California ⓘ |
| economicActivity | distribution and logistics ⓘ |
| elevation |
30 m
ⓘ
98 ft ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | Patterson City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicService |
Patterson Fire Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patterson Joint Unified School District NERFINISHED ⓘ Patterson Police Services (contracted through Stanislaus County Sheriff) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostsEvent | Patterson Apricot Fiesta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporationDate | March 10, 1919 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
light industrial areas ⓘ residential areas ⓘ |
| latitude | 37.471°N ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Valley of California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Diablo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west side of the San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| longitude | 121.130°W ⓘ |
| majorIndustry | agriculture ⓘ |
| namedFor | Thomas Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Apricot Capital of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Stanislaus County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 95363 ⓘ |
| region | Northern California ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
|
| transportInfrastructure |
California State Route 33
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Patterson, California Description of subject: Patterson, California is a small agricultural city in Stanislaus County known as the "Apricot Capital of the World" and located in the San Joaquin Valley.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.