downtown San José
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Downtown San José is the central urban district and commercial heart of Costa Rica’s capital city, known for its museums, government buildings, and cultural landmarks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| downtown San José canonical | 3 |
| Catedral district, San José | 1 |
| San José city center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6939429 — 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: downtown San José Context triple: [Jade Museum of Costa Rica, locatedIn, downtown San José]
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A.
Downtown San Jose
Downtown San Jose is the central urban core of San Jose, California, known for its tech offices, cultural venues, restaurants, and proximity to major transit hubs.
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B.
Downtown San Jose stations
Downtown San Jose stations are a group of light rail stops in the urban core of San Jose, California, serving as key transit hubs in the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) network.
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C.
North San José neighborhood
North San José neighborhood is a largely residential and tech-oriented area in San Jose, California, known for its proximity to major technology companies, light rail and BART transit connections, and mixed-use developments.
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D.
Downtown San Mateo
Downtown San Mateo is a vibrant commercial and entertainment district in San Mateo, California, known for its diverse restaurants, shops, and lively urban atmosphere.
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E.
Downtown Palo Alto
Downtown Palo Alto is a vibrant commercial and cultural district in Palo Alto, California, known for its upscale shops, restaurants, and proximity to Stanford University.
- 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: downtown San José Target entity description: Downtown San José is the central urban district and commercial heart of Costa Rica’s capital city, known for its museums, government buildings, and cultural landmarks.
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A.
Downtown San Jose
Downtown San Jose is the central urban core of San Jose, California, known for its tech offices, cultural venues, restaurants, and proximity to major transit hubs.
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B.
Downtown San Jose stations
Downtown San Jose stations are a group of light rail stops in the urban core of San Jose, California, serving as key transit hubs in the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) network.
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C.
North San José neighborhood
North San José neighborhood is a largely residential and tech-oriented area in San Jose, California, known for its proximity to major technology companies, light rail and BART transit connections, and mixed-use developments.
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D.
Downtown San Mateo
Downtown San Mateo is a vibrant commercial and entertainment district in San Mateo, California, known for its diverse restaurants, shops, and lively urban atmosphere.
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E.
Downtown Palo Alto
Downtown Palo Alto is a vibrant commercial and cultural district in Palo Alto, California, known for its upscale shops, restaurants, and proximity to Stanford University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central business district
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urban district ⓘ |
| capitalOfCountryCenter | Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| elevationApprox | about 1,100 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dense urban development
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high pedestrian activity ⓘ mixed commercial and governmental land use ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative center of Costa Rica
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commercial center of San José ⓘ cultural center of San José ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Banco Central de Costa Rica headquarters vicinity
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Municipality of San José NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidency of Costa Rica vicinity ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica
NERFINISHED
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Casa Amarilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Edificio de Correos de Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Cathedral of San José NERFINISHED ⓘ National Theater of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Parque Central de San José NERFINISHED ⓘ Parque Morazán NERFINISHED ⓘ Parque Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ Plaza de la Cultura NERFINISHED ⓘ Plaza de la Democracia NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Teatro Popular Melico Salazar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainStreet |
Avenida Central
NERFINISHED
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Avenida Segunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Paseo Colón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum |
Children’s Museum of Costa Rica
NERFINISHED
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Jade Museum of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Costa Rican Art NERFINISHED ⓘ National Museum of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Pre-Columbian Gold Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicSpace | pedestrian boulevard on Avenida Central ⓘ |
| hasTourismActivity |
cultural tourism
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museum tourism ⓘ urban sightseeing ⓘ |
| hasTransportHub |
Atlántico railway station vicinity
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Coca-Cola bus terminal area ⓘ Pacífico railway station vicinity ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
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| partOf |
San José
NERFINISHED
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San José Canton NERFINISHED ⓘ San José Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | −06:00 ⓘ |
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: downtown San José Description of subject: Downtown San José is the central urban district and commercial heart of Costa Rica’s capital city, known for its museums, government buildings, and cultural landmarks.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San José city center
this entity surface form:
Catedral district, San José