Mariposa, California
E669362
census-designated place
county seat
gateway community to Yosemite National Park
unincorporated community
Mariposa, California is a historic Gold Rush-era town in the Sierra Nevada foothills that serves as a gateway community to Yosemite National Park.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mariposa, California canonical | 10 |
| Mariposa, California, United States | 1 |
| downtown Mariposa historic area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7502290 — 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: Mariposa, California Context triple: [Mariposa Creek, associatedWith, Mariposa, California]
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A.
Calexico, California
Calexico, California is a small border city in Imperial County that serves as a major gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexicali, Mexico.
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B.
Dos Palos, California
Dos Palos, California is a small rural city in Merced County in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its agricultural community and farming-based economy.
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C.
Ojai
Ojai is a small, scenic city in Southern California known for its arts community, boutique tourism, and surrounding mountains and orange groves.
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D.
Soledad, California
Soledad, California is a small agricultural city in Monterey County best known as the primary gateway to Pinnacles National Park.
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E.
Coloma, California
Coloma, California is a historic Gold Country town best known as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.
- 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: Mariposa, California Target entity description: Mariposa, California is a historic Gold Rush-era town in the Sierra Nevada foothills that serves as a gateway community to Yosemite National Park.
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A.
Calexico, California
Calexico, California is a small border city in Imperial County that serves as a major gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexicali, Mexico.
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B.
Dos Palos, California
Dos Palos, California is a small rural city in Merced County in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its agricultural community and farming-based economy.
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C.
Ojai
Ojai is a small, scenic city in Southern California known for its arts community, boutique tourism, and surrounding mountains and orange groves.
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D.
Soledad, California
Soledad, California is a small agricultural city in Monterey County best known as the primary gateway to Pinnacles National Park.
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E.
Coloma, California
Coloma, California is a historic Gold Country town best known as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ gateway community to Yosemite National Park ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode | 209 ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Mariposa County ⓘ |
| courthouseNotability | one of the oldest operating courthouses in California ⓘ |
| distanceToYosemiteValley | roughly 40–45 miles by road ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
hospitality services
ⓘ
outdoor recreation services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,949 feet
ⓘ
about 594 meters ⓘ |
| governingBody | Mariposa County Board of Supervisors ⓘ |
| hasCourthouse | Mariposa County Courthouse ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict |
downtown Mariposa historic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Mariposa, California
|
| hasMuseum |
California State Mining and Mineral Museum
ⓘ
Mariposa Museum and History Center ⓘ |
| hasVisitorServices |
lodging for Yosemite visitors
ⓘ
outdoor outfitters and tour operators ⓘ restaurants for tourists ⓘ |
| historicalEconomicActivity | gold mining ⓘ |
| historicalEra | California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Mariposa County ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gold Rush-era history
ⓘ
historic buildings and museums ⓘ proximity to Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainSystem | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
California Gold Country
ⓘ
Central California ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spanish word "mariposa" meaning "butterfly" ⓘ |
| nearNationalPark | Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| postalCode | 95338 ⓘ |
| primaryHighwayAccess |
California State Route 140
ⓘ
California State Route 49 ⓘ |
| regionType | rural community ⓘ |
| role |
service center for Mariposa County
ⓘ
tourism hub for Yosemite visitors ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| summerCharacteristics | hot, dry summers ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Pacific Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Time Zone
|
| transportationRole | gateway on Highway 140 to Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| winterCharacteristics | cool, wetter winters ⓘ |
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: Mariposa, California Description of subject: Mariposa, California is a historic Gold Rush-era town in the Sierra Nevada foothills that serves as a gateway community to Yosemite National Park.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mariposa, California
linked to: Mariposa, California