de Anza
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de Anza is the Spanish Basque surname of the 18th-century explorer and military leader Juan Bautista de Anza, known for leading expeditions that helped establish Spanish presence in what is now the southwestern United States and California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de Anza canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8816802 — 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: de Anza Context triple: [Juan Bautista de Anza, familyName, de Anza]
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A.
Anza Trail
Anza Trail is a historic route in the American Southwest and California that commemorates the 18th-century overland expedition led by Juan Bautista de Anza and his settlers.
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B.
Anza Vista
Anza Vista is a small residential neighborhood in San Francisco, California, known for its quiet streets, mid-century housing, and proximity to major medical and shopping centers.
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C.
Tejon Pass
Tejon Pass is a major mountain pass in Southern California’s Tehachapi Mountains that serves as a key transportation corridor between the Central Valley and the Los Angeles Basin.
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D.
Anza Valley
Anza Valley is a high-desert valley in Southern California known for its rural landscapes, ranching, and historical significance to Indigenous peoples.
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E.
Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Gabrielino-Fernandeño is an Indigenous language of Southern California traditionally spoken by the Tongva (Gabrielino) and Fernandeño peoples, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan language family.
- 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: de Anza Target entity description: de Anza is the Spanish Basque surname of the 18th-century explorer and military leader Juan Bautista de Anza, known for leading expeditions that helped establish Spanish presence in what is now the southwestern United States and California.
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A.
Anza Trail
Anza Trail is a historic route in the American Southwest and California that commemorates the 18th-century overland expedition led by Juan Bautista de Anza and his settlers.
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B.
Anza Vista
Anza Vista is a small residential neighborhood in San Francisco, California, known for its quiet streets, mid-century housing, and proximity to major medical and shopping centers.
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C.
Tejon Pass
Tejon Pass is a major mountain pass in Southern California’s Tehachapi Mountains that serves as a key transportation corridor between the Central Valley and the Los Angeles Basin.
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D.
Anza Valley
Anza Valley is a high-desert valley in Southern California known for its rural landscapes, ranching, and historical significance to Indigenous peoples.
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E.
Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Gabrielino-Fernandeño is an Indigenous language of Southern California traditionally spoken by the Tongva (Gabrielino) and Fernandeño peoples, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Basque-language surname
ⓘ
Spanish-language surname ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
18th century
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Spanish Empire ⓘ exploration of California ⓘ exploration of the southwestern United States ⓘ |
| category |
Surnames of Basque origin
ⓘ
Surnames of Spanish origin ⓘ |
| etymologicalRegion |
Basque Country
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Anza
ⓘ
linked to:
Anza Valley
de ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalAssociation |
Spanish military expeditions
ⓘ
colonial frontier exploration ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Juan Bautista de Anza ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Basque
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| notableInContext |
Spanish colonial history
ⓘ
history of California ⓘ history of the American Southwest ⓘ |
| usedBy | Juan Bautista de Anza ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Spain
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: de Anza Description of subject: de Anza is the Spanish Basque surname of the 18th-century explorer and military leader Juan Bautista de Anza, known for leading expeditions that helped establish Spanish presence in what is now the southwestern United States and California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.