El Portal, California
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El Portal, California is a small unincorporated community in Mariposa County that serves as a gateway settlement just outside the western entrance of Yosemite National Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Portal, California canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9228528 — 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: El Portal, California Context triple: [California State Route 140, passesThrough, El Portal, California]
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A.
Portola, California
Portola, California is a small city in Plumas County in the Sierra Nevada region, named in honor of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá.
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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.
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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D.
Porterville, California
Porterville, California is a small city in California’s San Joaquin Valley known for its agricultural economy and proximity to the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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E.
Bridgeport, California
Bridgeport, California is a small unincorporated community in the Eastern Sierra region known for its historic courthouse, scenic high-altitude valley, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
- 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: El Portal, California Target entity description: El Portal, California is a small unincorporated community in Mariposa County that serves as a gateway settlement just outside the western entrance of Yosemite National Park.
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A.
Portola, California
Portola, California is a small city in Plumas County in the Sierra Nevada region, named in honor of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá.
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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.
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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D.
Porterville, California
Porterville, California is a small city in California’s San Joaquin Valley known for its agricultural economy and proximity to the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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E.
Bridgeport, California
Bridgeport, California is a small unincorporated community in the Eastern Sierra region known for its historic courthouse, scenic high-altitude valley, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode | 209 ⓘ |
| censusDesignation | census-designated place ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Mariposa County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 14 miles west of Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| economicBase | tourism related to Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1939 feet
ⓘ
approximately 591 meters ⓘ |
| fireRisk | subject to Sierra Nevada wildfire risk ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1655994 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Mariposa County government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
El Portal Market
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yosemite National Park administrative offices NERFINISHED ⓘ Yosemite National Park maintenance facilities ⓘ campgrounds ⓘ lodging facilities ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Foresta Road area
ⓘ
New El Portal NERFINISHED ⓘ Old El Portal NERFINISHED ⓘ Trailer Court ⓘ |
| landUse |
park operations facilities
ⓘ
residential ⓘ tourist services ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mariposa County
ⓘ
surface form:
Mariposa County, California
Yosemite Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Arch Rock Entrance Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yosemite National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Merced River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spanish phrase "El Portal" meaning "the gateway" ⓘ |
| naturalHazard | Merced River flooding risk ⓘ |
| nearbyCommunity |
Mariposa, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yosemite Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| postalCode | 95318 ⓘ |
| primaryAccessRoad | California State Route 140 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | gateway community to Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| servedBy | Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| timezone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| timezoneDST |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
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| transportFunction |
service center for Yosemite National Park employees
ⓘ
service center for Yosemite National Park visitors ⓘ |
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: El Portal, California Description of subject: El Portal, California is a small unincorporated community in Mariposa County that serves as a gateway settlement just outside the western entrance of Yosemite National Park.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.