Santa Clara County Superior Court
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Santa Clara County Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Santa Clara County, California, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santa Clara County Superior Court canonical | 8 |
| Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara – Probate Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T779605 — 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: Santa Clara County Superior Court Context triple: [Santa Clara County, hasCourthouse, Santa Clara County Superior Court]
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A.
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
The Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving San Mateo County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters for the local community.
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B.
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving San Francisco, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters for the county.
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C.
Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
The Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Contra Costa County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
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D.
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Alameda County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
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E.
Superior Court of California, County of Marin
The Superior Court of California, County of Marin is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Marin County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters at the local level.
- 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: Santa Clara County Superior Court Target entity description: Santa Clara County Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Santa Clara County, California, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
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A.
Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo
The Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving San Mateo County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters for the local community.
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B.
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving San Francisco, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters for the county.
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C.
Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
The Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Contra Costa County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
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D.
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Alameda County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
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E.
Superior Court of California, County of Marin
The Superior Court of California, County of Marin is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Marin County, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters at the local level.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Court of general jurisdiction
ⓘ
Superior court ⓘ Trial court ⓘ |
| appealsTo |
Sixth Appellate District
ⓘ
surface form:
California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countyServed | Santa Clara County ⓘ |
| courtSystem |
California Superior Courts
ⓘ
surface form:
California Superior Court system
|
| fundingSource |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
|
| governingBody | Judicial Council of California ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Constitution of California
ⓘ
surface form:
California Constitution
California Rules of Court ⓘ California state statutes ⓘ Local rules of court ⓘ |
| handlesCaseType |
Civil cases
ⓘ
Criminal cases ⓘ Domestic violence restraining order cases ⓘ Drug court matters ⓘ Family law cases ⓘ Juvenile cases ⓘ Mental health cases ⓘ Probate cases ⓘ Small claims cases ⓘ Traffic cases ⓘ Unlawful detainer cases ⓘ |
| hasCourthouseLocation |
Morgan Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Morgan Hill, California
Palo Alto, California ⓘ San Jose, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
San Jose, California
Santa Clara, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara, California
Sunnyvale, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Sunnyvale, California
|
| hasDivision |
Appellate Division
ⓘ
Civil Division ⓘ Criminal Division ⓘ family law division ⓘ
surface form:
Family Division
Juvenile Division ⓘ Probate Division ⓘ small claims division ⓘ
surface form:
Small Claims Division
Traffic Division ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Santa Clara County
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara County, California
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| providesService |
Alternative dispute resolution programs
ⓘ
Court records access ⓘ Jury trials ⓘ Self-help legal services ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| website | https://www.scscourt.org/ ⓘ |
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: Santa Clara County Superior Court Description of subject: Santa Clara County Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving Santa Clara County, California, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Criminal Division (Santa Clara County Superior Court)
subject surface form:
Probate Division (Santa Clara County Superior Court)
subject surface form:
Probate Division (Santa Clara County Superior Court)
this entity surface form:
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara – Probate Division
subject surface form:
Juvenile Division (Santa Clara County Superior Court)
subject surface form:
Traffic Division (Santa Clara County Superior Court)
subject surface form:
Appellate Division of the Santa Clara County Superior Court