edX
E10125
edX is a leading online learning platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers university-level courses, professional certificates, and degree programs to learners worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101709 — 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: edX Context triple: [Massive Open Online Courses, offeredOnPlatform, edX]
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A.
Coursera
Coursera is a major online learning platform that partners with universities and organizations worldwide to offer courses, professional certificates, and degree programs across a wide range of subjects.
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B.
Massive Open Online Courses
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are large-scale, internet-based classes that provide open access to university-level or professional education for learners worldwide, often at low or no cost.
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C.
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare is a free, web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content, offering open access to lecture notes, exams, and other educational materials to learners worldwide.
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D.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides free, high-quality online lessons and practice exercises across a wide range of subjects to learners worldwide.
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E.
OpenCourseWare movement
The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.
- 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: edX Target entity description: edX is a leading online learning platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers university-level courses, professional certificates, and degree programs to learners worldwide.
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A.
Coursera
Coursera is a major online learning platform that partners with universities and organizations worldwide to offer courses, professional certificates, and degree programs across a wide range of subjects.
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B.
Massive Open Online Courses
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are large-scale, internet-based classes that provide open access to university-level or professional education for learners worldwide, often at low or no cost.
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C.
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare is a free, web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content, offering open access to lecture notes, exams, and other educational materials to learners worldwide.
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D.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides free, high-quality online lessons and practice exercises across a wide range of subjects to learners worldwide.
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E.
OpenCourseWare movement
The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational technology company
ⓘ
massive open online course provider ⓘ online learning platform ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
mobile applications
ⓘ
web browser ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
corporations
ⓘ
nonprofit organizations ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
Anant Agarwal
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| hasEducationalApproach |
blended learning support
ⓘ
online learning ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
discussion forums
ⓘ
graded assignments ⓘ instructor-led courses ⓘ mobile learning support ⓘ peer assessment ⓘ self-paced courses ⓘ verified certificates ⓘ |
| hasNotablePartner |
Boston University
ⓘ
IBM ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Texas System ⓘ |
| hasNotableProgramType |
MicroMasters
ⓘ
linked to:
MicroMasters programs
Professional Certificate programs ⓘ XSeries programs ⓘ |
| hasRole | MOOC platform ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfCourse |
business
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ data science ⓘ engineering ⓘ health ⓘ humanities ⓘ language learning ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| offers |
MOOCs
ⓘ
micro-credentials ⓘ online courses ⓘ online degree programs ⓘ professional certificates ⓘ university-level courses ⓘ |
| operatesOnBusinessModel | freemium ⓘ |
| targetAudience | global learners ⓘ |
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: edX Description of subject: edX is a leading online learning platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers university-level courses, professional certificates, and degree programs to learners worldwide.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: edX
subject linked to:
MITX Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs
linked to: edX
subject linked to:
MITX Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs
linked to: edX
subject linked to:
MITX Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs