Old Dominion University
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Old Dominion University is a public research university known for its diverse academic programs and coastal campus in Norfolk, Virginia.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Dominion University canonical | 41 |
| ODU | 2 |
| Old Dominion University campus | 2 |
| Old Dominion | 1 |
| Old Dominion College | 1 |
| Old Dominion University campus in Norfolk | 1 |
| attended Old Dominion University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T716895 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Dominion University Context triple: [Norfolk, Virginia, hosts, Old Dominion University]
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public research university known for its diverse academic programs and strong arts and health sciences disciplines.
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Shenandoah University
Shenandoah University is a private liberal arts university based in Winchester, Virginia, known for its programs in the arts, health professions, and business, and for serving the broader Northern Virginia region.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public land-grant research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, known for its comprehensive academic programs and prominent role in the state's higher education system.
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George Mason University
George Mason University is a large public research university known for its strong programs in economics, public policy, and law, with its main campus located in Fairfax, Virginia.
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College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary is a historic public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and noted for its strong liberal arts and professional programs.
- 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: Old Dominion University Target entity description: Old Dominion University is a public research university known for its diverse academic programs and coastal campus in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public research university known for its diverse academic programs and strong arts and health sciences disciplines.
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Shenandoah University
Shenandoah University is a private liberal arts university based in Winchester, Virginia, known for its programs in the arts, health professions, and business, and for serving the broader Northern Virginia region.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public land-grant research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, known for its comprehensive academic programs and prominent role in the state's higher education system.
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George Mason University
George Mason University is a large public research university known for its strong programs in economics, public policy, and law, with its main campus located in Fairfax, Virginia.
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College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary is a historic public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and noted for its strong liberal arts and professional programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Old Dominion University Description of subject: Old Dominion University is a public research university known for its diverse academic programs and coastal campus in Norfolk, Virginia.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
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cultural nickname for Virginia
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1982 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship
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Old Dominion University
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Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball
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Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball
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Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball
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Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball
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Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball
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Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball
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