Saint Mary's College of California

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higher education institution private Catholic liberal arts college

Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic liberal arts college in Moraga, California, known for its strong academic programs and competitive NCAA Division I athletics.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Mary's College of California canonical	22
Saint Mary’s College of California	5
St. Mary's College of California	2
St. Mary’s College of California	2
Saint Mary's	1
Saint Mary's College of California Athletics Department	1
Saint Mary's College of California athletic teams	1
Saint Mary's College of California campus	1
Saint Mary's Gaels athletics	1
Saint Mary's Gaels athletics department	1
Saint Mary's Gaels athletics program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1131626 — 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: Saint Mary's College of California
Context triple: [Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball, university, Saint Mary's College of California]

A. Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Santa Clara, California, known for its strong programs in business, engineering, and the liberal arts.
B. Whittier College
Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California, known in part for being the undergraduate institution of former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
C. Pomona College
Pomona College is a highly selective private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, known for its rigorous academics and membership in the Claremont Colleges consortium.
D. College of Saint Mary
College of Saint Mary is a private Catholic women's university in Omaha, Nebraska, known for its focus on empowering women through undergraduate and graduate programs.
E. Occidental College
Occidental College is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California, known for its rigorous undergraduate programs and notable alumni, including former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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: Saint Mary's College of California
Target entity description: Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic liberal arts college in Moraga, California, known for its strong academic programs and competitive NCAA Division I athletics.

A. Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Santa Clara, California, known for its strong programs in business, engineering, and the liberal arts.
B. Whittier College
Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California, known in part for being the undergraduate institution of former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
C. Pomona College
Pomona College is a highly selective private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, known for its rigorous academics and membership in the Claremont Colleges consortium.
D. College of Saint Mary
College of Saint Mary is a private Catholic women's university in Omaha, Nebraska, known for its focus on empowering women through undergraduate and graduate programs.
E. Occidental College
Occidental College is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California, known for its rigorous undergraduate programs and notable alumni, including former U.S. President Barack Obama.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	higher education institution ⓘ private Catholic liberal arts college ⓘ
academicFocus	liberal arts ⓘ professional programs ⓘ
accreditation	WASC Senior College and University Commission ⓘ
affiliatedWith	De La Salle Christian Brothers ⓘ linked to: De La Salle Brothers
athleticsAffiliation	NCAA Division I ⓘ
athleticsConference	West Coast Conference ⓘ
campusSetting	suburban ⓘ
campusType	residential campus ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
emphasizes	Catholic intellectual tradition ⓘ liberal arts core curriculum ⓘ small class sizes ⓘ
foundedBy	De La Salle Christian Brothers ⓘ linked to: De La Salle Brothers
foundingReligiousOrder	Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools ⓘ linked to: Brothers of the Christian Schools
governedBy	board of trustees ⓘ
governingStructure	private, non-profit ⓘ
hasAthleticsNickname	Gaels ⓘ linked to: Gael
hasAthleticsProgram	baseball team ⓘ men's basketball team ⓘ soccer teams ⓘ volleyball team ⓘ women's basketball team ⓘ
hasMottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasProgram	business administration program ⓘ education program ⓘ liberal arts program ⓘ sciences program ⓘ
hasReligiousIdentity	Lasallian Catholic ⓘ
hasStudentBodyType	coeducational ⓘ
knownFor	competitive NCAA Division I athletics ⓘ strong academic programs ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Contra Costa County, California ⓘ linked to: Contra Costa County Moraga, California ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
offersDegree	graduate degrees ⓘ undergraduate degrees ⓘ
offersProgramLevel	graduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ
partOfTradition	Lasallian educational tradition ⓘ
region	Western United States ⓘ linked to: western United States
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
sector	private higher education ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States

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