University of Alabama
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The University of Alabama is a major public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, known for its strong academic programs, influential alumni, and prominent role in Southern higher education and athletics.
All labels observed (24)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16381 — 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: University of Alabama Context triple: [Edward O. Wilson, educatedAt, University of Alabama]
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its strong academic programs, selective admissions, and membership in the Association of American Universities.
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a major public research university in College Station, Texas, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and the sciences.
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Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Christian research university in Waco, Texas, known for its strong academic programs and prominent athletics in the Big 12 Conference.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a major public research university and academic medical center known for its strong health sciences programs and biomedical research.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a major public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, renowned for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and prominent athletic tradition.
- 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: University of Alabama Target entity description: The University of Alabama is a major public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, known for its strong academic programs, influential alumni, and prominent role in Southern higher education and athletics.
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A.
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its strong academic programs, selective admissions, and membership in the Association of American Universities.
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B.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a major public research university in College Station, Texas, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and the sciences.
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C.
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Christian research university in Waco, Texas, known for its strong academic programs and prominent athletics in the Big 12 Conference.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a major public research university and academic medical center known for its strong health sciences programs and biomedical research.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a major public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, renowned for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and prominent athletic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
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: University of Alabama Description of subject: The University of Alabama is a major public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, known for its strong academic programs, influential alumni, and prominent role in Southern higher education and athletics.
Referenced by (248)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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SEC
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
linked to: University of Alabama
College of Arts and Sciences (University of Alabama)
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isLargestAcademicDivisionOf
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University of Alabama
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subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences (University of Alabama)
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governingBody
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University of Alabama administration
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subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
linked to: University of Alabama
subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
Culverhouse College of Business
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parentOrganization
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University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences
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linked to: University of Alabama
subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: University of Alabama
linked to: University of Alabama
subject linked to:
School of Social Work
subject linked to:
School of Social Work
subject linked to:
Honors College