Reed College
E14896
Reed College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics, strong emphasis on independent scholarship, and distinctive intellectual culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reed College canonical | 39 |
| Reed College athletics | 1 |
| Reed College athletics teams | 1 |
| Reed College campus | 1 |
| Reed College in Portland, Oregon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4385 — 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: Reed College Context triple: [Portland, Oregon, United States, hasUniversity, Reed College]
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A.
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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B.
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for its urban campus and emphasis on community engagement and sustainability.
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C.
University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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D.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon, known for its strong programs in engineering, forestry, and agricultural sciences.
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E.
Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
- 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: Reed College Target entity description: Reed College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics, strong emphasis on independent scholarship, and distinctive intellectual culture.
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A.
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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B.
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for its urban campus and emphasis on community engagement and sustainability.
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C.
University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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D.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon, known for its strong programs in engineering, forestry, and agricultural sciences.
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E.
Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
private liberal arts college ⓘ |
| academicFocus | liberal arts and sciences ⓘ |
| accepts |
Coalition Application
ⓘ
Common Application ⓘ
linked to:
Common App
|
| admissionsPolicy | need-sensitive ⓘ |
| athleticsAffiliation |
NCAA Division III (historically, limited participation)
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division III
|
| campusSetting | urban campus ⓘ |
| campusSize | approximately 116 acres ⓘ |
| cityRegion | Eastmoreland neighborhood of Portland ⓘ |
| controlType | private ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| financialAidPolicy | meets full demonstrated need for many admitted students ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Amanda Reed
ⓘ
Simeon Gannett Reed ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| governance | Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| gradingPolicy | grades de-emphasized and not routinely disclosed ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
Gary Snyder
ⓘ
Hope Jahren ⓘ James Beard ⓘ Larry Sanger ⓘ Steve Jobs ⓘ |
| hasFacility | nuclear research reactor ⓘ |
| hasHonorPrinciple | yes ⓘ |
| hasPresident | Audrey Bilger ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Bachelor of Arts
ⓘ
Humanities 110 core curriculum ⓘ |
| hasResidentialRequirement | first-year students required to live on campus ⓘ |
| honorSystem | community-enforced Honor Principle instead of detailed conduct code ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conference-style classes
ⓘ
distinctive intellectual culture ⓘ high proportion of graduates earning PhDs ⓘ rigorous academics ⓘ strong emphasis on independent scholarship ⓘ undergraduate thesis requirement ⓘ |
| library | Vollum Library ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oregon
ⓘ
Portland, Oregon ⓘ
linked to:
Portland, Oregon, United States
|
| mascot | Griffin ⓘ |
| motto | Communis Mens Consilium ⓘ |
| mottoEnglish | The community of the mind ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Simeon Gannett Reed ⓘ |
| notableTradition |
Paideia
ⓘ
Renn Fayre ⓘ Thesis Parade ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
BA in fine arts
ⓘ
BA in humanities ⓘ BA in mathematics ⓘ BA in natural sciences ⓘ BA in social sciences ⓘ |
| openedIn | 1911 ⓘ |
| presidentStartDate | 2019 ⓘ |
| reactorType | TRIGA research reactor ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | nonsectarian ⓘ |
| schoolColors |
gray
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| selectivity | highly selective ⓘ |
| studentBodyType | primarily undergraduate ⓘ |
| undergraduateThesis | required for all students ⓘ |
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: Reed College Description of subject: Reed College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics, strong emphasis on independent scholarship, and distinctive intellectual culture.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Steven
subject linked to:
Griffin
subject linked to:
Griffin
linked to: Reed College
subject linked to:
Griffin
linked to: Reed College
linked to: Reed College
subject linked to:
Board of Trustees
linked to: Reed College
subject linked to:
Eastmoreland neighborhood of Portland
subject linked to:
Portland
subject linked to:
Kottke