DeVry Inc.
E16833
DeVry Inc. is a for-profit higher education company in the United States that operates DeVry University and related educational institutions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeVry University | 4 |
| DeVry Inc. canonical | 3 |
| DeVry Education Group | 2 |
| DeVry, Inc. (with comma) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T143363 — 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: DeVry Inc. Context triple: [Harold T. Shapiro, boardMemberOf, DeVry Inc.]
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A.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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B.
Groupe ADP
Groupe ADP is a major French airport management company that owns and operates the Paris-area airports and provides aviation and related services worldwide.
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C.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
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D.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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E.
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
- 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: DeVry Inc. Target entity description: DeVry Inc. is a for-profit higher education company in the United States that operates DeVry University and related educational institutions.
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A.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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B.
Groupe ADP
Groupe ADP is a major French airport management company that owns and operates the Paris-area airports and provides aviation and related services worldwide.
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C.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
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D.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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E.
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
for-profit higher education company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| businessModel | for-profit education ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn | career-oriented education ⓘ |
| formerName |
DeVry Education Group
ⓘ
linked to:
DeVry Inc.
DeVry, Inc. (with comma) ⓘ
linked to:
DeVry Inc.
|
| foundedBy | Herman A. DeVry ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Becker Professional Education
ⓘ
Chamberlain College of Nursing ⓘ DeVry University ⓘ
linked to:
DeVry Inc.
Keller Graduate School of Management ⓘ |
| hasMotto | career-focused education (conceptually) ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Becker Professional Education
ⓘ
Carrington College ⓘ Chamberlain College of Nursing ⓘ DeVry University ⓘ
linked to:
DeVry Inc.
Keller Graduate School of Management ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.devryeducationgroup.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Downers Grove, Illinois ⓘ |
| industry |
education services
ⓘ
higher education ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| offers |
graduate degree programs
ⓘ
online education programs ⓘ undergraduate degree programs ⓘ |
| operates |
DeVry University
ⓘ
linked to:
DeVry Inc.
Keller Graduate School of Management ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
North America
ⓘ
United States higher education market ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody |
U.S. Department of Education
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Education
regional accrediting agencies ⓘ |
| sector | private sector ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
business education
ⓘ
healthcare education ⓘ professional exam preparation ⓘ technology education ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Federal Trade Commission settlement
ⓘ
lawsuits regarding job placement claims ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | DV ⓘ |
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: DeVry Inc. Description of subject: DeVry Inc. is a for-profit higher education company in the United States that operates DeVry University and related educational institutions.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DeVry Inc.
linked to: DeVry Inc.
linked to: DeVry Inc.
linked to: DeVry Inc.
linked to: DeVry Inc.
subject linked to:
Miramar, Florida, United States
linked to: DeVry Inc.
linked to: DeVry Inc.