Thomas College
E221200
Thomas College is a small private college in Waterville, Maine, known for its career-focused programs in business, education, and technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas College canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891469 — 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: Thomas College Context triple: [Central Maine, hasInstitution, Thomas College]
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A.
Clarkson University
Clarkson University is a private research university in Potsdam, New York, known for its strong engineering, business, and technology programs.
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B.
University of Maine at Presque Isle
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is a public liberal arts university in northern Maine known for its personalized, competency-based education and role as a regional center for higher learning.
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C.
Milligan College
Milligan College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Tennessee known for its strong emphasis on faith-based education and service.
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D.
University of Maine at Fort Kent
The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public university in northern Maine known for its small-campus environment and programs that often emphasize rural, environmental, and cross-border (U.S.–Canada) studies.
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E.
Husson University
Husson University is a private university in Bangor, Maine, known for its professional programs in business, health, education, and communications.
- 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: Thomas College Target entity description: Thomas College is a small private college in Waterville, Maine, known for its career-focused programs in business, education, and technology.
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A.
Clarkson University
Clarkson University is a private research university in Potsdam, New York, known for its strong engineering, business, and technology programs.
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B.
University of Maine at Presque Isle
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is a public liberal arts university in northern Maine known for its personalized, competency-based education and role as a regional center for higher learning.
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C.
Milligan College
Milligan College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Tennessee known for its strong emphasis on faith-based education and service.
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D.
University of Maine at Fort Kent
The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public university in northern Maine known for its small-campus environment and programs that often emphasize rural, environmental, and cross-border (U.S.–Canada) studies.
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E.
Husson University
Husson University is a private university in Bangor, Maine, known for its professional programs in business, health, education, and communications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
ⓘ
private college ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
business
ⓘ
education ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| approximateSize | small college ⓘ |
| campusSetting | suburban ⓘ |
| city | Waterville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| control | private ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision |
Kennebec County
ⓘ
linked to:
Kennebec County, Maine
|
| emphasis |
career preparation
ⓘ
professional skills ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
employability
ⓘ
experiential learning ⓘ internships ⓘ |
| governance | board of trustees ⓘ |
| hasCampus | Thomas College campus ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.thomas.edu/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
business programs
ⓘ
career-focused education ⓘ education programs ⓘ technology programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Waterville, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
ⓘ
master's degree ⓘ |
| offersFieldOfStudy |
accounting
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ criminal justice ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ education ⓘ finance ⓘ information technology ⓘ management ⓘ marketing ⓘ project management ⓘ sports management ⓘ |
| offersProgramType |
graduate programs
ⓘ
undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| offersSupportService |
academic advising
ⓘ
career services ⓘ tutoring services ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | nonsectarian ⓘ |
| sector | postsecondary education ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| type | nonprofit institution ⓘ |
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: Thomas College Description of subject: Thomas College is a small private college in Waterville, Maine, known for its career-focused programs in business, education, and technology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.