Mineta Transportation Institute
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The Mineta Transportation Institute is a research and education center focused on surface transportation policy, planning, and management, based at San José State University in California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mineta Transportation Institute canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2154707 — 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: Mineta Transportation Institute Context triple: [Norman Mineta, honorificEponym, Mineta Transportation Institute]
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A.
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Nagoya Institute of Technology is a Japanese national university in Nagoya renowned for its engineering and technology education and research.
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B.
Consortium of Universities in Tokyo
The Consortium of Universities in Tokyo is a collaborative network of higher education institutions in Tokyo that coordinates academic, research, and student exchange initiatives among its member universities.
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C.
Misurata University
Misurata University is a public higher education institution in the city of Misrata, Libya, offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across multiple disciplines.
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D.
Yokohama National University
Yokohama National University is a prominent Japanese national research university located in Yokohama, known for its programs in engineering, economics, business, and education.
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E.
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology is a leading Japanese national research university renowned for its strengths in science, engineering, and technology.
- 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: Mineta Transportation Institute Target entity description: The Mineta Transportation Institute is a research and education center focused on surface transportation policy, planning, and management, based at San José State University in California.
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A.
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Nagoya Institute of Technology is a Japanese national university in Nagoya renowned for its engineering and technology education and research.
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B.
Consortium of Universities in Tokyo
The Consortium of Universities in Tokyo is a collaborative network of higher education institutions in Tokyo that coordinates academic, research, and student exchange initiatives among its member universities.
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C.
Misurata University
Misurata University is a public higher education institution in the city of Misrata, Libya, offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across multiple disciplines.
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D.
Yokohama National University
Yokohama National University is a prominent Japanese national research university located in Yokohama, known for its programs in engineering, economics, business, and education.
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E.
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology is a leading Japanese national research university renowned for its strengths in science, engineering, and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
transportation research institute
ⓘ
university research center ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MTI ⓘ |
| affiliation |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
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| basedIn |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
San José, California ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose
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| campus |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
public policy
ⓘ
transportation ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
surface transportation management
ⓘ
surface transportation planning ⓘ surface transportation policy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
San José, California ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose
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| namedAfter | Norman Mineta ⓘ |
| offers |
transportation education programs
ⓘ
transportation policy research ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
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| researchArea |
public transit
ⓘ
transportation finance ⓘ transportation policy analysis ⓘ transportation security ⓘ |
| sector | public transportation policy ⓘ |
| specializesIn | surface transportation ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| typeOfOrganization | research and education center ⓘ |
| website | https://transweb.sjsu.edu/ ⓘ |
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: Mineta Transportation Institute Description of subject: The Mineta Transportation Institute is a research and education center focused on surface transportation policy, planning, and management, based at San José State University in California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.