William J. Porter University
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William J. Porter University was the original name of what is now Jacksonville University, a private institution of higher education in Jacksonville, Florida.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William J. Porter University canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2305629 — 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: William J. Porter University Context triple: [Jacksonville University, formerName, William J. Porter University]
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A.
William Marsh Rice
William Marsh Rice was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose fortune endowed and led to the creation of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Russell G. Cory
Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
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C.
Stilson Hutchins
Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper publisher best known as the founder of The Washington Post.
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D.
Andrew Dickson White
Andrew Dickson White was an American educator, diplomat, and historian best known as the co-founder and first president of Cornell University.
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E.
Ernest F. Coe
Ernest F. Coe was an American landscape architect and conservationist best known as a leading advocate for the creation and protection of Everglades National Park.
- 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: William J. Porter University Target entity description: William J. Porter University was the original name of what is now Jacksonville University, a private institution of higher education in Jacksonville, Florida.
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A.
William Marsh Rice
William Marsh Rice was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose fortune endowed and led to the creation of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Russell G. Cory
Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
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C.
Stilson Hutchins
Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper publisher best known as the founder of The Washington Post.
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D.
Andrew Dickson White
Andrew Dickson White was an American educator, diplomat, and historian best known as the co-founder and first president of Cornell University.
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E.
Ernest F. Coe
Ernest F. Coe was an American landscape architect and conservationist best known as a leading advocate for the creation and protection of Everglades National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct educational institution
ⓘ
former name of university ⓘ private university ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| formerName | William J. Porter University ⓘ |
| hasType | private institution of higher education ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florida
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Jacksonville ⓘ Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William J. Porter ⓘ |
| originalNameOf | Jacksonville University ⓘ |
| successor | Jacksonville University ⓘ |
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: William J. Porter University Description of subject: William J. Porter University was the original name of what is now Jacksonville University, a private institution of higher education in Jacksonville, Florida.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William J. Porter University