University of Washington
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The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, and public affairs.
All labels observed (24)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T44929 — 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: University of Washington Context triple: [Rita R. Colwell, educatedAt, University of Washington]
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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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Stanford University
Stanford University is a prestigious private research university in the San Francisco Bay Area renowned for its academic excellence, innovation, and influence in technology and entrepreneurship.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is a leading public research university renowned for its academic excellence, groundbreaking innovation, and historic role in social and political movements.
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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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Reed College
Reed College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics, strong emphasis on independent scholarship, and distinctive intellectual culture.
- 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: University of Washington Target entity description: The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, and public affairs.
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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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B.
Stanford University
Stanford University is a prestigious private research university in the San Francisco Bay Area renowned for its academic excellence, innovation, and influence in technology and entrepreneurship.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is a leading public research university renowned for its academic excellence, groundbreaking innovation, and historic role in social and political movements.
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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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E.
Reed College
Reed College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics, strong emphasis on independent scholarship, and distinctive intellectual culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: University of Washington Description of subject: The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, and public affairs.
Referenced by (347)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
subject linked to:
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
subject linked to:
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
linked to: University of Washington
subject linked to:
Colwell
subject linked to:
William H. Foege Global Health Building at the University of Washington
subject linked to:
William H. Foege Global Health Building at the University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
William H. Foege Global Health Building
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partOf
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University of Washington School of Public Health
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subject linked to:
William H. Foege Global Health Building at the University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
subject linked to:
William H. Foege Global Health Building at the University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
subject linked to:
Foege
linked to: University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington
Victor Steinbrueck
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employer
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University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning
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linked to: University of Washington
LMN Architects
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notableWork
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University of Washington Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
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linked to: University of Washington
subject linked to:
Robert Armstrong
linked to: University of Washington
linked to: University of Washington