Perkins School of Theology
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Perkins School of Theology is the graduate theological seminary of Southern Methodist University, known for training clergy and religious scholars within the Christian tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perkins School of Theology canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T228652 — 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: Perkins School of Theology Context triple: [Southern Methodist University, hasSchool, Perkins School of Theology]
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A.
Crozer Theological Seminary
Crozer Theological Seminary was a Baptist theological school in Pennsylvania known for training clergy and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.
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B.
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private research university known for its strong business, law, and humanities programs and its historic campus in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
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C.
Western Theological Seminary
Western Theological Seminary is a Reformed Christian graduate school of theology that trains pastors and church leaders, located in Holland, Michigan.
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D.
Atlanta Baptist Seminary
Atlanta Baptist Seminary was the original name of what is now Morehouse College, a historically Black men’s college in Atlanta, Georgia.
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E.
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a historic and influential graduate institution of theological education and research associated with the Presbyterian tradition in Princeton, New Jersey.
- 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: Perkins School of Theology Target entity description: Perkins School of Theology is the graduate theological seminary of Southern Methodist University, known for training clergy and religious scholars within the Christian tradition.
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A.
Crozer Theological Seminary
Crozer Theological Seminary was a Baptist theological school in Pennsylvania known for training clergy and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.
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B.
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private research university known for its strong business, law, and humanities programs and its historic campus in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
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C.
Western Theological Seminary
Western Theological Seminary is a Reformed Christian graduate school of theology that trains pastors and church leaders, located in Holland, Michigan.
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D.
Atlanta Baptist Seminary
Atlanta Baptist Seminary was the original name of what is now Morehouse College, a historically Black men’s college in Atlanta, Georgia.
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E.
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a historic and influential graduate institution of theological education and research associated with the Presbyterian tradition in Princeton, New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constituent school of Southern Methodist University
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graduate school ⓘ theological seminary ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
religious studies
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theology ⓘ |
| affiliation | Southern Methodist University ⓘ |
| campus |
Southern Methodist University main campus
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linked to:
Southern Methodist University
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| city | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalLevel | graduate ⓘ |
| emphasis |
academic research in theology
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ecumenical education ⓘ preparation for ordained ministry ⓘ |
| field |
Christian ministry education
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theological education ⓘ |
| focus |
training clergy
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training religious scholars ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
biblical studies
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church history ⓘ ethics ⓘ ministerial formation ⓘ pastoral leadership ⓘ practical theology ⓘ religion and culture ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ world Christianity ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody | graduate students ⓘ |
| isPartOf | SMU graduate division ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| mission |
education for Christian ministry
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scholarly research in theology and religion ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| offersCredential |
academic research degrees
ⓘ
professional ministry degrees ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Doctor of Ministry
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Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies ⓘ Master of Divinity ⓘ Master of Theological Studies ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Southern Methodist University ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
global ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| type | private ⓘ |
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: Perkins School of Theology Description of subject: Perkins School of Theology is the graduate theological seminary of Southern Methodist University, known for training clergy and religious scholars within the Christian tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.