WCL
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WCL is the commonly used abbreviation for the American University Washington College of Law, a prominent law school in Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WCL canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3401253 — 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: WCL Context triple: [Washington College of Law, shortName, WCL]
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A.
CWC
CWC is an international treaty that outlaws the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and mandates their destruction under international verification.
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B.
CWC
CWC is the commonly used abbreviation for the CONCACAF Women's Championship, the premier women's national team football tournament in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
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C.
CWC
CWC is an abbreviation for Contemporary World Cinema, a program section that showcases recent international films at major film festivals.
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D.
WCT
WCT is an international copyright treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization that updates and supplements the Berne Convention to address digital-era rights and protections for authors.
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E.
WCC
WCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Council of Churches, a major global ecumenical organization that fosters unity and cooperation among Christian denominations worldwide.
- 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: WCL Target entity description: WCL is the commonly used abbreviation for the American University Washington College of Law, a prominent law school in Washington, D.C.
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A.
CWC
CWC is an international treaty that outlaws the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and mandates their destruction under international verification.
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B.
CWC
CWC is the commonly used abbreviation for the CONCACAF Women's Championship, the premier women's national team football tournament in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
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C.
CWC
CWC is an abbreviation for Contemporary World Cinema, a program section that showcases recent international films at major film festivals.
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D.
WCT
WCT is an international copyright treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization that updates and supplements the Berne Convention to address digital-era rights and protections for authors.
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E.
WCC
WCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Council of Churches, a major global ecumenical organization that fosters unity and cooperation among Christian denominations worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
graduate school ⓘ law school ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
American University Washington College of Law
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington College of Law
|
| academicCalendar | semester system ⓘ |
| affiliation |
American Bar Association
ⓘ
American University ⓘ Association of American Law Schools ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discipline | law ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ellen Spencer Mussey
ⓘ
Emma Gillett ⓘ |
| fullName |
American University Washington College of Law
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington College of Law
|
| governedBy | Dean of Washington College of Law ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Pence Law Library ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Champion What Matters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
externship opportunities in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
human rights and public interest law focus ⓘ large clinical program ⓘ strong international law programs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tenleytown neighborhood
ⓘ
linked to:
Tenleytown
|
| locatedOn |
American University Tenley Campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Tenley Campus
|
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit institution ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
early law school to admit women
ⓘ
one of the first law schools founded by women ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Doctor of Juridical Science
ⓘ
Juris Doctor ⓘ Master of Laws ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
dual-degree programs
ⓘ
full-time J.D. program ⓘ part-time J.D. program ⓘ study abroad programs ⓘ summer law programs ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | American University ⓘ |
| partOf |
American University campus in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
American University
|
| regionServed |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
international students ⓘ |
| specialization |
clinical legal education
ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ international law ⓘ |
| state | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| type | private law school ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wcl.american.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: WCL Description of subject: WCL is the commonly used abbreviation for the American University Washington College of Law, a prominent law school in Washington, D.C.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
AUWCL