Seattle University
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Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T81668 — 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)
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Target entity: Seattle University Context triple: [Seattle, hasUniversity, Seattle University]
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University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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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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University of Washington
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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Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Seattle University Target entity description: Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
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University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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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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University of Washington
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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Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Seattle University Description of subject: Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
linked to: Seattle University
Educating the Whole Person, Professional Formation, Empowering Leaders for a Just and Humane World
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Jesuit mission of Seattle University
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subject linked to:
“Educating the Whole Person, Professional Formation, Empowering Leaders for a Just and Humane World”
linked to: Seattle University
linked to: Seattle University
linked to: Seattle University
subject linked to:
College of Nursing
subject linked to:
College of Nursing
School of Theology and Ministry
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parentOrganization
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Seattle University College of Arts and Sciences
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linked to: Seattle University
linked to: Seattle University
subject linked to:
School of Law
subject linked to:
School of Law
subject linked to:
School of Law
subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
subject linked to:
College of Education
subject linked to:
College of Education
subject linked to:
College of Education
linked to: Seattle University
subject linked to:
Seattle University Redhawks men’s basketball
subject linked to:
Seattle University Redhawks men’s basketball
subject linked to:
Seattle University Redhawks men’s basketball
linked to: Seattle University
subject linked to:
Elgin Gay Baylor