Old Campus
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Old Campus is Yale University's historic central quadrangle, known for its iconic collegiate Gothic architecture and first-year student residences.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Campus canonical | 19 |
| Central Campus | 1 |
| Old Campus quadrangle | 1 |
| Old Campus residential complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T52364 — 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: Old Campus Context triple: [Yale University campus, hasPart, Old Campus]
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A.
Oxford Road campus
Oxford Road campus is the principal site of the University of Manchester, housing many of its academic buildings, libraries, and student facilities along Oxford Road in Manchester, England.
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B.
John A. Wilson Building
The John A. Wilson Building is a historic government office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the city’s primary municipal and legislative offices.
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C.
Belmont Center Historic District
Belmont Center Historic District is a historically significant commercial and civic core of Belmont, Massachusetts, noted for its early 20th-century architecture and role as the town’s primary downtown area.
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D.
Harvard Yard
Harvard Yard is the historic central area of Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its iconic brick buildings, freshman dormitories, and academic landmarks.
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E.
Sheffield Scientific School
Sheffield Scientific School was Yale University's pioneering science and engineering school, instrumental in advancing scientific and technical education in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Old Campus Target entity description: Old Campus is Yale University's historic central quadrangle, known for its iconic collegiate Gothic architecture and first-year student residences.
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A.
St. George campus
St. George campus is the historic downtown Toronto campus of the University of Toronto, known for its collegiate Gothic architecture and research-intensive academic environment.
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B.
Oxford Road campus
Oxford Road campus is the principal site of the University of Manchester, housing many of its academic buildings, libraries, and student facilities along Oxford Road in Manchester, England.
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C.
John A. Wilson Building
The John A. Wilson Building is a historic government office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the city’s primary municipal and legislative offices.
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D.
Butler School
Butler School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Belmont, Massachusetts.
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E.
Belmont Center Historic District
Belmont Center Historic District is a historically significant commercial and civic core of Belmont, Massachusetts, noted for its early 20th-century architecture and role as the town’s primary downtown area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yale University campus area
ⓘ
historic district ⓘ quadrangle ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Collegiate Gothic architecture
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linked to:
Collegiate Gothic
|
| associatedWith | Yale College first-year experience ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Chapel Street
ⓘ
College Street ⓘ Elm Street ⓘ High Street ⓘ |
| contains |
Battell Chapel
ⓘ
linked to:
Phelps Hall
Bingham Hall ⓘ Connecticut Hall ⓘ Durfee Hall ⓘ Farnam Hall ⓘ
linked to:
Durfee Hall
Lanman-Wright Hall ⓘ Lawrance Hall ⓘ McClellan Hall ⓘ Phelps Hall ⓘ Vanderbilt Hall ⓘ
linked to:
Durfee Hall
Welch Hall ⓘ
linked to:
Durfee Hall
Yale College Dean’s Office ⓘ Yale Freshman Counselors’ offices ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCentralFeature | large central lawn ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central pathways connecting residence halls
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gated perimeter ⓘ historic brick and stone dormitories ⓘ statues and memorials ⓘ tree-lined walkways ⓘ |
| hasUse |
ceremonial space
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event venue ⓘ first-year student residences ⓘ recreational space ⓘ residential college annex housing ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | oldest area of Yale College campus ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Haven, Connecticut
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Yale University Facilities
ⓘ
linked to:
Yale University
|
| near |
Yale University’s Beinecke Plaza
ⓘ
Yale University’s Cross Campus ⓘ
linked to:
Yale University campus
|
| ownedBy | Yale University ⓘ |
| partOf | Yale University campus ⓘ |
| primaryResidents | Yale College first-year students ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Class Day ceremonies
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Yale College Commencement ceremonies ⓘ outdoor performances ⓘ reunions ⓘ student gatherings ⓘ |
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: Old Campus Description of subject: Old Campus is Yale University's historic central quadrangle, known for its iconic collegiate Gothic architecture and first-year student residences.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Campus
linked to: Old Campus
linked to: Old Campus