The making of a living and the living of a life
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"The making of a living and the living of a life" is the guiding motto of the Rochester Institute of Technology, emphasizing a balance between professional success and personal fulfillment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The making of a living and the living of a life canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4507903 — 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: The making of a living and the living of a life Context triple: [Rochester Institute of Technology, motto, The making of a living and the living of a life]
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A.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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B.
Good Life
"Good Life" is a popular hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring T-Pain from his 2007 album *Graduation*, celebrated for its upbeat production and themes of success and celebration.
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C.
Good Life
"Good Life" is a 2010 pop song by American band OneRepublic, known for its upbeat, optimistic tone and prominent whistling hook.
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D.
On Human Work
On Human Work is the English title of Pope John Paul II’s 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, which reflects on the dignity of human labor in light of Catholic social teaching.
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E.
A Job to Live
A Job to Live is a work by British politician and author Shirley Williams that reflects her engagement with social and political issues.
- 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: The making of a living and the living of a life Target entity description: "The making of a living and the living of a life" is the guiding motto of the Rochester Institute of Technology, emphasizing a balance between professional success and personal fulfillment.
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A.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
-
B.
Good Life
"Good Life" is a popular hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring T-Pain from his 2007 album *Graduation*, celebrated for its upbeat production and themes of success and celebration.
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C.
Good Life
"Good Life" is a 2010 pop song by American band OneRepublic, known for its upbeat, optimistic tone and prominent whistling hook.
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D.
On Human Work
On Human Work is the English title of Pope John Paul II’s 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, which reflects on the dignity of human labor in light of Catholic social teaching.
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E.
A Job to Live
A Job to Live is a work by British politician and author Shirley Williams that reflects her engagement with social and political issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guiding principle
ⓘ
motto ⓘ slogan ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rochester Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| emphasizes | balance between professional success and personal fulfillment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
personal fulfillment
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professional success ⓘ |
| isMottoOf | Rochester Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| reflects |
RIT educational philosophy
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integration of career and life goals ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
RIT alumni
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linked to:
Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT faculty and staff ⓘ RIT students ⓘ prospective RIT students ⓘ |
| theme |
career preparation
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personal development ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| usedBy |
RIT communications
ⓘ
RIT marketing materials ⓘ |
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: The making of a living and the living of a life Description of subject: "The making of a living and the living of a life" is the guiding motto of the Rochester Institute of Technology, emphasizing a balance between professional success and personal fulfillment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.