Late, but in earnest
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"Late, but in earnest" is the Latin-inspired English motto of Kellogg College, Oxford, expressing the idea of pursuing learning seriously later in life or career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Late, but in earnest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5757367 — 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: Late, but in earnest Context triple: [Kellogg College, Oxford, motto, Late, but in earnest]
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A.
It’s Going to Take Some Time
"It’s Going to Take Some Time" is a pop song written by Gerry Goffin (with Carole King) that became known through recordings by artists such as The Carpenters.
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B.
Not Too Late
Not Too Late is a 2007 studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones that showcases a more intimate, self-penned collection of jazz-influenced pop songs.
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C.
No Such Thing as Too Late
"No Such Thing as Too Late" is a song featured on the album "Two Eleven" by American R&B singer Brandy.
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D.
Sorry for the Delay
"Sorry for the Delay" is an early EP by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, showcasing their lo-fi, experimental folk sound prior to their wider breakthrough.
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E.
Not a Moment Too Soon
Not a Moment Too Soon is a breakthrough 1994 country music album by Tim McGraw that significantly boosted his mainstream popularity.
- 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: Late, but in earnest Target entity description: "Late, but in earnest" is the Latin-inspired English motto of Kellogg College, Oxford, expressing the idea of pursuing learning seriously later in life or career.
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A.
It’s Going to Take Some Time
"It’s Going to Take Some Time" is a pop song written by Gerry Goffin (with Carole King) that became known through recordings by artists such as The Carpenters.
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B.
Not Too Late
Not Too Late is a 2007 studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones that showcases a more intimate, self-penned collection of jazz-influenced pop songs.
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C.
No Such Thing as Too Late
"No Such Thing as Too Late" is a song featured on the album "Two Eleven" by American R&B singer Brandy.
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D.
Sorry for the Delay
"Sorry for the Delay" is an early EP by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, showcasing their lo-fi, experimental folk sound prior to their wider breakthrough.
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E.
Not a Moment Too Soon
Not a Moment Too Soon is a breakthrough 1994 country music album by Tim McGraw that significantly boosted his mainstream popularity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English motto
ⓘ
college motto ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
later-life learners
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mid-career students ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kellogg College, Oxford ⓘ |
| category | mottos of colleges of the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| connotation |
it is never too late to learn
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seriousness of purpose in education ⓘ |
| expressesConcept |
lifelong learning
ⓘ
pursuit of learning later in life ⓘ serious commitment to study ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adult education
ⓘ
continuing education ⓘ mature students ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Latin ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mottoOf | Kellogg College, Oxford ⓘ |
| partOf | symbolic identity of Kellogg College, Oxford ⓘ |
| usedByInstitutionType | college ⓘ |
| usedByUniversity | University of Oxford ⓘ |
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: Late, but in earnest Description of subject: "Late, but in earnest" is the Latin-inspired English motto of Kellogg College, Oxford, expressing the idea of pursuing learning seriously later in life or career.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.