Paul Smith’s College
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Paul Smith’s College is a small private college in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York known for its programs in environmental studies, forestry, hospitality, and outdoor recreation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Smith’s College canonical | 10 |
| Paul Smith’s College campus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6818008 — 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: Paul Smith’s College Context triple: [Paul Smiths, New York, hasEducationalInstitution, Paul Smith’s College]
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A.
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong emphasis on creative thought and interdisciplinary education.
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B.
Bard College
Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, known for its progressive curriculum, strong arts programs, and emphasis on critical thinking and civic engagement.
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C.
Skidmore
Skidmore is a surname most notably associated with American architect Louis Skidmore, co-founder of the influential firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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D.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a private liberal arts institution known for its coordinate college system and scenic campus in the Finger Lakes region.
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E.
Russell Sage College
Russell Sage College is a private liberal arts institution known for its career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs, with a main campus located in Troy, New York.
- 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: Paul Smith’s College Target entity description: Paul Smith’s College is a small private college in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York known for its programs in environmental studies, forestry, hospitality, and outdoor recreation.
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A.
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong emphasis on creative thought and interdisciplinary education.
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B.
Bard College
Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, known for its progressive curriculum, strong arts programs, and emphasis on critical thinking and civic engagement.
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C.
Skidmore
Skidmore is a surname most notably associated with American architect Louis Skidmore, co-founder of the influential firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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D.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a private liberal arts institution known for its coordinate college system and scenic campus in the Finger Lakes region.
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E.
Russell Sage College
Russell Sage College is a private liberal arts institution known for its career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs, with a main campus located in Troy, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
liberal arts college
ⓘ
private college ⓘ |
| campusSetting | rural ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
natural resource management
ⓘ
outdoor education ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
experiential learning
ⓘ
hands-on education ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
close to nature
ⓘ
outdoor-oriented campus ⓘ small enrollment ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
environmental science
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ hospitality management ⓘ recreation and leisure studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
environmental studies programs
ⓘ
forestry programs ⓘ hospitality programs ⓘ outdoor recreation programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adirondack Mountains
ⓘ
upstate New York ⓘ
linked to:
Upstate New York (broad sense)
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| offers | undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| sector | private ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | baccalaureate college ⓘ |
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: Paul Smith’s College Description of subject: Paul Smith’s College is a small private college in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York known for its programs in environmental studies, forestry, hospitality, and outdoor recreation.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paul Smith’s College