New Sharon College
E721770
New Sharon College is the fictional New England college campus where Stephen King’s short story "Strawberry Spring" takes place.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Sharon College canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8243939 — 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: New Sharon College Context triple: [Strawberry Spring, setting, New Sharon College]
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A.
Moores Hill College
Moores Hill College was a small 19th-century Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Indiana that later evolved into the University of Evansville.
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B.
Frances Shimer Academy
Frances Shimer Academy was an earlier incarnation of what became Shimer College, a small, Great Books–oriented liberal arts institution known for its discussion-based curriculum.
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C.
Shaw College
Shaw College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, known for its emphasis on whole-person education and vibrant residential community.
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D.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.
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E.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
- 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: New Sharon College Target entity description: New Sharon College is the fictional New England college campus where Stephen King’s short story "Strawberry Spring" takes place.
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A.
Moores Hill College
Moores Hill College was a small 19th-century Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Indiana that later evolved into the University of Evansville.
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B.
Frances Shimer Academy
Frances Shimer Academy was an earlier incarnation of what became Shimer College, a small, Great Books–oriented liberal arts institution known for its discussion-based curriculum.
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C.
Shaw College
Shaw College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, known for its emphasis on whole-person education and vibrant residential community.
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D.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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E.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving young students in the town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional college
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Stephen King ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Stephen King ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Stephen King universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen King multiverse
|
| firstAppearanceIn |
"Strawberry Spring"
ⓘ
linked to:
Strawberry Spring
|
| genreContext |
horror fiction
ⓘ
suspense fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicLevel | undergraduate college ⓘ |
| hasClimateFeature | foggy weather ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | college campus ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
administration buildings
ⓘ
campus newspaper ⓘ dormitories ⓘ parking lot ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalFeature | strawberry spring ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeature | campus police ⓘ |
| hasStudentBodyType | college students ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkContext | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New England ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary setting of a serial killer story ⓘ |
| settingOf |
"Strawberry Spring"
ⓘ
linked to:
Strawberry Spring
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1960s ⓘ |
| workTypeOfSetting | short story ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: New Sharon College Description of subject: New Sharon College is the fictional New England college campus where Stephen King’s short story "Strawberry Spring" takes place.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.