Southwest Texas State Teachers College
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Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now known as Texas State University, is a public institution in San Marcos, Texas, historically recognized for training educators and as the alma mater of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southwest Texas State Teachers College canonical | 4 |
| Southwest Texas State Normal School | 2 |
| Southwest Texas State College | 1 |
| Southwest Texas State University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T605711 — 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: Southwest Texas State Teachers College Context triple: [Lyndon B. Johnson, education, Southwest Texas State Teachers College]
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A.
Dallas College
Dallas College is a large public community college system serving the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area with a wide range of academic, technical, and workforce education programs.
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B.
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is a historically Black public university in Houston, Texas, known for its significant contributions to African American higher education and culture.
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C.
Tarleton
Tarleton is a village in Lancashire, England, situated in a rural area of the West Lancashire Coastal Plain near the River Douglas.
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D.
Texas A&I University
Texas A&I University was a public university in Kingsville, Texas, known for its strong football program and for producing several NFL players.
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E.
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, known for its strong athletics programs and comprehensive offerings in engineering, business, and agricultural sciences.
- 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: Southwest Texas State Teachers College Target entity description: Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now known as Texas State University, is a public institution in San Marcos, Texas, historically recognized for training educators and as the alma mater of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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A.
Dallas College
Dallas College is a large public community college system serving the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area with a wide range of academic, technical, and workforce education programs.
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B.
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is a historically Black public university in Houston, Texas, known for its significant contributions to African American higher education and culture.
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C.
Tarleton
Tarleton is a village in Lancashire, England, situated in a rural area of the West Lancashire Coastal Plain near the River Douglas.
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D.
Texas A&I University
Texas A&I University was a public university in Kingsville, Texas, known for its strong football program and for producing several NFL players.
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E.
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, known for its strong athletics programs and comprehensive offerings in engineering, business, and agricultural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
ⓘ
teachers college ⓘ |
| accreditedBy | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ⓘ |
| affiliation | NCAA Division I athletics (successor institution) ⓘ |
| almaMaterOf | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| campusSetting | hill country ⓘ |
| campusType | main campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerNameOf | Texas State University ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Southwest Texas State Normal School
ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
|
| fundingType | state-funded ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Regents of the Texas State University System ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
business
ⓘ
education ⓘ fine arts ⓘ liberal arts ⓘ sciences ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | Southwest Texas State Teachers College ⓘ |
| hasMascot | Bobcats ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumniField |
education
ⓘ
politics ⓘ public service ⓘ |
| hasSchoolColors |
gold
ⓘ
maroon ⓘ |
| historicalRole | regional teachers college for South Texas ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hays County, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Hays County
San Marcos, Texas ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| motto | The noblest search is the search for excellence ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
ⓘ
master's degree ⓘ |
| partOf | Texas State University System ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 36th president of the United States ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
Southwest Texas State College
ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Southwest Texas State University ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Texas State University–San Marcos ⓘ
linked to:
Texas State University
|
| primaryFocus | teacher education ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| type | public institution of higher education ⓘ |
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: Southwest Texas State Teachers College Description of subject: Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now known as Texas State University, is a public institution in San Marcos, Texas, historically recognized for training educators and as the alma mater of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
linked to: Southwest Texas State Teachers College
linked to: Southwest Texas State Teachers College
linked to: Southwest Texas State Teachers College
linked to: Southwest Texas State Teachers College