St. Gregory's University (former)
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St. Gregory's University was a small Catholic liberal arts university in Shawnee, Oklahoma, known for its Benedictine heritage before closing in 2017.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Gregory's University (former) canonical | 1 |
| St. Gregory’s University (closed) | 1 |
| St. Gregory’s University (former) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9102327 — 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: St. Gregory's University (former) Context triple: [Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States, hasEducationalInstitution, St. Gregory's University (former)]
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St. Jerome's University
St. Jerome's University is a public Roman Catholic liberal arts university federated with the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
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B.
St. Ignatius College
St. Ignatius College was the original Jesuit institution in Chicago that later evolved into Loyola University Chicago.
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C.
St. Ignatius College
St. Ignatius College was the original Jesuit institution in San Francisco that later evolved into the University of San Francisco.
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D.
University of Saint Mary
The University of Saint Mary is a private Catholic liberal arts university known for its small-campus environment and professional programs, located in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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E.
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Mount St. Mary's Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary associated with Mount St. Mary's University that prepares men for the priesthood through theological and pastoral formation.
- 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: St. Gregory's University (former) Target entity description: St. Gregory's University was a small Catholic liberal arts university in Shawnee, Oklahoma, known for its Benedictine heritage before closing in 2017.
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A.
St. Jerome's University
St. Jerome's University is a public Roman Catholic liberal arts university federated with the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
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B.
St. Ignatius College
St. Ignatius College was the original Jesuit institution in Chicago that later evolved into Loyola University Chicago.
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C.
St. Ignatius College
St. Ignatius College was the original Jesuit institution in San Francisco that later evolved into the University of San Francisco.
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University of Saint Mary
The University of Saint Mary is a private Catholic liberal arts university known for its small-campus environment and professional programs, located in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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E.
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Mount St. Mary's Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary associated with Mount St. Mary's University that prepares men for the priesthood through theological and pastoral formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic liberal arts university
ⓘ
defunct university ⓘ private university ⓘ |
| athleticsAssociation | NAIA ⓘ |
| campusType | rural ⓘ |
| closureDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| closureReason | financial difficulties ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denomination | Catholic ⓘ |
| educationalFocus | liberal arts ⓘ |
| educationalLevel |
graduate
ⓘ
undergraduate ⓘ |
| governedAs | Catholic institution of higher education ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
business
ⓘ
education ⓘ humanities ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasAlumniType |
Catholic clergy
ⓘ
business professionals ⓘ educators ⓘ |
| hasCampusFeature |
athletic facilities
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ library ⓘ monastery nearby ⓘ residence halls ⓘ |
| hasEducationalPhilosophy | liberal arts tradition ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Benedictine heritage ⓘ |
| hasMascot | Cavaliers ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| heritage | monastic ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Catholic higher education in the United States
ⓘ
Catholic universities and colleges in Oklahoma ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shawnee, Oklahoma ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degrees
ⓘ
master's degrees ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Benedictine monks
ⓘ
linked to:
Benedictines
Order of Saint Benedict ⓘ
linked to:
Benedictines
|
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| religiousTradition | Benedictine ⓘ |
| sector | private nonprofit ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| studentBodySize | small ⓘ |
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: St. Gregory's University (former) Description of subject: St. Gregory's University was a small Catholic liberal arts university in Shawnee, Oklahoma, known for its Benedictine heritage before closing in 2017.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: St. Gregory's University (former)
linked to: St. Gregory's University (former)