The Ohio State University libraries
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The Ohio State University Libraries is the university’s comprehensive library system, providing extensive research collections, digital resources, and academic support services across its multiple campuses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ohio State University libraries canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10551773 — 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: The Ohio State University libraries Context triple: [Mansfield campus, accessTo, The Ohio State University libraries]
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A.
Ohio College Library Center
Ohio College Library Center was the original name of OCLC, a global nonprofit cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for libraries worldwide.
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B.
Oberlin Group of Libraries
The Oberlin Group of Libraries is a consortium of selective liberal arts college libraries in the United States that collaborates to enhance academic resources, services, and innovation in support of undergraduate education.
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C.
University System of Ohio
The University System of Ohio is the statewide network of public colleges and universities in Ohio, coordinating higher education institutions, resources, and policies across the state.
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D.
Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory campus
Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory campus is a freshwater research and education facility on Lake Erie dedicated to field-based studies in aquatic science and environmental stewardship.
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E.
Penn State University Libraries
Penn State University Libraries is the academic library system serving all campuses of Pennsylvania State University, providing extensive research collections, study spaces, and information services to students, faculty, and staff.
- 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: The Ohio State University libraries Target entity description: The Ohio State University Libraries is the university’s comprehensive library system, providing extensive research collections, digital resources, and academic support services across its multiple campuses.
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A.
Ohio College Library Center
Ohio College Library Center was the original name of OCLC, a global nonprofit cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for libraries worldwide.
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B.
Oberlin Group of Libraries
The Oberlin Group of Libraries is a consortium of selective liberal arts college libraries in the United States that collaborates to enhance academic resources, services, and innovation in support of undergraduate education.
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C.
University System of Ohio
The University System of Ohio is the statewide network of public colleges and universities in Ohio, coordinating higher education institutions, resources, and policies across the state.
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D.
Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory campus
Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory campus is a freshwater research and education facility on Lake Erie dedicated to field-based studies in aquatic science and environmental stewardship.
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E.
Penn State University Libraries
Penn State University Libraries is the academic library system serving all campuses of Pennsylvania State University, providing extensive research collections, study spaces, and information services to students, faculty, and staff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library system
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research library ⓘ |
| affiliation |
The Ohio State University
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linked to:
Ohio State University
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| campus |
Columbus campus
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regional campuses of The Ohio State University ⓘ |
| collectionType |
archives
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digital collections ⓘ electronic books ⓘ electronic journals ⓘ government documents ⓘ maps ⓘ media collections ⓘ print collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focus |
supporting learning
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supporting outreach ⓘ supporting research ⓘ supporting teaching ⓘ |
| hasPart |
18th Avenue Library
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Architecture Library ⓘ Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum ⓘ Biological Sciences/Pharmacy Library ⓘ Cartoon Research Library ⓘ Fine Arts Library ⓘ Geology Library ⓘ Health Sciences Library ⓘ Moritz Law Library ⓘ Music and Dance Library ⓘ Rare Books and Manuscripts Library ⓘ Science and Engineering Library collections ⓘ University Archives ⓘ William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://library.osu.edu/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Columbus, Ohio ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
The Ohio State University
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linked to:
Ohio State University
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| serves |
faculty of The Ohio State University
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graduate students of The Ohio State University ⓘ staff of The Ohio State University ⓘ undergraduate students of The Ohio State University ⓘ visiting researchers ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
course reserves
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data management support ⓘ digital scholarship support ⓘ information literacy education ⓘ instructional support ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ open access publishing support ⓘ reference services ⓘ research support ⓘ scholarly communication support ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
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: The Ohio State University libraries Description of subject: The Ohio State University Libraries is the university’s comprehensive library system, providing extensive research collections, digital resources, and academic support services across its multiple campuses.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.