Ferris State University Board of Trustees
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The Ferris State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ferris State University Board of Trustees canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11102074 — 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: Ferris State University Board of Trustees Context triple: [Ferris State University, governingBody, Ferris State University Board of Trustees]
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A.
Ferris State University
Ferris State University is a public university in Big Rapids, Michigan, known for its career-oriented programs and strong emphasis on applied learning and partnerships with community colleges.
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B.
Ball State University Board of Trustees
The Ball State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
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C.
Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University
The Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University is the institution’s top governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding its strategic direction.
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D.
Michigan State Administrative Board
The Michigan State Administrative Board is a high-level governing body that oversees various administrative and financial operations of the state’s executive branch.
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E.
Board of Trustees of Marquette University
The Board of Trustees of Marquette University is the university’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
- 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: Ferris State University Board of Trustees Target entity description: The Ferris State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
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A.
Ferris State University
Ferris State University is a public university in Big Rapids, Michigan, known for its career-oriented programs and strong emphasis on applied learning and partnerships with community colleges.
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B.
Ball State University Board of Trustees
The Ball State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
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C.
Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University
The Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University is the institution’s top governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding its strategic direction.
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D.
Michigan State Administrative Board
The Michigan State Administrative Board is a high-level governing body that oversees various administrative and financial operations of the state’s executive branch.
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E.
Board of Trustees of Marquette University
The Board of Trustees of Marquette University is the university’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board of trustees
ⓘ
public university governing body ⓘ university governing board ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| governs | Ferris State University ⓘ |
| hasMember | trustee ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ferris State University ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Ferris State University system
ⓘ
linked to:
Ferris State University
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| locatedIn |
Big Rapids, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Big Rapids, Michigan, United States
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| meetingFrequency | regularly scheduled meetings ⓘ |
| responsibility |
appointment of the university president
ⓘ
approval of annual operating budget ⓘ approval of major university policies ⓘ evaluation of the university president ⓘ oversight of academic and administrative leadership ⓘ oversight of capital projects ⓘ oversight of financial management ⓘ |
| role |
guides the university’s strategic direction
ⓘ
highest governing authority of Ferris State University ⓘ oversees university administration ⓘ oversees university finances ⓘ sets institutional policy ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
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linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
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| website | https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/administration/board-of-trustees/ ⓘ |
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: Ferris State University Board of Trustees Description of subject: The Ferris State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.