Vollum Library
E91239
Vollum Library is the main academic library at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, supporting the college’s undergraduate liberal arts and research programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vollum Library canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T734326 — 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: Vollum Library Context triple: [Reed College, library, Vollum Library]
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A.
Millar Library
Millar Library is the main academic library of Portland State University, providing research resources, study spaces, and services to students and faculty.
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B.
Douglas Library
Douglas Library is a major academic library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, serving as a central resource for research and study across multiple disciplines.
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C.
James E. Shepard Memorial Library
James E. Shepard Memorial Library is the main academic library and research hub of North Carolina Central University, serving students, faculty, and the surrounding community.
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D.
John C. Hart Memorial Library
John C. Hart Memorial Library is the public library serving the community of Yorktown, New York, offering lending materials, programs, and services to local residents.
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E.
Brooks Library
Brooks Library is an academic library that serves the students and staff of Manchester Metropolitan University, providing access to scholarly resources and study facilities.
- 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: Vollum Library Target entity description: Vollum Library is the main academic library at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, supporting the college’s undergraduate liberal arts and research programs.
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A.
Millar Library
Millar Library is the main academic library of Portland State University, providing research resources, study spaces, and services to students and faculty.
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B.
Douglas Library
Douglas Library is a major academic library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, serving as a central resource for research and study across multiple disciplines.
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C.
James E. Shepard Memorial Library
James E. Shepard Memorial Library is the main academic library and research hub of North Carolina Central University, serving students, faculty, and the surrounding community.
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D.
John C. Hart Memorial Library
John C. Hart Memorial Library is the public library serving the community of Yorktown, New York, offering lending materials, programs, and services to local residents.
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E.
Brooks Library
Brooks Library is an academic library that serves the students and staff of Manchester Metropolitan University, providing access to scholarly resources and study facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic building
ⓘ
academic library ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | primarily for Reed College community ⓘ |
| affiliation | Reed College ⓘ |
| collectionType |
archives
ⓘ
books ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ journals ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
computer workstations
ⓘ
group study rooms ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ study spaces ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://library.reed.edu/ ⓘ |
| languageOfServices | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oregon
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ Portland, Oregon ⓘ
linked to:
Portland
Reed College ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| name | Vollum Library ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Reed College ⓘ |
| partOf |
Reed College campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Reed College
|
| primaryUserGroup |
Reed College faculty
ⓘ
Reed College staff ⓘ Reed College undergraduates ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| serviceType |
circulation services
ⓘ
information literacy instruction ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ reference services ⓘ research support ⓘ |
| supportsProgramType |
liberal arts programs
ⓘ
undergraduate education ⓘ undergraduate research programs ⓘ |
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: Vollum Library Description of subject: Vollum Library is the main academic library at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, supporting the college’s undergraduate liberal arts and research programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.