Concordia College Alabama
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Concordia College Alabama was a historically black, Lutheran-affiliated liberal arts college in Selma, Alabama, known for serving African American students before its closure in 2018.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Concordia College–Selma | 2 |
| Concordia College Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11850530 — 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: Concordia College Alabama Context triple: [Concordia University System, hasMember, Concordia College Alabama]
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A.
Concord University
Concord University is a public liberal arts university located in southern West Virginia, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs serving the Appalachian region.
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B.
Union University
Union University is a private Christian liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee, known for its strong emphasis on faith-based education and academic excellence.
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C.
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) is a private Lutheran liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and emphasis on global education and service.
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D.
Mid-America Christian University
Mid-America Christian University is a private Christian university in Oklahoma City affiliated with the holiness tradition of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), offering undergraduate and graduate programs in ministry, business, education, and the liberal arts.
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E.
Cedarville University
Cedarville University is a private Christian university located in the village of Cedarville in southwestern Ohio.
- 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: Concordia College Alabama Target entity description: Concordia College Alabama was a historically black, Lutheran-affiliated liberal arts college in Selma, Alabama, known for serving African American students before its closure in 2018.
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A.
Concord University
Concord University is a public liberal arts university located in southern West Virginia, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs serving the Appalachian region.
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B.
Union University
Union University is a private Christian liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee, known for its strong emphasis on faith-based education and academic excellence.
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C.
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) is a private Lutheran liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and emphasis on global education and service.
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D.
Mid-America Christian University
Mid-America Christian University is a private Christian university in Oklahoma City affiliated with the holiness tradition of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), offering undergraduate and graduate programs in ministry, business, education, and the liberal arts.
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E.
Cedarville University
Cedarville University is a private Christian university located in the village of Cedarville in southwestern Ohio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lutheran college
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defunct college ⓘ historically black college ⓘ liberal arts college ⓘ private college ⓘ |
| accreditationType | regional accreditation ⓘ |
| affiliationType | church-related college ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| closureDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalFocus |
Christian liberal arts
ⓘ
business-related programs ⓘ religious studies ⓘ teacher education ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| ethos | historically black ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod education authorities
ⓘ
board of regents ⓘ |
| hasCampusFeature |
academic buildings
ⓘ
athletic fields ⓘ chapel ⓘ residential facilities ⓘ |
| hasEducationalMission |
Christian education
ⓘ
liberal arts education ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTargetDemographic |
first-generation college students
ⓘ
low-income students ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfInstitutionControl | church-controlled ⓘ |
| historicalRole | education of African Americans in the Black Belt region ⓘ |
| isDefunct | true ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Alabama
ⓘ
Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Concordia ⓘ |
| offeredDegreeType |
associate degrees
ⓘ
bachelor’s degrees ⓘ |
| offeredProgramType | undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| partOf | Concordia University System ⓘ |
| primaryServicePopulation | African American students ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Alabama Black Belt
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Belt (Alabama)
American South ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| religiousAffiliation |
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| stateOfUse | closed ⓘ |
| studentBodyCharacteristic | predominantly African American ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Concordia College Alabama Description of subject: Concordia College Alabama was a historically black, Lutheran-affiliated liberal arts college in Selma, Alabama, known for serving African American students before its closure in 2018.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Concordia College Alabama
linked to: Concordia College Alabama