Augustana College
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Augustana College is a private liberal arts college in Rock Island, Illinois, known for its strong undergraduate programs and Swedish-American heritage.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T870649 — 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: Augustana College Context triple: [Howard Graham Buffett, educatedAt, Augustana College]
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A.
North Central College
North Central College is a private liberal arts college located in Naperville, Illinois, known for its strong undergraduate programs and historic campus.
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Carleton College
Carleton College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, known for its rigorous academics, close-knit residential community, and strong emphasis on undergraduate education.
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Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, known for its rigorous academics, progressive values, and strong emphasis on undergraduate teaching and research.
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Wheaton College, Illinois
Wheaton College, Illinois is a private evangelical Christian liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics and strong religious emphasis, located in the city of Wheaton in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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E.
The College of St. Scholastica
The College of St. Scholastica is a private Benedictine Catholic liberal arts college known for its strong programs in health sciences, education, and the humanities.
- 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: Augustana College Target entity description: Augustana College is a private liberal arts college in Rock Island, Illinois, known for its strong undergraduate programs and Swedish-American heritage.
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A.
North Central College
North Central College is a private liberal arts college located in Naperville, Illinois, known for its strong undergraduate programs and historic campus.
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B.
Carleton College
Carleton College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, known for its rigorous academics, close-knit residential community, and strong emphasis on undergraduate education.
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C.
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, known for its rigorous academics, progressive values, and strong emphasis on undergraduate teaching and research.
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Wheaton College, Illinois
Wheaton College, Illinois is a private evangelical Christian liberal arts college known for its rigorous academics and strong religious emphasis, located in the city of Wheaton in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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The College of St. Scholastica
The College of St. Scholastica is a private Benedictine Catholic liberal arts college known for its strong programs in health sciences, education, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
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private liberal arts college ⓘ |
| academicCalendar | semester system ⓘ |
| campusSetting | urban ⓘ |
| controlType | private ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educationLevel | undergraduate-focused ⓘ |
| foundingReligiousTradition |
Lutheranism
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surface form:
Lutheran
|
| fundingType | nonprofit ⓘ |
| hasAthletics |
NCAA Division III sports
ⓘ
men’s and women’s varsity teams ⓘ |
| hasCampusFeature |
academic buildings
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library ⓘ performing arts facilities ⓘ residential campus ⓘ science laboratories ⓘ student center ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAffiliation | Swedish-American community ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
biology
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business-related majors ⓘ education ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ liberal arts and sciences ⓘ music ⓘ pre-law ⓘ pre-medicine ⓘ psychology ⓘ theatre arts ⓘ |
| hasStudentResidence | on-campus housing ⓘ |
| heritage | Swedish-American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Swedish-American cultural traditions
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fine arts programs ⓘ humanities programs ⓘ liberal arts education ⓘ pre-health programs ⓘ sciences programs ⓘ strong undergraduate programs ⓘ study abroad opportunities ⓘ undergraduate research ⓘ |
| languageOfHeritage | Swedish ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
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Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ
surface form:
Quad Cities
Rock Island, Illinois ⓘ |
| offers |
merit-based scholarships
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need-based financial aid ⓘ |
| offersDegree | Bachelor’s degree ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ⓘ |
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: Augustana College Description of subject: Augustana College is a private liberal arts college in Rock Island, Illinois, known for its strong undergraduate programs and Swedish-American heritage.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Augustana College (Rock Island)
this entity surface form:
Augustana College (Illinois)
this entity surface form:
Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois)
this entity surface form:
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
this entity surface form:
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