The Place of Useful Learning
E113303
The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Place of Useful Learning canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T958877 — 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 Place of Useful Learning Context triple: [University of Strathclyde, motto, The Place of Useful Learning]
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A.
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is a 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon that argues for the systematic reform and expansion of human knowledge through empirical inquiry and the scientific method.
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B.
Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
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C.
Paideia
Paideia is Reed College’s distinctive, student-driven festival of learning featuring informal classes, workshops, and events on a wide range of academic and non-academic topics.
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D.
The Study of Man
The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
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E.
In limine sapientiae
In limine sapientiae is the Latin motto of the University of York, typically translated as “On the threshold of wisdom.”
- 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 Place of Useful Learning Target entity description: The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
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A.
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is a 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon that argues for the systematic reform and expansion of human knowledge through empirical inquiry and the scientific method.
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B.
Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
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C.
Paideia
Paideia is Reed College’s distinctive, student-driven festival of learning featuring informal classes, workshops, and events on a wide range of academic and non-academic topics.
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D.
The Study of Man
The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
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E.
In limine sapientiae
In limine sapientiae is the Latin motto of the University of York, typically translated as “On the threshold of wisdom.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
motto
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university motto ⓘ |
| associatedWith | University of Strathclyde ⓘ |
| category | university slogan ⓘ |
| describes | educational philosophy of the University of Strathclyde ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
benefit to industry
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benefit to society ⓘ useful learning ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
applied research
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practical education ⓘ |
| hasKeyword |
learning
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place ⓘ useful ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mottoOf | University of Strathclyde ⓘ |
| promotes |
application of research to real problems
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practical skills development ⓘ |
| reflects |
focus on real-world impact
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mission of the University of Strathclyde ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
applied education
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industry collaboration ⓘ knowledge transfer ⓘ societal impact ⓘ |
| usedBy |
marketing materials of the University of Strathclyde
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official communications of the University of Strathclyde ⓘ |
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 Place of Useful Learning Description of subject: The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
University of Strathclyde