York University
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York University is a major public research university in Toronto, Canada, known for its diverse academic programs and large student population.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T76386 — 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: York University Context triple: [Toronto, hasUniversity, York University]
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University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a leading Canadian public research university renowned globally for its academic excellence, extensive research output, and influential alumni.
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McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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Woodsworth College
Woodsworth College is a constituent college of the University of Toronto known for its large and diverse student body and strong focus on part-time and non-traditional students.
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Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal is a major French-language public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its contributions to fields such as artificial intelligence and deep learning.
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E.
Mississauga campus
Mississauga campus is a suburban University of Toronto campus known for its modern facilities, diverse student body, and park-like setting along the Credit River in Mississauga, Ontario.
- 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: York University Target entity description: York University is a major public research university in Toronto, Canada, known for its diverse academic programs and large student population.
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A.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a leading Canadian public research university renowned globally for its academic excellence, extensive research output, and influential alumni.
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B.
McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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C.
Woodsworth College
Woodsworth College is a constituent college of the University of Toronto known for its large and diverse student body and strong focus on part-time and non-traditional students.
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D.
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal is a major French-language public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its contributions to fields such as artificial intelligence and deep learning.
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E.
Mississauga campus
Mississauga campus is a suburban University of Toronto campus known for its modern facilities, diverse student body, and park-like setting along the Credit River in Mississauga, Ontario.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: York University Description of subject: York University is a major public research university in Toronto, Canada, known for its diverse academic programs and large student population.
Referenced by (144)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University)
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hostInstitution
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York University
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this entity surface form:
York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
this entity surface form:
York University housing system
subject surface form:
Toronto