DePaul University
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DePaul University is a private Roman Catholic university in Chicago known for its urban campuses, diverse student body, and strong programs in business, law, and the arts.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5550 — 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: DePaul University Context triple: [Chicago, Illinois, United States, hasUniversity, DePaul University]
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, renowned for its strong programs in journalism, engineering, business, and the arts.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago renowned for its rigorous academics, influential scholarship across disciplines, and significant contributions to economics, law, and the social sciences.
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Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, known for its strong programs in medicine, engineering, and the arts and sciences.
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Boston University
Boston University is a major private research university in Boston known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to scholarship and innovation.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a major public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, renowned for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and prominent athletic tradition.
- 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: DePaul University Target entity description: DePaul University is a private Roman Catholic university in Chicago known for its urban campuses, diverse student body, and strong programs in business, law, and the arts.
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A.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, renowned for its strong programs in journalism, engineering, business, and the arts.
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B.
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago renowned for its rigorous academics, influential scholarship across disciplines, and significant contributions to economics, law, and the social sciences.
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Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, known for its strong programs in medicine, engineering, and the arts and sciences.
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Boston University
Boston University is a major private research university in Boston known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to scholarship and innovation.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a major public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, renowned for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and prominent athletic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: DePaul University Description of subject: DePaul University is a private Roman Catholic university in Chicago known for its urban campuses, diverse student body, and strong programs in business, law, and the arts.
Referenced by (92)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
George Mikan
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George Mikan
subject surface form:
George Mikan
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Great Midwest Conference
this entity surface form:
DePaul University Lincoln Park Campus
subject surface form:
Diversey station
this entity surface form:
DePaul University (Lincoln Park Campus, nearby)
this entity surface form:
DePaul University Loop Campus
this entity surface form:
DePaul University Loop Campus
this entity surface form:
DePaul University College of Business
subject surface form:
Richard J. Daley
this entity surface form:
DePaul University Lincoln Park Campus