Hofstra University
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Hofstra University is a private university on Long Island, New York, known for its diverse academic programs and proximity to New York City.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hofstra University canonical | 57 |
| Hofstra College in Hempstead | 1 |
| Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 1 |
| Hofstra University School of Law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1153261 — 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: Hofstra University Context triple: [Erin McDermott, educatedAt, Hofstra University]
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A.
Adelphi University
Adelphi University is a private university known for its liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs, with its main campus located in Garden City on Long Island, New York.
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B.
Pace University
Pace University is a private university in New York known for its business, performing arts, and professional programs, with campuses in Manhattan and Westchester County.
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C.
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private Jesuit research university in New York City known for its strong liberal arts, business, and law programs.
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D.
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private university system in New York known for its multiple campuses, diverse academic programs, and professional-focused education.
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E.
York College
York College is a senior college within the City University of New York system, offering undergraduate and select graduate programs in Queens, New York City.
- 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: Hofstra University Target entity description: Hofstra University is a private university on Long Island, New York, known for its diverse academic programs and proximity to New York City.
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A.
Adelphi University
Adelphi University is a private university known for its liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs, with its main campus located in Garden City on Long Island, New York.
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B.
Pace University
Pace University is a private university in New York known for its business, performing arts, and professional programs, with campuses in Manhattan and Westchester County.
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C.
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private Jesuit research university in New York City known for its strong liberal arts, business, and law programs.
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D.
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private university system in New York known for its multiple campuses, diverse academic programs, and professional-focused education.
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E.
York College
York College is a senior college within the City University of New York system, offering undergraduate and select graduate programs in Queens, New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Hofstra University Description of subject: Hofstra University is a private university on Long Island, New York, known for its diverse academic programs and proximity to New York City.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Long Island