New York University
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New York University is a major private research university known for its global campuses and strong programs in fields such as arts, business, law, and the social sciences.
All labels observed (31)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2223 — 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: New York University Context triple: [New York City, hasHigherEducationInstitution, New York University]
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Columbia University
Columbia University is an Ivy League research university renowned for its rigorous academics and influential role in scholarship, journalism, and public affairs.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Philadelphia known for its strong programs across disciplines, including engineering, business, law, and medicine.
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Brandeis University
Brandeis University is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, known for its strong liberal arts programs and emphasis on social justice.
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Columbia University School of Engineering
Columbia University School of Engineering is a prestigious engineering and applied science school in New York City known for pioneering research and influential alumni in fields such as electrical engineering and computer science.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
- 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: New York University Target entity description: New York University is a major private research university known for its global campuses and strong programs in fields such as arts, business, law, and the social sciences.
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A.
Columbia University
Columbia University is an Ivy League research university renowned for its rigorous academics and influential role in scholarship, journalism, and public affairs.
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B.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Philadelphia known for its strong programs across disciplines, including engineering, business, law, and medicine.
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C.
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, known for its strong liberal arts programs and emphasis on social justice.
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D.
Columbia University School of Engineering
Columbia University School of Engineering is a prestigious engineering and applied science school in New York City known for pioneering research and influential alumni in fields such as electrical engineering and computer science.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
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: New York University Description of subject: New York University is a major private research university known for its global campuses and strong programs in fields such as arts, business, law, and the social sciences.
Referenced by (874)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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