William & Mary Law School
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William & Mary Law School is a historic American law school in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the oldest law school in the United States and noted for its strong programs in legal education and public service.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William & Mary Law School canonical | 3 |
| Marshall-Wythe School of Law | 1 |
| The College of William and Mary Law program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1153703 — 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: William & Mary Law School Context triple: [College of William & Mary, hasSchool, William & Mary Law School]
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A.
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
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B.
Washington College of Law
Washington College of Law is the law school of American University in Washington, D.C., known for its programs in international law, human rights, and public interest law.
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C.
Duke University School of Law
Duke University School of Law is a prestigious American law school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, known for its rigorous legal education and influential alumni including former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
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D.
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school known for its strong programs in public interest law, business law, and legal ethics.
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E.
Boston University School of Law
Boston University School of Law is a prestigious private law school in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its strong academic programs and influential alumni.
- 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: William & Mary Law School Target entity description: William & Mary Law School is a historic American law school in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the oldest law school in the United States and noted for its strong programs in legal education and public service.
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A.
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
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B.
Washington College of Law
Washington College of Law is the law school of American University in Washington, D.C., known for its programs in international law, human rights, and public interest law.
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C.
Duke University School of Law
Duke University School of Law is a prestigious American law school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, known for its rigorous legal education and influential alumni including former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
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D.
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school known for its strong programs in public interest law, business law, and legal ethics.
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E.
Boston University School of Law
Boston University School of Law is a prestigious private law school in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its strong academic programs and influential alumni.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
graduate school ⓘ law school ⓘ |
| academicLevel | postgraduate ⓘ |
| accreditedBy | American Bar Association ⓘ |
| affiliation | College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
William & Mary Law School
ⓘ
surface form:
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
|
| campusType | college town campus ⓘ |
| city | Williamsburg ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discipline | law ⓘ |
| emphasis |
experiential learning
ⓘ
legal writing ⓘ professional ethics ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1779 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| hasAlumniType |
judges
ⓘ
legal scholars ⓘ public officials ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
practical legal training
ⓘ
public service ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
business law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ international law ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| hasType | public law school ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
|
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Williamsburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Williamsburg, Virginia
|
| locatedOn | campus of the College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| memberOf | Association of American Law Schools ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
George Wythe
ⓘ
John Marshall ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the oldest law school in the United States
ⓘ
historic status ⓘ strong programs in legal education ⓘ strong programs in public service ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Juris Doctor
ⓘ
Master of Laws ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
clinical legal education
ⓘ
legal research and writing ⓘ public service law ⓘ |
| partOf | College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| region | Virginia ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
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: William & Mary Law School Description of subject: William & Mary Law School is a historic American law school in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the oldest law school in the United States and noted for its strong programs in legal education and public service.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
this entity surface form:
The College of William and Mary Law program