Valparaiso University
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Valparaiso University is a private Lutheran-affiliated university known for its strong liberal arts, professional programs, and distinctive honor code.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valparaiso University canonical | 11 |
| Valparaiso College | 1 |
| Valparaiso Male and Female College | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1729875 — 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: Valparaiso University Context triple: [Porter County, Indiana, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Valparaiso University]
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A.
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Purdue University Fort Wayne is a public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the Purdue University system.
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B.
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private Catholic research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, known for its strong academic programs and prominent NCAA Division I basketball tradition.
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C.
University of Evansville
The University of Evansville is a private liberal arts university in Evansville, Indiana, known for its strong performing arts program and notable alumni such as actor Rami Malek.
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D.
Indiana State University
Indiana State University is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana, widely recognized for its Sycamores basketball program that starred Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
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E.
University of Indianapolis
The University of Indianapolis is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, known for its career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs and strong ties to the local community.
- 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: Valparaiso University Target entity description: Valparaiso University is a private Lutheran-affiliated university known for its strong liberal arts, professional programs, and distinctive honor code.
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A.
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Purdue University Fort Wayne is a public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the Purdue University system.
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B.
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private Catholic research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, known for its strong academic programs and prominent NCAA Division I basketball tradition.
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C.
University of Evansville
The University of Evansville is a private liberal arts university in Evansville, Indiana, known for its strong performing arts program and notable alumni such as actor Rami Malek.
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D.
Indiana State University
Indiana State University is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana, widely recognized for its Sycamores basketball program that starred Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
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E.
University of Indianapolis
The University of Indianapolis is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, known for its career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs and strong ties to the local community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Valparaiso University Description of subject: Valparaiso University is a private Lutheran-affiliated university known for its strong liberal arts, professional programs, and distinctive honor code.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Valparaiso Male and Female College
this entity surface form:
Valparaiso College