Thomas Cooper Library
E250039
Thomas Cooper Library is the main research library of the University of South Carolina, housing extensive academic collections and serving as a central hub for student and faculty scholarship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Cooper Library canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2269417 — 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: Thomas Cooper Library Context triple: [University of South Carolina, notableLibrary, Thomas Cooper Library]
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A.
M. G. Parker Memorial Library
The M. G. Parker Memorial Library is the public library serving the community of Dracut, Massachusetts, providing access to books, media, and local services.
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B.
Parker Library
Parker Library is a renowned medieval and Renaissance manuscript collection housed at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.
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C.
Franklin-Wilkins Library
The Franklin-Wilkins Library is a major academic library at King’s College London, providing extensive study spaces and subject-specific resources for students and researchers.
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D.
John C. Hodges Library
John C. Hodges Library is the main academic library of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, serving as a central hub for research, study, and scholarly resources on campus.
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E.
Albert L. Scott Library
Albert L. Scott Library is the public library serving the community of Alabaster, Alabama, offering lending materials, programs, and information services to local residents.
- 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: Thomas Cooper Library Target entity description: Thomas Cooper Library is the main research library of the University of South Carolina, housing extensive academic collections and serving as a central hub for student and faculty scholarship.
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A.
M. G. Parker Memorial Library
The M. G. Parker Memorial Library is the public library serving the community of Dracut, Massachusetts, providing access to books, media, and local services.
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B.
Parker Library
Parker Library is a renowned medieval and Renaissance manuscript collection housed at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.
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C.
Franklin-Wilkins Library
The Franklin-Wilkins Library is a major academic library at King’s College London, providing extensive study spaces and subject-specific resources for students and researchers.
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D.
John C. Hodges Library
John C. Hodges Library is the main academic library of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, serving as a central hub for research, study, and scholarly resources on campus.
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E.
Albert L. Scott Library
Albert L. Scott Library is the public library serving the community of Alabaster, Alabama, offering lending materials, programs, and information services to local residents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
ⓘ
research library ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | University of South Carolina ⓘ |
| city | Columbia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| function |
learning support
ⓘ
research support ⓘ teaching support ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
academic collections
ⓘ
books ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ journals ⓘ research materials ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
computer workstations
ⓘ
group study rooms ⓘ quiet study areas ⓘ research assistance desk ⓘ study spaces ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
support of faculty research
ⓘ
support of student research ⓘ support of university curricula ⓘ |
| hasService |
circulation services
ⓘ
information literacy instruction ⓘ interlibrary loan services ⓘ reference services ⓘ research consultations ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfUser |
faculty
ⓘ
graduate students ⓘ researchers ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/thomas_cooper_library/ ⓘ |
| isMainLibraryOf | University of South Carolina ⓘ |
| languageOfService | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedOnCampusOf | University of South Carolina ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Cooper Library self-link ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
University of South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
University of South Carolina Libraries
|
| partOf |
University of South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
University of South Carolina library system
|
| region |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| role |
central hub for faculty scholarship
ⓘ
central hub for student scholarship ⓘ main research library of the University of South Carolina ⓘ |
| serves |
University of South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
University of South Carolina faculty
University of South Carolina students ⓘ |
| state | South Carolina ⓘ |
| subjectNamedAfter | Thomas Cooper ⓘ |
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: Thomas Cooper Library Description of subject: Thomas Cooper Library is the main research library of the University of South Carolina, housing extensive academic collections and serving as a central hub for student and faculty scholarship.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
University Libraries (University of South Carolina)