Silliman University
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Silliman University is a private Christian research university in Dumaguete City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s leading institutions for higher education and the first American-founded university in Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silliman University canonical | 3 |
| Silliman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2264235 — 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: Silliman University Context triple: [Negros Oriental, hasUniversity, Silliman University]
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A.
Silliman College
Silliman College is one of Yale University's residential colleges, known for its large courtyard, active student community, and distinctive collegiate Gothic and Georgian architecture.
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Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, known for its rigorous academics, vibrant arts scene, and progressive campus culture.
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C.
Saybrook College
Saybrook College is one of Yale University's historic residential colleges, known for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and central location on campus.
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University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut is a major public research university known for its strong academic programs and prominent athletics, particularly its nationally successful basketball teams.
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E.
Fisk University
Fisk University is a historically Black liberal arts university in Nashville, Tennessee, renowned for its academic excellence and pivotal role in the American civil rights movement.
- 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: Silliman University Target entity description: Silliman University is a private Christian research university in Dumaguete City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s leading institutions for higher education and the first American-founded university in Asia.
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A.
Silliman College
Silliman College is one of Yale University's residential colleges, known for its large courtyard, active student community, and distinctive collegiate Gothic and Georgian architecture.
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B.
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, known for its rigorous academics, vibrant arts scene, and progressive campus culture.
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C.
Saybrook College
Saybrook College is one of Yale University's historic residential colleges, known for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and central location on campus.
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D.
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut is a major public research university known for its strong academic programs and prominent athletics, particularly its nationally successful basketball teams.
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E.
Fisk University
Fisk University is a historically Black liberal arts university in Nashville, Tennessee, renowned for its academic excellence and pivotal role in the American civil rights movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
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: Silliman University Description of subject: Silliman University is a private Christian research university in Dumaguete City, Philippines, known as one of the country’s leading institutions for higher education and the first American-founded university in Asia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Silliman