California Lutheran University
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California Lutheran University is a private liberal arts university in Thousand Oaks, California, known for its strong academic programs and NCAA Division III athletics.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2442485 — 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: California Lutheran University Context triple: [Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, memberInstitution, California Lutheran University]
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A.
University of Redlands
The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and professional university known for its personalized education and scenic campus in Southern California.
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B.
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California, known for its medical, dental, and allied health programs and its emphasis on lifestyle medicine and preventive care.
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C.
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Lutheran University is a private liberal arts university in Tacoma, Washington, known for integrating professional studies with a strong foundation in the humanities and a focus on global education and service.
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D.
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, graduate-only research university in Claremont, California, known for its interdisciplinary programs in fields such as the social sciences, humanities, business, and information systems.
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E.
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
- 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: California Lutheran University Target entity description: California Lutheran University is a private liberal arts university in Thousand Oaks, California, known for its strong academic programs and NCAA Division III athletics.
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A.
University of Redlands
The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and professional university known for its personalized education and scenic campus in Southern California.
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B.
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California, known for its medical, dental, and allied health programs and its emphasis on lifestyle medicine and preventive care.
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C.
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Lutheran University is a private liberal arts university in Tacoma, Washington, known for integrating professional studies with a strong foundation in the humanities and a focus on global education and service.
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D.
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, graduate-only research university in Claremont, California, known for its interdisciplinary programs in fields such as the social sciences, humanities, business, and information systems.
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E.
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian university
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liberal arts college ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ private university ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CLU ⓘ |
| academicAffiliation |
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
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Council of Independent Colleges ⓘ |
| athleticsAffiliation |
NCAA Division III
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Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| campusSetting | suburban ⓘ |
| colors |
gold
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formerName |
California Lutheran University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
California Lutheran College
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| foundingDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| governanceModel | independent ⓘ |
| governingBody |
board of regents
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surface form:
Board of Regents
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| hasAlumni | graduates in business, education, public service, and the arts ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Thousand Oaks main campus
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satellite centers in the greater Los Angeles area ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
business
ⓘ
education ⓘ liberal arts ⓘ performing arts ⓘ sciences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
NCAA Division III
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surface form:
NCAA Division III athletics
strong academic programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Thousand Oaks, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Thousand Oaks, California
Ventura County ⓘ
surface form:
Ventura County, California
|
| mascot |
Kingsmen
ⓘ
Regals ⓘ |
| motto | Live Out Loud ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degrees
ⓘ
doctoral degrees ⓘ master's degrees ⓘ |
| regionServed | Southern California ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Lutheran ⓘ |
| type | private liberal arts university ⓘ |
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: California Lutheran University Description of subject: California Lutheran University is a private liberal arts university in Thousand Oaks, California, known for its strong academic programs and NCAA Division III athletics.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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memberInstitution
→
California Lutheran University
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California Lutheran University
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formerName
→
California Lutheran University
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
California Lutheran College
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
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educationalInstitutionFounded
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California Lutheran University
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this entity surface form:
California Lutheran Bible School (precursor to California Lutheran University involvement)
subject surface form:
Thousand Oaks, California