Cornell University
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Ivy League university
land-grant university
nonprofit organization
private research university
sea-grant university
space-grant university
Cornell University is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York, known for its diverse academic programs and strengths in fields ranging from engineering and agriculture to business and the humanities.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3615 — 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: Cornell University Context triple: [COFHE, hasMember, Cornell University]
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A.
Columbia University
Columbia University is an Ivy League research university renowned for its rigorous academics and influential role in scholarship, journalism, and public affairs.
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B.
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, known for its strong programs in fields such as optics, music, and engineering.
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C.
Yale University
Yale University is an Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, renowned for its prestigious academic programs, historic campus, and influential alumni.
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D.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
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E.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a prestigious private Ivy League research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, renowned for its strong undergraduate focus and influential contributions across the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.
- 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: Cornell University Target entity description: Cornell University is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York, known for its diverse academic programs and strengths in fields ranging from engineering and agriculture to business and the humanities.
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A.
Columbia University
Columbia University is an Ivy League research university renowned for its rigorous academics and influential role in scholarship, journalism, and public affairs.
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B.
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, known for its strong programs in fields such as optics, music, and engineering.
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C.
Yale University
Yale University is an Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, renowned for its prestigious academic programs, historic campus, and influential alumni.
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D.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
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E.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a prestigious private Ivy League research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, renowned for its strong undergraduate focus and influential contributions across the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ivy League university
ⓘ
land-grant university ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ private research university ⓘ sea-grant university ⓘ space-grant university ⓘ |
| affiliation |
State University of New York
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surface form:
State University of New York system (statutory colleges)
|
| athleticAssociation | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| athleticConference | Ivy League ⓘ |
| colors |
Carnelian red
ⓘ
White ⓘ |
| Cornell Tech | located on Roosevelt Island, New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endowmentCurrency | USD ⓘ |
| founders |
Andrew Dickson White
ⓘ
Ezra Cornell ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1865 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cornell University Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Cornell Tech
ⓘ
Weill Cornell Medical College ⓘ
surface form:
Weill Cornell Medicine
|
| hasCollege |
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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College of Architecture, Art, and Planning ⓘ College of Arts and Sciences ⓘ College of Engineering ⓘ College of Human Ecology ⓘ College of Veterinary Medicine ⓘ Cornell University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cornell Graduate School
Cornell Law School ⓘ SC Johnson College of Business ⓘ School of Industrial and Labor Relations ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumni |
William Sanford Nye
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surface form:
Bill Nye
E. B. White ⓘ Hu Jintao (attended short program) ⓘ Janet Reno ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agriculture and life sciences programs
ⓘ
architecture and planning ⓘ business education ⓘ computer science ⓘ engineering programs ⓘ hotel administration ⓘ humanities and social sciences ⓘ law school ⓘ medical school ⓘ veterinary medicine ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ithaca, New York, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Ithaca, New York
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Tompkins County ⓘ
surface form:
Tompkins County, New York
|
| mainCampus | Ithaca campus ⓘ |
| mascot | Touchdown the Bear ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association of American Universities
ⓘ
Ivy League ⓘ |
| motto | I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study ⓘ |
| nickname | Big Red ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
graduate degrees
ⓘ
professional degrees ⓘ undergraduate degrees ⓘ |
| typeOfCampus | rural campus ⓘ |
| Weill Cornell Medicine | located in Manhattan, New York City ⓘ |
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: Cornell University Description of subject: Cornell University is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York, known for its diverse academic programs and strengths in fields ranging from engineering and agriculture to business and the humanities.
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