Stanford University

E2841

educational institution nonprofit organization private research university

Stanford University is a prestigious private research university in the San Francisco Bay Area renowned for its academic excellence, innovation, and influence in technology and entrepreneurship.

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All labels observed (26)

Label	Occurrences
Stanford University canonical	1,248
Stanford University campus	26
Stanford University main campus	14
Stanford	13
Stanford University School of Engineering	6
Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences	5
Leland Stanford Junior University	4
Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences	3
Stanford University (attended)	2
Stanford University School of Medicine	2
Stanford University athletics facilities	2
Founding of Stanford University	1
Stanford Cardinal	1
Stanford School of Engineering	1
Stanford University (attended, did not graduate)	1
Stanford University (during development)	1
Stanford University (historically)	1
Stanford University (partly)	1
Stanford University (through its author)	1
Stanford University (via SLAC)	1
Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences	1
Stanford University students	1
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States	1
Stanford, California, United States	1
Stone River (Stanford University)	1
史丹佛大學	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1388 — 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: Stanford University
Context triple: [California, hasMajorUniversity, Stanford University]

A. University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is a leading public research university renowned for its academic excellence, groundbreaking innovation, and historic role in social and political movements.
B. Harvard University
Harvard University is a prestigious private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, renowned for its academic excellence, influential alumni, and historic leadership in higher education.
C. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
D. University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Philadelphia known for its strong programs across disciplines, including engineering, business, law, and medicine.
E. Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is Harvard University's primary graduate school for advanced study and research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
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: Stanford University
Target entity description: Stanford University is a prestigious private research university in the San Francisco Bay Area renowned for its academic excellence, innovation, and influence in technology and entrepreneurship.

A. University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is a leading public research university renowned for its academic excellence, groundbreaking innovation, and historic role in social and political movements.
B. Harvard University
Harvard University is a prestigious private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, renowned for its academic excellence, influential alumni, and historic leadership in higher education.
C. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its pioneering work in science, engineering, and technology.
D. University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Philadelphia known for its strong programs across disciplines, including engineering, business, law, and medicine.
E. Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is Harvard University's primary graduate school for advanced study and research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational institution ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ private research university ⓘ
academicStaffSize	over 2,000 ⓘ
athleticsAssociation	NCAA Division I ⓘ
athleticsBrand	Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball ⓘ surface form: Stanford Cardinal
athleticsConference	Atlantic Coast Conference ⓘ
campusSize	about 8,180 acres ⓘ
campusType	suburban ⓘ
colors	cardinal red ⓘ white ⓘ
control	private ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endowmentCurrency	USD ⓘ
founders	Jane Stanford ⓘ Leland Stanford ⓘ
foundingDate	1885-11-11 ⓘ
hasAcademicDivision	Doerr School of Sustainability ⓘ Stanford Graduate School of Business ⓘ surface form: Graduate School of Business Graduate School of Education ⓘ Law School ⓘ School of Engineering ⓘ School of Humanities and Sciences ⓘ School of Medicine ⓘ
hasHospital	Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford ⓘ Stanford Health Care ⓘ
hasLibrarySystem	Stanford University Libraries ⓘ
knownFor	academic excellence ⓘ close ties to Silicon Valley ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ technology and innovation ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Stanford, California ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mascot	Stanford Tree ⓘ
memberOf	Association of American Universities ⓘ Association of Pacific Rim Universities ⓘ
motto	Die Luft der Freiheit weht ⓘ
mottoLanguage	German ⓘ
mottoTranslation	The wind of freedom blows ⓘ
namedAfter	Leland Stanford ⓘ surface form: Leland Stanford Jr.
nickname	Stanford ⓘ The Farm ⓘ
operatesCampus	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
operatesResearchPark	Menlo Park, California ⓘ surface form: Stanford Research Park
postgraduateEnrollment	about 9,000 ⓘ
president	Richard Saller ⓘ
provost	Jenny Martinez ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	nonsectarian ⓘ
studentEnrollment	over 15,000 ⓘ
type	coeducational ⓘ
undergraduateEnrollment	about 7,000 ⓘ
website	https://www.stanford.edu/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (1,340)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph I. Castro → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford Constitutional Law Center → affiliatedWith → Stanford University ⓘ

Spiegel → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

subject surface form: Evan Spiegel

Picaboo → developedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

John → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

subject surface form: John L. Hennessy

John → workplace → Stanford University ⓘ

subject surface form: John L. Hennessy

John → affiliation → Stanford University ⓘ

subject surface form: John L. Hennessy

Stanford Cardinal women’s water polo team → university → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford Center on the Legal Profession → affiliatedWith → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford Center on the Legal Profession → hasParentOrganization → Stanford University ⓘ

Roscoe Maples → benefactorOf → Stanford University ⓘ

Roscoe Maples → locatedIn → Stanford University ⓘ

subject surface form: Maples Pavilion

John Carl Warnecke → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanley N. Cohen → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford normal-incidence X-ray telescope experiments → location → Stanford University ⓘ

Haley Jones → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

David Chase → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Andrew Yao → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

East Palo Alto, California → locatedNear → Stanford University ⓘ

Francis Fukuyama → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Francis Fukuyama → workInstitution → Stanford University ⓘ

Martha Finnemore → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

David Sacks → education → Stanford University ⓘ

Teri W. Odom → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Michel Serres → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford University Department of Economics → partOf → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford University Department of Economics → campus → Stanford University ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stanford University main campus

Stanford University Department of Economics → hasParentOrganization → Stanford University ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences

Jack Harbaugh → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball → university → Stanford University ⓘ

Cal Quantrill → collegeAttended → Stanford University ⓘ

Cal Quantrill → draftedFromCollege → Stanford University ⓘ

Thomas J. Sargent → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Bruce Franklin → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Bruce Franklin → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Tobias Wolff → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Tobias Wolff → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Myron Scholes → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball → university → Stanford University ⓘ

Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball → campus → Stanford University ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stanford University campus

Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball → represents → Stanford University ⓘ

Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center → locatedIn → Stanford University ⓘ

Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center → affiliatedWith → Stanford University ⓘ

Jeffrey L. Fisher → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium → locatedOnCampusOf → Stanford University ⓘ

Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium → owner → Stanford University ⓘ

Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium → operator → Stanford University ⓘ

Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium → city → Stanford University ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stanford

Warren Christopher → educatedAt → Stanford University ⓘ

Warren Christopher → employer → Stanford University ⓘ

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