Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
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The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School is a historic educational institution in Vinton dedicated to serving students who are blind or visually impaired.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2689194 — 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: Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School Context triple: [Vinton, Iowa, hasLandmark, Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School]
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A.
Perkins School for the Blind
Perkins School for the Blind is a pioneering educational institution in Massachusetts dedicated to teaching and supporting blind and visually impaired students.
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B.
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters was the original institutional name of what is now known as the Science Museum of Minnesota, a major science and education museum in Saint Paul.
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C.
Burton Blatt Institute
The Burton Blatt Institute is a research and advocacy center focused on advancing the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities through law, policy, and practice.
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D.
California School for the Deaf
The California School for the Deaf is a specialized public educational institution dedicated to serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students in California.
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E.
Columbia Institution for the Deaf (Gallaudet College)
Columbia Institution for the Deaf (later Gallaudet College and now Gallaudet University) is a pioneering higher-education institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated primarily to the education of deaf and hard of hearing students.
- 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: Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School Target entity description: The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School is a historic educational institution in Vinton dedicated to serving students who are blind or visually impaired.
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A.
Perkins School for the Blind
Perkins School for the Blind is a pioneering educational institution in Massachusetts dedicated to teaching and supporting blind and visually impaired students.
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B.
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters was the original institutional name of what is now known as the Science Museum of Minnesota, a major science and education museum in Saint Paul.
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C.
Burton Blatt Institute
The Burton Blatt Institute is a research and advocacy center focused on advancing the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities through law, policy, and practice.
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D.
California School for the Deaf
The California School for the Deaf is a specialized public educational institution dedicated to serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students in California.
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E.
Columbia Institution for the Deaf (Gallaudet College)
Columbia Institution for the Deaf (later Gallaudet College and now Gallaudet University) is a pioneering higher-education institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated primarily to the education of deaf and hard of hearing students.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic educational institution
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public residential school ⓘ school for the blind ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
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surface form:
Iowa Braille School
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School for the Blind
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| architecturalStyle | historic institutional architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | education of students with disabilities in Iowa ⓘ |
| campusType | residential campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focus |
assistive technology for visually impaired students
ⓘ
braille literacy ⓘ independent living skills ⓘ orientation and mobility training ⓘ |
| founded | 1852 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Keokuk, Iowa ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Iowa Board of Regents system
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surface form:
Board of Regents, State of Iowa
|
| hasCampusFeature |
large central lawn
ⓘ
multiple brick buildings ⓘ residential cottages ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
administration building
ⓘ
classroom buildings ⓘ dormitories ⓘ recreational areas ⓘ |
| hasSpecialProgram |
outreach support to local school districts
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transition services for students with visual impairments ⓘ |
| historicDesignation | listed as a historic institution in Iowa ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Vinton, Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Benton County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
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Iowa ⓘ
surface form:
State of Iowa
|
| mission | to provide educational services to blind and visually impaired students in Iowa ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus |
Mary Ingalls
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surface form:
Mary Amelia Ingalls
Mary Ingalls ⓘ |
| offers |
K–12 education
ⓘ
outreach services ⓘ residential programs ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Iowa
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surface form:
State of Iowa
|
| originalName |
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Iowa College for the Blind
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| partOf | Iowa’s system of special education services ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Iowa
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surface form:
State of Iowa
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| relocatedTo | Vinton, Iowa ⓘ |
| relocationYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| serves |
students who are blind
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students who are visually impaired ⓘ |
| specialization |
education of blind students
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education of visually impaired students ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School Description of subject: The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School is a historic educational institution in Vinton dedicated to serving students who are blind or visually impaired.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
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originalName
→
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Iowa College for the Blind
this entity surface form:
Iowa Braille School
this entity surface form:
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School for the Blind