Western Washington University
E302100
Western Washington University is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, known for its strong liberal arts and sciences programs and scenic campus overlooking Bellingham Bay.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Washington University canonical | 4 |
| Western Washington University (in Bellingham) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2511515 — 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: Western Washington University Context triple: [Bellingham metropolitan area, higherEducationInstitution, Western Washington University]
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A.
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine and its Cougars athletic teams.
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B.
Eastern Washington University Spokane campus
Eastern Washington University Spokane campus is an urban branch of Eastern Washington University located in downtown Spokane, offering professional and health sciences programs in collaboration with other regional institutions.
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C.
Seattle University
Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
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D.
Evergreen State College
Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington, known for its interdisciplinary curriculum, narrative evaluations, and progressive educational philosophy.
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E.
University of Washington
The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, 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: Western Washington University Target entity description: Western Washington University is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, known for its strong liberal arts and sciences programs and scenic campus overlooking Bellingham Bay.
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A.
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine and its Cougars athletic teams.
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B.
Eastern Washington University Spokane campus
Eastern Washington University Spokane campus is an urban branch of Eastern Washington University located in downtown Spokane, offering professional and health sciences programs in collaboration with other regional institutions.
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C.
Seattle University
Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
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D.
Evergreen State College
Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington, known for its interdisciplinary curriculum, narrative evaluations, and progressive educational philosophy.
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E.
University of Washington
The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, and public affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
liberal arts institution
ⓘ
public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| accredits | Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities ⓘ |
| campusSetting | scenic campus ⓘ |
| campusType | main campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy | Board of Trustees of Western Washington University ⓘ |
| hasAcademicFocus |
liberal arts
ⓘ
sciences ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation |
Washington State, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
state of Washington
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| hasCampusFeature |
access to outdoor recreation
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proximity to Canadian border ⓘ views of Bellingham Bay ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | coeducational ⓘ |
| hasFocusArea |
business
ⓘ
education ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ fine and performing arts ⓘ humanities ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasStudentLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| hasType | four-year institution ⓘ |
| isNonProfit | true ⓘ |
| isPublic | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
environmental sustainability emphasis
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regional public education ⓘ scenic campus ⓘ strong liberal arts programs ⓘ strong sciences programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bellingham, Washington
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers |
graduate programs
ⓘ
undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degrees
ⓘ
master's degrees ⓘ |
| overlooks | Bellingham Bay ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
western Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Western Washington
|
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| stateSystem | public higher education system of Washington State ⓘ |
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: Western Washington University Description of subject: Western Washington University is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, known for its strong liberal arts and sciences programs and scenic campus overlooking Bellingham Bay.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Western Washington University (in Bellingham)
subject surface form:
Washington (state)