Winona State University
E363919
Winona State University is a public university in Winona, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and strong emphasis on teaching and community engagement.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winona State University canonical | 4 |
| Winona State Normal School | 1 |
| Winona State Teachers College | 1 |
| Winona State University Athletics Hall of Fame | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3503657 — 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: Winona State University Context triple: [Winona, hasUniversity, Winona State University]
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A.
Minnesota State University
Minnesota State University is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive academic programs and competitive NCAA Division II athletics.
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B.
University of Minnesota Morris
The University of Minnesota Morris is a public liberal arts college in Morris, Minnesota, known for its small-campus environment and being part of the University of Minnesota system.
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C.
Northern State University
Northern State University is a public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs and regional focus on education and community engagement.
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D.
The College of St. Scholastica
The College of St. Scholastica is a private Benedictine Catholic liberal arts college known for its strong programs in health sciences, education, and the humanities.
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E.
Washburn Institute of Technology
Washburn Institute of Technology is a public technical and vocational education institution in Topeka, Kansas, offering career-focused certificate and degree programs.
- 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: Winona State University Target entity description: Winona State University is a public university in Winona, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and strong emphasis on teaching and community engagement.
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A.
Minnesota State University
Minnesota State University is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive academic programs and competitive NCAA Division II athletics.
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B.
University of Minnesota Morris
The University of Minnesota Morris is a public liberal arts college in Morris, Minnesota, known for its small-campus environment and being part of the University of Minnesota system.
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C.
Northern State University
Northern State University is a public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs and regional focus on education and community engagement.
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D.
The College of St. Scholastica
The College of St. Scholastica is a private Benedictine Catholic liberal arts college known for its strong programs in health sciences, education, and the humanities.
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E.
Washburn Institute of Technology
Washburn Institute of Technology is a public technical and vocational education institution in Topeka, Kansas, offering career-focused certificate and degree programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
ⓘ
public university ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
comprehensive education
ⓘ
teaching-focused programs ⓘ |
| affiliation | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System ⓘ |
| athleticsAffiliation | NCAA Division II ⓘ |
| athleticsConference | Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Winona ⓘ |
| colors |
purple
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emphasis |
community engagement
ⓘ
teaching excellence ⓘ |
| formerName |
Winona State University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Winona State Normal School
Winona State University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Winona State Teachers College
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| founded | 1858 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Minnesota State Board of Trustees
ⓘ
surface form:
Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
|
| hasCampus |
Rochester campus
ⓘ
Winona campus ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
community-engaged
ⓘ
publicly funded ⓘ teaching-oriented ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minnesota
ⓘ
Winona, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Winona, Minnesota
|
| motto | A Community of Learners Improving Our World ⓘ |
| nickname | Warriors ⓘ |
| offers |
graduate programs
ⓘ
undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| partOf | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| type | public institution ⓘ |
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: Winona State University Description of subject: Winona State University is a public university in Winona, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and strong emphasis on teaching and community engagement.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Winona State University Athletics Hall of Fame
this entity surface form:
Winona State Normal School
this entity surface form:
Winona State Teachers College