University of Texas at Austin
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The University of Texas at Austin is a major public research university in Austin, Texas, renowned for its strong academic programs, large student body, and influential contributions to science, technology, and the arts.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T258303 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: University of Texas at Austin Context triple: [Neil deGrasse Tyson, educatedAt, University of Texas at Austin]
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Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a major public research university in College Station, Texas, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and the sciences.
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Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is a state university system in Texas comprising multiple universities, agencies, and research centers, with Texas A&M University as its flagship institution.
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Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Christian research university in Waco, Texas, known for its strong academic programs and prominent athletics in the Big 12 Conference.
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a major American public research university known for its strong engineering, computer science, and information science 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: University of Texas at Austin Target entity description: The University of Texas at Austin is a major public research university in Austin, Texas, renowned for its strong academic programs, large student body, and influential contributions to science, technology, and the arts.
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A.
Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
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B.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a major public research university in College Station, Texas, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and the sciences.
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Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is a state university system in Texas comprising multiple universities, agencies, and research centers, with Texas A&M University as its flagship institution.
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Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Christian research university in Waco, Texas, known for its strong academic programs and prominent athletics in the Big 12 Conference.
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a major American public research university known for its strong engineering, computer science, and information science programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
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: University of Texas at Austin Description of subject: The University of Texas at Austin is a major public research university in Austin, Texas, renowned for its strong academic programs, large student body, and influential contributions to science, technology, and the arts.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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University of Texas at Austin athletics facilities
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The University of Texas at Austin
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UT Austin main campus
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Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin
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The University of Texas at Austin
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UT Austin main campus
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The University of Texas at Austin
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University of Texas at Austin main campus
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College of Fine Arts (University of Texas at Austin)
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College of Fine Arts (University of Texas at Austin)
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University of Texas at Austin main campus
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The University of Texas at Austin
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The University of Texas at Austin
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The University of Texas at Austin
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David M. Buss
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University of Texas at Austin athletics
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UT Austin main campus