California State University, Northridge
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California State University, Northridge is a large public university in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley known for its diverse student body and wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T36395 — 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)
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Target entity: California State University, Northridge Context triple: [California State University, hasCampus, California State University, Northridge]
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California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles is a public university in Los Angeles known for its diverse student body, strong programs in fields such as criminal justice, business, and engineering, and its role as part of the California State University system.
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California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach is a large public university in Long Beach known for its diverse student body, strong academic programs, and prominent role within the California State University system.
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California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a large public university in Orange County, California, known for its diverse student body, strong business and arts programs, and status as a major campus in the California State University system.
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San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university in San Francisco known for its diverse student body, strong liberal arts and social sciences programs, and history of student activism.
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University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine is a public research university in Southern California known for its strong science and engineering programs, vibrant campus life, and status as a leading institution in the UC system.
- 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: California State University, Northridge Target entity description: California State University, Northridge is a large public university in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley known for its diverse student body and wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles is a public university in Los Angeles known for its diverse student body, strong programs in fields such as criminal justice, business, and engineering, and its role as part of the California State University system.
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California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach is a large public university in Long Beach known for its diverse student body, strong academic programs, and prominent role within the California State University system.
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California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a large public university in Orange County, California, known for its diverse student body, strong business and arts programs, and status as a major campus in the California State University system.
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San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university in San Francisco known for its diverse student body, strong liberal arts and social sciences programs, and history of student activism.
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University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine is a public research university in Southern California known for its strong science and engineering programs, vibrant campus life, and status as a leading institution in the UC system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: California State University, Northridge Description of subject: California State University, Northridge is a large public university in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley known for its diverse student body and wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
Referenced by (76)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
College of Engineering and Computer Science (CSUN)
subject surface form:
College of Engineering and Computer Science (CSUN)
this entity surface form:
California State University, Northridge campus
College of Engineering and Computer Science
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affiliation
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California State University, Northridge
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subject surface form:
College of Engineering and Computer Science (CSUN)
subject surface form:
College of Science and Mathematics (California State University, Northridge)
subject surface form:
College of Science and Mathematics (California State University, Northridge)
this entity surface form:
California State University, Northridge campus
subject surface form:
College of Science and Mathematics (California State University, Northridge)
this entity surface form:
CSUN College of Science and Mathematics
subject surface form:
College of Science and Mathematics (California State University, Northridge)
this entity surface form:
California State University, Northridge administration
this entity surface form:
California State University, Northridge campus
subject surface form:
College of Humanities (California State University, Northridge)
subject surface form:
College of Humanities (California State University, Northridge)
this entity surface form:
California State University, Northridge campus
subject surface form:
Doug Emhoff