Western Military Academy
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Western Military Academy was a historic U.S. military preparatory school known for training young men in discipline, leadership, and academic studies before college or military service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Western Military Academy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4428286 — 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: Western Military Academy Context triple: [Edward O'Hare, educatedAt, Western Military Academy]
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United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy is a prestigious federal service academy at West Point, New York, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Army.
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Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy is the primary training and educational institution responsible for preparing officers and personnel for service in the Finnish Air Force.
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United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is a federal service academy in Colorado that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force through a rigorous academic, military, and athletic program.
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USMA
USMA is the commonly used abbreviation for USM Alger, a prominent professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria.
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E.
Norwich University
Norwich University is a private military college in Northfield, Vermont, recognized as the oldest private military college in the United States and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).
- 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 Military Academy Target entity description: Western Military Academy was a historic U.S. military preparatory school known for training young men in discipline, leadership, and academic studies before college or military service.
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A.
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy is a prestigious federal service academy at West Point, New York, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Army.
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B.
Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy is the primary training and educational institution responsible for preparing officers and personnel for service in the Finnish Air Force.
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C.
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is a federal service academy in Colorado that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force through a rigorous academic, military, and athletic program.
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D.
USMA
USMA is the commonly used abbreviation for USM Alger, a prominent professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria.
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E.
Norwich University
Norwich University is a private military college in Northfield, Vermont, recognized as the oldest private military college in the United States and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boarding school
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military preparatory school ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Army ROTC program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusType | residential campus ⓘ |
| category |
Boarding schools in Illinois
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Defunct United States military schools ⓘ Preparatory schools in Illinois ⓘ |
| closure | 1971 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1971 ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | secondary education ⓘ |
| emphasizedValue |
academic excellence
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discipline ⓘ honor ⓘ leadership ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Edward Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderAdmissionPolicy | boys only ⓘ |
| hasAlumniType |
business leaders
ⓘ
military officers ⓘ public officials ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
academic classroom buildings
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armory ⓘ barracks-style dormitories ⓘ dining hall ⓘ gymnasium ⓘ parade ground ⓘ |
| hasProgram | Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic educational institution ⓘ |
| inception | 1879 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alton, Illinois
NERFINISHED
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Illinois ⓘ Madison County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| militaryProgramIntroduced | 1896 ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
college preparatory curriculum
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leadership training ⓘ military discipline ⓘ preparation for U.S. military service ⓘ |
| originalName | Wyman Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure |
declining enrollment
ⓘ
financial difficulties ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Midwestern United States
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| renamed | Western Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedInYear | 1896 ⓘ |
| studentBodyType | cadet corps ⓘ |
| typicalGraduatePath |
United States military service
ⓘ
college ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Western Military Academy Description of subject: Western Military Academy was a historic U.S. military preparatory school known for training young men in discipline, leadership, and academic studies before college or military service.
Referenced by (1)
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