United States Naval Academy
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The United States Naval Academy is a prestigious federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
All labels observed (21)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T353949 — 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: United States Naval Academy Context triple: [Frank Jack Fletcher, educatedAt, United States Naval Academy]
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United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, that educates and trains officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine and other branches of national maritime service.
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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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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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Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Military Institute is a prestigious public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs that have produced many notable U.S. military and political leaders.
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Pennsylvania Military College
Pennsylvania Military College was a historic U.S. military preparatory and higher-education institution, later reorganized as Widener University.
- 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: United States Naval Academy Target entity description: The United States Naval Academy is a prestigious federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
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A.
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, that educates and trains officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine and other branches of national maritime service.
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B.
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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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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Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Military Institute is a prestigious public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs that have produced many notable U.S. military and political leaders.
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Pennsylvania Military College
Pennsylvania Military College was a historic U.S. military preparatory and higher-education institution, later reorganized as Widener University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
federal service academy ⓘ military academy ⓘ |
| academicProgramLength | four-year undergraduate program ⓘ |
| accreditation | Middle States Commission on Higher Education ⓘ |
| admissionRequirement | congressional or service-connected nomination ⓘ |
| admissionType | highly selective ⓘ |
| affiliation |
United States Marine Corps
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| athleticAffiliation | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| athleticConference | Patriot League ⓘ |
| campusSize | about 338 acres ⓘ |
| campusType | waterfront campus ⓘ |
| commissioningOutcome |
officers in the U.S. Marine Corps
ⓘ
officers in the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| degreeGranted | Bachelor of Science ⓘ |
| footballConference | American Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Naval School ⓘ |
| founder | George Bancroft ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1845-10-10 ⓘ |
| governanceStructure | military-style chain of command ⓘ |
| governedBy | Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
United States Naval Academy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Brigade of Midshipmen
|
| hostsEvent | Army–Navy Game (on a rotating basis, not on campus) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Annapolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Annapolis, Maryland
Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mascot | Bill the Goat ⓘ |
| motto | Ex Scientia Tridens ⓘ |
| mottoEnglish | From Knowledge, Sea Power ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nickname | The Yard ⓘ |
| notableRival |
United States Air Force Academy
ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Department of the Navy
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surface form:
United States Department of the Navy
|
| overseenBy | Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
engineering and technical education
ⓘ
leadership development ⓘ officer training ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
educate and commission officers for the U.S. Marine Corps
ⓘ
educate and commission officers for the U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the five U.S. federal service academies ⓘ |
| schoolColors | navy blue and gold ⓘ |
| serviceObligation | active duty military service after graduation ⓘ |
| shortName |
United States Naval Academy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
USNA
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| studentBodyDesignation | midshipmen ⓘ |
| studentCompensation | midshipmen receive pay ⓘ |
| tuition | tuition-free for midshipmen ⓘ |
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: United States Naval Academy Description of subject: The United States Naval Academy is a prestigious federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates and commissions officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Referenced by (283)
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this entity surface form:
United States Naval Academy Department of Athletics
subject surface form:
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Cassin Young
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Daniel Ammen
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Charles J. Badger
subject surface form:
Robert A. Theobald
subject surface form:
James Stockdale
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Robert T. Herres
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William H. Standley
subject surface form:
Husband E. Kimmel