Perkins Library
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Perkins Library is the main academic library at Duke University, serving as a central hub for research, study, and access to the university’s collections and resources.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perkins Library canonical | 6 |
| Perkins Library at Duke University | 1 |
| Perkins Library complex | 1 |
| Perkins Memorial Library, Duke University | 1 |
| Perkins-Bostock Library complex | 1 |
| William R. Perkins Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T352616 — 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: Perkins Library Context triple: [Duke University, hasLibrary, Perkins Library]
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A.
Stauffer Library
Stauffer Library is the main research and academic library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, serving as a central hub for student study, resources, and scholarly work.
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B.
Lamont Library
Lamont Library is an undergraduate-focused library at Harvard University known for its extensive collections, study spaces, and late-night access.
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C.
Brooks Library
Brooks Library is an academic library that serves the students and staff of Manchester Metropolitan University, providing access to scholarly resources and study facilities.
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D.
Olin Library
Olin Library is a major academic library at Cornell University, serving as a central research and study hub on the Ithaca campus.
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E.
Baker Library
Baker Library is Harvard Business School’s principal library, renowned for its extensive collections in business and management and its iconic presence on the Boston campus.
- 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: Perkins Library Target entity description: Perkins Library is the main academic library at Duke University, serving as a central hub for research, study, and access to the university’s collections and resources.
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A.
Stauffer Library
Stauffer Library is the main research and academic library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, serving as a central hub for student study, resources, and scholarly work.
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B.
Lamont Library
Lamont Library is an undergraduate-focused library at Harvard University known for its extensive collections, study spaces, and late-night access.
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C.
Brooks Library
Brooks Library is an academic library that serves the students and staff of Manchester Metropolitan University, providing access to scholarly resources and study facilities.
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D.
Olin Library
Olin Library is a major academic library at Cornell University, serving as a central research and study hub on the Ithaca campus.
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E.
Baker Library
Baker Library is Harvard Business School’s principal library, renowned for its extensive collections in business and management and its iconic presence on the Boston campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
ⓘ
university library ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Bostock Library ⓘ |
| affiliation | Duke University ⓘ |
| campus | Duke University West Campus ⓘ |
| collectionType |
academic resources
ⓘ
research collections ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| function |
central hub for access to collections and resources
ⓘ
central hub for research ⓘ central hub for study ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bostock Library
ⓘ
Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library ⓘ
surface form:
Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (connected complex)
|
| hasWebsite | https://library.duke.edu ⓘ |
| language | English (primary working language) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Duke University
ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| name | Perkins Library self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William R. Perkins (Perkins family) ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Duke University ⓘ |
| partOf | Duke University Libraries ⓘ |
| provides |
access to electronic resources
ⓘ
access to print collections ⓘ reference services ⓘ research support services ⓘ study spaces ⓘ |
| role | main academic library of Duke University ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Duke University faculty
ⓘ
Duke University staff ⓘ Duke University students ⓘ |
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: Perkins Library Description of subject: Perkins Library is the main academic library at Duke University, serving as a central hub for research, study, and access to the university’s collections and resources.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Perkins Memorial Library, Duke University
this entity surface form:
William R. Perkins Library
this entity surface form:
Perkins Library complex
this entity surface form:
Perkins-Bostock Library complex
subject surface form:
William R. Perkins
this entity surface form:
Perkins Library at Duke University
subject surface form:
William R. Perkins