CBN University
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CBN University was the original name of Regent University, a private Christian institution founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CBN University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4954432 — 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: CBN University Context triple: [Regent University, formerName, CBN University]
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A.
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute is a historic evangelical Christian college and Bible institute in Chicago known for training pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders.
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B.
California Baptist University
California Baptist University is a private Christian university located in Riverside, California, offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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C.
Florida Bible Institute
Florida Bible Institute was a Christian theological school in Florida known for training evangelical ministers, including famed evangelist Billy Graham.
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D.
Toronto Baptist College
Toronto Baptist College was a Baptist theological institution in Toronto that later evolved into what is now McMaster University.
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E.
Pentecostal Theological Seminary
Pentecostal Theological Seminary is a graduate-level Christian institution affiliated with the Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition, offering theological and ministerial training.
- 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: CBN University Target entity description: CBN University was the original name of Regent University, a private Christian institution founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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A.
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute is a historic evangelical Christian college and Bible institute in Chicago known for training pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders.
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B.
California Baptist University
California Baptist University is a private Christian university located in Riverside, California, offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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C.
Florida Bible Institute
Florida Bible Institute was a Christian theological school in Florida known for training evangelical ministers, including famed evangelist Billy Graham.
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D.
Toronto Baptist College
Toronto Baptist College was a Baptist theological institution in Toronto that later evolved into what is now McMaster University.
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E.
Pentecostal Theological Seminary
Pentecostal Theological Seminary is a graduate-level Christian institution affiliated with the Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition, offering theological and ministerial training.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
private Christian university ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Christian
ⓘ
Evangelical Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusType | suburban campus ⓘ |
| city | Virginia Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerNameOf | Regent University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | CBN University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pat Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | CBN University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFounderOccupation | televangelist ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Christian leadership to change the world ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Regent University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Virginia Beach, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| offersDegree | graduate degrees ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
business
ⓘ
communication ⓘ law ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Christian Broadcasting Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Christian Broadcasting Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Christian ⓘ |
| sector | private higher education ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| type | nonprofit university ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: CBN University Description of subject: CBN University was the original name of Regent University, a private Christian institution founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.