United World Colleges
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United World Colleges is a global educational movement of international schools and colleges dedicated to promoting peace, intercultural understanding, and social responsibility through the International Baccalaureate and experiential learning.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United World Colleges canonical | 3 |
| United World Colleges movement | 2 |
| UWC Dilijan College | 1 |
| United World College Red Cross Nordic | 1 |
| United World Colleges (UWC) movement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5037466 — 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 World Colleges Context triple: [UWC Atlantic College, firstOf, United World Colleges]
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UWC Atlantic College
UWC Atlantic College is an international residential sixth-form college in Wales known for its rigorous International Baccalaureate program and emphasis on peace, sustainability, and global citizenship.
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Universia
Universia is an Ibero-American university network and online platform that connects higher education institutions across Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries to promote collaboration, academic resources, and educational services.
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Universitas 21
Universitas 21 is an international network of leading research-intensive universities that collaborate to promote global higher education and research excellence.
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Council of International Schools
The Council of International Schools is a global membership organization that provides accreditation, professional development, and support services to international schools and higher education institutions committed to high-quality, internationally focused education.
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United College
United College is an affiliated college of the University of Waterloo that provides academic programs, residence, and community-focused learning experiences for students.
- 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 World Colleges Target entity description: United World Colleges is a global educational movement of international schools and colleges dedicated to promoting peace, intercultural understanding, and social responsibility through the International Baccalaureate and experiential learning.
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UWC Atlantic College
UWC Atlantic College is an international residential sixth-form college in Wales known for its rigorous International Baccalaureate program and emphasis on peace, sustainability, and global citizenship.
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Universia
Universia is an Ibero-American university network and online platform that connects higher education institutions across Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries to promote collaboration, academic resources, and educational services.
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C.
Universitas 21
Universitas 21 is an international network of leading research-intensive universities that collaborate to promote global higher education and research excellence.
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Council of International Schools
The Council of International Schools is a global membership organization that provides accreditation, professional development, and support services to international schools and higher education institutions committed to high-quality, internationally focused education.
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E.
United College
United College is an affiliated college of the University of Waterloo that provides academic programs, residence, and community-focused learning experiences for students.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational movement
ⓘ
international school network ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UWC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreValue |
action and personal example
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celebration of difference ⓘ compassion ⓘ integrity ⓘ international understanding ⓘ mutual responsibility ⓘ personal challenge ⓘ personal responsibility ⓘ respect ⓘ respect for the environment ⓘ sense of idealism ⓘ service ⓘ |
| educationalApproach |
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
NERFINISHED
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experiential learning ⓘ outdoor education ⓘ service learning ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
intercultural dialogue
ⓘ
peace education ⓘ sustainability education ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| founder | Kurt Hahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
government support
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philanthropic donations ⓘ scholarships ⓘ |
| governedBy | International Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdvisoryBody | UWC International Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
Chico Mendes’ children
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Julie Payette NERFINISHED ⓘ King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Noor of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNetwork | UWC national committees ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
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UWC Adriatic NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Atlantic College NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Changshu China NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Dilijan NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC ISAK Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Maastricht NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Mahindra College NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Mostar NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Pearson College NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Red Cross Nordic NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Robert Bosch College NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC South East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC USA NERFINISHED ⓘ UWC of the Adriatic NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | charity ⓘ |
| motto | UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
secondary education
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two-year pre-university education ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| purpose |
promote intercultural understanding
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promote peace ⓘ promote social responsibility ⓘ provide transformative education ⓘ |
| selectionBasis |
merit
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potential ⓘ |
| selectionPrinciple | need-blind admission in many national committees ⓘ |
| website | https://www.uwc.org ⓘ |
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 World Colleges Description of subject: United World Colleges is a global educational movement of international schools and colleges dedicated to promoting peace, intercultural understanding, and social responsibility through the International Baccalaureate and experiential learning.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United World Colleges (UWC) movement
this entity surface form:
United World Colleges movement
this entity surface form:
UWC Dilijan College
this entity surface form:
United World Colleges movement
subject surface form:
Fjaler
this entity surface form:
United World College Red Cross Nordic