Duke University
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Duke University is a prestigious private research university in Durham, North Carolina, known for its strong academic programs, influential research, and competitive athletics.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2083 — 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: Duke University Context triple: [Sally Kornbluth, employer, Duke University]
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Duke University Health System
Duke University Health System is a major academic health care network affiliated with Duke University, providing hospital, clinical, and research services throughout the Durham, North Carolina region.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Philadelphia known for its strong programs across disciplines, including engineering, business, law, and medicine.
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Duke University Hospital
Duke University Hospital is a major academic medical center and teaching hospital affiliated with Duke University, renowned for advanced specialty care, research, and medical education.
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Tufts College
Tufts College is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its strong programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and international relations.
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University is a prestigious private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, renowned for its leadership in medical, public health, and scientific research.
- 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: Duke University Target entity description: Duke University is a prestigious private research university in Durham, North Carolina, known for its strong academic programs, influential research, and competitive athletics.
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A.
Duke University Health System
Duke University Health System is a major academic health care network affiliated with Duke University, providing hospital, clinical, and research services throughout the Durham, North Carolina region.
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B.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a prestigious Ivy League research university in Philadelphia known for its strong programs across disciplines, including engineering, business, law, and medicine.
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C.
Duke University Hospital
Duke University Hospital is a major academic medical center and teaching hospital affiliated with Duke University, renowned for advanced specialty care, research, and medical education.
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Tufts College
Tufts College is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its strong programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and international relations.
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University is a prestigious private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, renowned for its leadership in medical, public health, and scientific research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
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: Duke University Description of subject: Duke University is a prestigious private research university in Durham, North Carolina, known for its strong academic programs, influential research, and competitive athletics.
Referenced by (493)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Duke University (historically)
subject surface form:
Duke University Medical Center campus
subject surface form:
Duke University Medical Center campus
subject surface form:
Duke University Medical Center campus
subject surface form:
Department of Biomedical Engineering (Duke University)
subject surface form:
Pratt School of Engineering
subject surface form:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Duke University)
subject surface form:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Duke University)
this entity surface form:
Duke University campus
this entity surface form:
Duke University campus
subject surface form:
Fuqua School of Business
subject surface form:
Fuqua School of Business
subject surface form:
Fuqua School of Business
subject surface form:
Levine Science Research Center
subject surface form:
Levine Science Research Center
subject surface form:
Levine Science Research Center
this entity surface form:
Duke University schools
subject surface form:
Ken Jeong
subject surface form:
William R. Perkins
subject surface form:
Perkins Library