Willamette University
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Willamette University is a private liberal arts university in Salem, Oregon, known for its strong undergraduate programs and respected graduate schools in law, business, and education.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T496746 — 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: Willamette University Context triple: [Tobias Read, educatedAt, Willamette University]
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A.
University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for its urban campus and emphasis on community engagement and sustainability.
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University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon, known for its strong programs in the sciences, humanities, and athletics, particularly its prominent track and field legacy.
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E.
Western Oregon University
Western Oregon University is a public university in Monmouth, Oregon, known for its programs in education, liberal arts, and the social sciences.
- 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: Willamette University Target entity description: Willamette University is a private liberal arts university in Salem, Oregon, known for its strong undergraduate programs and respected graduate schools in law, business, and education.
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A.
University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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B.
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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C.
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for its urban campus and emphasis on community engagement and sustainability.
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D.
University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon, known for its strong programs in the sciences, humanities, and athletics, particularly its prominent track and field legacy.
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E.
Western Oregon University
Western Oregon University is a public university in Monmouth, Oregon, known for its programs in education, liberal arts, and the social sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Willamette University Description of subject: Willamette University is a private liberal arts university in Salem, Oregon, known for its strong undergraduate programs and respected graduate schools in law, business, and education.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tobias Read
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus in Salem
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus
this entity surface form:
Willamette University athletic program
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus
this entity surface form:
Willamette University alumni
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus
this entity surface form:
Willamette University grounds
this entity surface form:
Willamette University campus