Boston University School of Law
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Boston University School of Law is a prestigious private law school in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its strong academic programs and influential alumni.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boston University School of Law canonical | 15 |
| BU Law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T574248 — 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)
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Target entity: Boston University School of Law Context triple: [James Roosevelt II, educatedAt, Boston University School of Law]
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A.
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school known for its strong programs in public interest law, business law, and legal ethics.
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B.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is a prestigious and historically influential law school renowned for its rigorous legal education, prominent faculty, and extensive alumni network in law, government, and public service.
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C.
Yale Law School
Yale Law School is an elite professional graduate school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, renowned for its highly selective admissions and influential role in legal scholarship and public service.
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D.
New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law is a prestigious law school in New York City known for its strong programs in international law, tax law, and public interest law.
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E.
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is a prestigious Ivy League law school in New York City known for its influential scholarship, distinguished alumni, and strong programs in corporate, international, and public interest law.
- 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: Boston University School of Law Target entity description: Boston University School of Law is a prestigious private law school in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its strong academic programs and influential alumni.
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A.
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school known for its strong programs in public interest law, business law, and legal ethics.
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B.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is a prestigious and historically influential law school renowned for its rigorous legal education, prominent faculty, and extensive alumni network in law, government, and public service.
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C.
Yale Law School
Yale Law School is an elite professional graduate school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, renowned for its highly selective admissions and influential role in legal scholarship and public service.
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D.
New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law is a prestigious law school in New York City known for its strong programs in international law, tax law, and public interest law.
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E.
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is a prestigious Ivy League law school in New York City known for its influential scholarship, distinguished alumni, and strong programs in corporate, international, and public interest law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graduate school
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law school ⓘ professional school ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Doctor of Juridical Science
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Juris Doctor ⓘ Master of Laws ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | law ⓘ |
| accreditation | American Bar Association ⓘ |
| affiliation | Boston University ⓘ |
| building |
Law Tower
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Sumner M. Redstone Building ⓘ |
| campus | Boston University ⓘ |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| follows | American common law curriculum ⓘ |
| fundingType | private ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
Barbara Jordan
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Bill O’Reilly ⓘ David E. Kelley ⓘ Edward W. Brooke ⓘ Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr. ⓘ Gary Locke ⓘ Howard Zinn ⓘ Judith Ann Wilson Rogers ⓘ Michael Dukakis ⓘ
surface form:
Michael D. Dukakis
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| knownFor |
health law program
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influential alumni ⓘ legal writing program ⓘ strong academic programs ⓘ tax law program ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Charles River Campus ⓘ |
| membership | Association of American Law Schools ⓘ |
| motto | Justice. Education. Service. ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
J.D. program
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J.D./M.A. in International Relations ⓘ J.D./M.P.H. in Public Health ⓘ J.D./MBA dual degree ⓘ LL.M. ⓘ
surface form:
LL.M. in American Law
LL.M. ⓘ
surface form:
LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law
LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law ⓘ LL.M. in Taxation ⓘ S.J.D. ⓘ
surface form:
S.J.D. program
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| parentOrganization | Boston University ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| type | private law school ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bu.edu/law/ ⓘ |
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: Boston University School of Law Description of subject: Boston University School of Law is a prestigious private law school in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its strong academic programs and influential alumni.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BU Law