San Marcos University
E106542
San Marcos University is a prestigious public research university in Lima, Peru, widely recognized as the oldest university in the Americas and a leading center of higher education in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| San Marcos University canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T757708 — 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: San Marcos University Context triple: [National University of San Marcos, alsoKnownAs, San Marcos University]
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A.
University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso is a public research university known for serving a predominantly Hispanic student population and for its distinctive Bhutanese-inspired campus architecture.
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B.
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California is a major public university in Mexico known for its multiple campuses across the state of Baja California and its wide range of academic programs and research activities.
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C.
University of Guadalajara
The University of Guadalajara is a major public research university in Jalisco, Mexico, recognized as one of the country’s most important higher education institutions.
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D.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León is a major public research university in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, recognized as one of the country’s largest and most important higher education institutions.
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E.
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla is a major public research university in the Mexican state of Puebla, recognized for its academic tradition and regional cultural influence.
- 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: San Marcos University Target entity description: San Marcos University is a prestigious public research university in Lima, Peru, widely recognized as the oldest university in the Americas and a leading center of higher education in the region.
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A.
University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso is a public research university known for serving a predominantly Hispanic student population and for its distinctive Bhutanese-inspired campus architecture.
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B.
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California is a major public university in Mexico known for its multiple campuses across the state of Baja California and its wide range of academic programs and research activities.
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C.
University of Guadalajara
The University of Guadalajara is a major public research university in Jalisco, Mexico, recognized as one of the country’s most important higher education institutions.
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D.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León is a major public research university in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, recognized as one of the country’s largest and most important higher education institutions.
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E.
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla is a major public research university in the Mexican state of Puebla, recognized for its academic tradition and regional cultural influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
institution of higher education
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public research university ⓘ university in Peru ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
research
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teaching ⓘ |
| city | Lima ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| educationType | tertiary education ⓘ |
| field | higher education ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| governance | public university system of Peru ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
historic
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oldest in the Americas ⓘ prestigious ⓘ |
| hasCampusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lima
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surface form:
Lima, Peru
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| offers |
graduate programs
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postgraduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
leading center of higher education in Latin America
ⓘ
oldest university in the Americas ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Latin America
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Peru ⓘ |
| role |
major center of higher education
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major center of research ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| serves |
domestic students
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international students ⓘ |
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: San Marcos University Description of subject: San Marcos University is a prestigious public research university in Lima, Peru, widely recognized as the oldest university in the Americas and a leading center of higher education in the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National University of San Marcos