Boston College Law School
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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.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9916 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Boston College Law School Context triple: [Newton, Massachusetts, hasLawSchool, Boston College Law School]
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A.
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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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.
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C.
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
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D.
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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Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a prestigious private research university and the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States.
- 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 College Law School Target entity description: 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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A.
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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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.
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University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
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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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Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a prestigious private research university and the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graduate school
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law school ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
business law
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clinical legal education ⓘ legal ethics ⓘ public interest law ⓘ |
| accreditation | American Bar Association ⓘ |
| affiliation | Boston College ⓘ |
| barPassageRate | high relative to national average ⓘ |
| campusType | suburban campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| degreeOffered |
Juris Doctor
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LL.M. ⓘ joint J.D./M.A. ⓘ joint J.D./M.B.A. ⓘ |
| emphasis |
ethics in legal practice
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professional responsibility ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| established | 1929 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Boston College Law School
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Boston College School of Law
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| hasAlumni |
judges
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law firm partners ⓘ politicians ⓘ public interest lawyers ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Boston College Law Library ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| lawJournal |
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
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Boston College International and Comparative Law Review ⓘ Boston College Journal of Law and Social Justice ⓘ |
| lawReview | Boston College Law Review ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Boston
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Massachusetts ⓘ Newton, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| memberOf | Association of American Law Schools ⓘ |
| motto | Ever to Excel ⓘ |
| offersClinic | legal clinics in various practice areas ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
business law program
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legal ethics program ⓘ public interest law program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Boston College ⓘ |
| rankingCategory | top-tier U.S. law school ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Jesuit
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| type | private law school ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bc.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 College Law School Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Newton, Massachusetts
subject surface form:
Boston College
subject surface form:
MBTA Green Line D branch
this entity surface form:
Boston College Law School (near Newton Centre and Newton Highlands)
this entity surface form:
Boston College School of Law
subject surface form:
Boston College
Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
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isPublishedBy
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Boston College Law School
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Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
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academicJournalOf
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Boston College Law School
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Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
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locatedInInstitution
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Boston College Law School
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Weeks House (Boston College Law School housing, historically)
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usedBy
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Boston College Law School
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subject surface form:
Weeks House (Boston College Law School housing)
Weeks House (Boston College Law School housing, historically)
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campus
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Boston College Law School
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subject surface form:
Weeks House (Boston College Law School housing)
this entity surface form:
Boston College Law School Newton Campus
Weeks House (Boston College Law School housing, historically)
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proximityTo
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Boston College Law School
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subject surface form:
Weeks House (Boston College Law School housing)
this entity surface form:
Boston College Law School campus
subject surface form:
John Kerry
subject surface form:
Weeks House (Boston College Law School)