Provost of Spelman College
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The Provost of Spelman College is the chief academic officer responsible for overseeing the college’s educational programs, faculty affairs, and academic policies at the historically Black women’s liberal arts institution in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| Provost of Spelman College canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16870318 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Provost of Spelman College Context triple: [Ruth J. Simmons, positionHeld, Provost of Spelman College]
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Provost of Howard University
The Provost of Howard University is the institution’s chief academic officer, overseeing all academic programs, colleges, and deans to ensure the university’s educational and research mission is fulfilled.
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B.
Darla Moore
Darla Moore is a prominent American financier and philanthropist known for breaking gender barriers in business and elite institutions, including becoming one of the first women admitted to Augusta National Golf Club.
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C.
Johnnetta B. Cole
Johnnetta B. Cole is an American anthropologist, educator, and museum director best known as the first female African-American president of Spelman College and for her leadership at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
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D.
Peggy Maurer
Peggy Maurer is best known as the wife of acclaimed American film and theater director Arthur Penn.
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E.
Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth J. Simmons is an American academic leader and trailblazing university president, best known as the first Black president of an Ivy League institution (Brown University) and for her influential work in higher education and civil rights.
- 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: Provost of Spelman College Target entity description: The Provost of Spelman College is the chief academic officer responsible for overseeing the college’s educational programs, faculty affairs, and academic policies at the historically Black women’s liberal arts institution in Atlanta, Georgia.
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A.
Provost of Howard University
The Provost of Howard University is the institution’s chief academic officer, overseeing all academic programs, colleges, and deans to ensure the university’s educational and research mission is fulfilled.
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B.
Darla Moore
Darla Moore is a prominent American financier and philanthropist known for breaking gender barriers in business and elite institutions, including becoming one of the first women admitted to Augusta National Golf Club.
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C.
Johnnetta B. Cole
Johnnetta B. Cole is an American anthropologist, educator, and museum director best known as the first female African-American president of Spelman College and for her leadership at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
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D.
Peggy Maurer
Peggy Maurer is best known as the wife of acclaimed American film and theater director Arthur Penn.
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E.
Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth J. Simmons is an American academic leader and trailblazing university president, best known as the first Black president of an Ivy League institution (Brown University) and for her influential work in higher education and civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
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