Shurtleff College
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Shurtleff College was a small liberal arts institution in Alton, Illinois, historically notable as one of the schools attended by Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history.
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| Shurtleff College canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17551450 — 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: Shurtleff College Context triple: [Robert Wadlow, attended, Shurtleff College]
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A.
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University is a historically Black university in Ohio known as one of the oldest private HBCUs in the United States and for educating notable civil rights leaders.
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B.
Daniel Webster College
Daniel Webster College was a small private college in Nashua, New Hampshire, known for its aviation, engineering, and management programs before closing in 2017.
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C.
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a historically Black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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D.
Storer College
Storer College was a historically Black college in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, known for educating African American students and playing a significant role in Black higher education and civil rights history.
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E.
Shaw University
Shaw University is a historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, known as a significant center of the Civil Rights Movement and the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
- 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: Shurtleff College Target entity description: Shurtleff College was a small liberal arts institution in Alton, Illinois, historically notable as one of the schools attended by Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history.
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A.
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University is a historically Black university in Ohio known as one of the oldest private HBCUs in the United States and for educating notable civil rights leaders.
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B.
Daniel Webster College
Daniel Webster College was a small private college in Nashua, New Hampshire, known for its aviation, engineering, and management programs before closing in 2017.
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C.
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a historically Black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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D.
Storer College
Storer College was a historically Black college in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, known for educating African American students and playing a significant role in Black higher education and civil rights history.
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E.
Shaw University
Shaw University is a historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, known as a significant center of the Civil Rights Movement and the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.