University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public, historically Black land-grant university located in Princess Anne, Maryland, known for its programs in agriculture, hospitality, and the sciences.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1190075 — 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: University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Context triple: [University of Maryland, hasCampus, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore]
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University of Maryland
The University of Maryland is a major American public research university system known for its flagship campus in College Park and its strong programs in science, engineering, and public policy.
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B.
Atlantic University
Atlantic University is a small private institution in Virginia Beach, Virginia, known for programs that emphasize transpersonal studies, spirituality, and holistic education.
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C.
Anne Arundel Community College
Anne Arundel Community College is a public community college in Maryland known for offering a wide range of associate degree and certificate programs.
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D.
University of Delaware
The University of Delaware is a public research university in Newark, Delaware, known for its strong programs in fields such as engineering, business, and public policy and for being the undergraduate institution of U.S. President Joe Biden.
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E.
Salisbury University
Salisbury University is a public university in Salisbury, Maryland, known for its liberal arts and professional programs within the University System of Maryland.
- 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: University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Target entity description: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public, historically Black land-grant university located in Princess Anne, Maryland, known for its programs in agriculture, hospitality, and the sciences.
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A.
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland is a major American public research university system known for its flagship campus in College Park and its strong programs in science, engineering, and public policy.
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B.
Atlantic University
Atlantic University is a small private institution in Virginia Beach, Virginia, known for programs that emphasize transpersonal studies, spirituality, and holistic education.
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C.
Anne Arundel Community College
Anne Arundel Community College is a public community college in Maryland known for offering a wide range of associate degree and certificate programs.
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University of Delaware
The University of Delaware is a public research university in Newark, Delaware, known for its strong programs in fields such as engineering, business, and public policy and for being the undergraduate institution of U.S. President Joe Biden.
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E.
Salisbury University
Salisbury University is a public university in Salisbury, Maryland, known for its liberal arts and professional programs within the University System of Maryland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historically Black university
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land-grant university ⓘ public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UMES ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
agriculture
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business ⓘ education ⓘ engineering and technology ⓘ hospitality and tourism management ⓘ sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund ⓘ |
| athleticsAffiliation | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| athleticsConference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| campusType | rural campus ⓘ |
| city |
Anne, Princess Royal
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surface form:
Princess Anne
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formerName |
Delaware Conference Academy
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland State College
Princess Anne Academy ⓘ |
| founder | Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1886 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland ⓘ |
| HBCUStatus | historically Black college or university ⓘ |
| landGrantDesignation | 1890 land-grant institution ⓘ |
| landGrantMission |
extension
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research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| mascot | Hawks ⓘ |
| motto | Knowledge, Success, Service ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
Agriculture and Natural Resources program
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Aviation Science program ⓘ Hospitality and Tourism Management program ⓘ Pharmacy program ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degrees
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doctoral degrees ⓘ master's degrees ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Maryland
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surface form:
State of Maryland
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| religiousAffiliation |
Methodist Episcopal Church
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surface form:
Methodist Episcopal Church (historical)
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| schoolColors |
gray
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maroon ⓘ white ⓘ |
| servesRegion | Eastern Shore of Maryland ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| system | University System of Maryland ⓘ |
| type | public land-grant research university ⓘ |
| website | https://www.umes.edu/ ⓘ |
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: University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Description of subject: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public, historically Black land-grant university located in Princess Anne, Maryland, known for its programs in agriculture, hospitality, and the sciences.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maryland State College
Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland
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appliesTo
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
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this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
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formerName
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
this entity surface form:
Maryland State College
Salisbury, Maryland–Delaware metropolitan area
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hasInstitution
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
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this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
this entity surface form:
Maryland State College
this entity surface form:
Maryland State College
this entity surface form:
Maryland State College
this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Maryland State College football team
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successorInstitution
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
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this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus in Princess Anne, Maryland
this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore