Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Memorial University of Newfoundland is a public research university in St. John’s, Canada, known for its programs in marine and Arctic studies and its role as the largest university in Atlantic Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Memorial University of Newfoundland canonical | 10 |
| Memorial University College | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1216674 — 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: Memorial University of Newfoundland Context triple: [Newfoundland and Labrador, hasUniversity, Memorial University of Newfoundland]
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Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a major public research university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to research and innovation in Canada.
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University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick is a public research university in New Brunswick, Canada, recognized as one of the country’s oldest English-language universities and noted for its programs in engineering, computer science, and business.
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Acadia University
Acadia University is a public liberal arts university in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its strong undergraduate programs and picturesque campus.
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Lakehead University
Lakehead University is a public research university in Ontario, Canada, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and strong emphasis on community engagement and applied research.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston is a prestigious public research university in Kingston, Ontario, known for its strong academic programs, historic campus, and significant contributions to Canadian higher education and research.
- 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: Memorial University of Newfoundland Target entity description: Memorial University of Newfoundland is a public research university in St. John’s, Canada, known for its programs in marine and Arctic studies and its role as the largest university in Atlantic Canada.
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Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a major public research university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to research and innovation in Canada.
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University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick is a public research university in New Brunswick, Canada, recognized as one of the country’s oldest English-language universities and noted for its programs in engineering, computer science, and business.
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Acadia University
Acadia University is a public liberal arts university in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its strong undergraduate programs and picturesque campus.
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Lakehead University
Lakehead University is a public research university in Ontario, Canada, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and strong emphasis on community engagement and applied research.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston is a prestigious public research university in Kingston, Ontario, known for its strong academic programs, historic campus, and significant contributions to Canadian higher education and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Memorial University of Newfoundland Description of subject: Memorial University of Newfoundland is a public research university in St. John’s, Canada, known for its programs in marine and Arctic studies and its role as the largest university in Atlantic Canada.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
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this entity surface form:
Memorial University College
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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affiliation
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
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