Drake University
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Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, known for its strong programs in business, law, and journalism and for hosting the annual Drake Relays track and field event.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drake University canonical | 38 |
| Drake University Law School | 4 |
| Drake University athletics | 2 |
| Drake University campus | 2 |
| Drake University College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
| Drake University campus in Des Moines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1176732 — 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: Drake University Context triple: [Des Moines, Iowa, contains, Drake University]
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A.
University of Nebraska Omaha
The University of Nebraska Omaha is a public research university in Omaha known for its urban campus, strong community engagement, and programs in fields such as business, information science, and public affairs.
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Creighton University
Creighton University is a private Jesuit university known for its strong programs in health sciences, business, and law.
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Luther College
Luther College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, recognized for its strong music programs and scenic campus in Decorah, Iowa.
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Morningside College
Morningside College is a private liberal arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, known for its strong undergraduate programs and active athletic tradition.
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Davenport College
Davenport College is one of Yale University's residential colleges, providing housing, dining, and community life for its undergraduate students.
- 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: Drake University Target entity description: Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, known for its strong programs in business, law, and journalism and for hosting the annual Drake Relays track and field event.
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A.
University of Nebraska Omaha
The University of Nebraska Omaha is a public research university in Omaha known for its urban campus, strong community engagement, and programs in fields such as business, information science, and public affairs.
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B.
Creighton University
Creighton University is a private Jesuit university known for its strong programs in health sciences, business, and law.
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C.
Luther College
Luther College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, recognized for its strong music programs and scenic campus in Decorah, Iowa.
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D.
Morningside College
Morningside College is a private liberal arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, known for its strong undergraduate programs and active athletic tradition.
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E.
Davenport College
Davenport College is one of Yale University's residential colleges, providing housing, dining, and community life for its undergraduate students.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Drake University Description of subject: Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, known for its strong programs in business, law, and journalism and for hosting the annual Drake Relays track and field event.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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central Iowa
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Drake Relays track and field meet
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School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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Drake University College of Arts and Sciences
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Board of Trustees
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Board of Trustees
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Board of Trustees
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College of Arts and Sciences
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College of Arts and Sciences
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College of Arts and Sciences
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College of Arts and Sciences
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School of Education
linked to: Drake University
linked to: Drake University
linked to: Drake University