Washington State University Board of Regents
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The Washington State University Board of Regents is the university’s top-level governing body responsible for setting institutional policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding its long-term strategic direction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Washington State University Board of Regents canonical | 3 |
| Washington State College Board of Regents | 1 |
| Washington State University administration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1955642 — 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: Washington State University Board of Regents Context triple: [Washington State University, governingBody, Washington State University Board of Regents]
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A.
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine and its Cougars athletic teams.
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B.
Board of Regents of the University of Washington
The Board of Regents of the University of Washington is the university’s top-level governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
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C.
Oregon State University Board of Trustees
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall administration.
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D.
University of Washington
The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, and public affairs.
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E.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon, known for its strong programs in engineering, forestry, and agricultural sciences.
- 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: Washington State University Board of Regents Target entity description: The Washington State University Board of Regents is the university’s top-level governing body responsible for setting institutional policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding its long-term strategic direction.
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A.
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine and its Cougars athletic teams.
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B.
Board of Regents of the University of Washington
The Board of Regents of the University of Washington is the university’s top-level governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
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C.
Oregon State University Board of Trustees
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall administration.
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University of Washington
The University of Washington is a major public research university in Seattle known for its strong programs in science, engineering, medicine, and public affairs.
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E.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon, known for its strong programs in engineering, forestry, and agricultural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board of regents
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university governing board ⓘ |
| affiliation | Washington State University ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| goal |
advance the mission of Washington State University
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ensure long-term viability of Washington State University ⓘ serve the interests of students, faculty, staff, and the public ⓘ |
| governs | Washington State University ⓘ |
| hasScope | system-wide governance of all Washington State University campuses ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Washington State University
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surface form:
Washington State University system
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| legalStatus |
governing board of a public university
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public body ⓘ |
| meetingFrequency | regularly scheduled public meetings ⓘ |
| oversees |
major construction and facilities planning
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university endowment ⓘ university investments ⓘ |
| policyScope |
academic policy
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administrative policy ⓘ financial policy ⓘ strategic planning ⓘ |
| power |
appointing the president of Washington State University
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approving major university policies ⓘ evaluating the president of Washington State University ⓘ |
| responsibility |
approving major capital projects
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approving the university budget ⓘ guiding long-term strategic direction of Washington State University ⓘ overseeing the university president ⓘ overseeing university administration ⓘ overseeing university finances ⓘ setting institutional policy ⓘ setting tuition and fees ⓘ |
| role | top-level governing body of Washington State University ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| transparencyRequirement |
subject to open public meetings laws
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subject to public records laws ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | nonprofit educational governance body ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Washington State University administration
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Washington State University president ⓘ faculty leadership ⓘ student leadership ⓘ |
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: Washington State University Board of Regents Description of subject: The Washington State University Board of Regents is the university’s top-level governing body responsible for setting institutional policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding its long-term strategic direction.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Washington State College Board of Regents
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
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governingBody
→
Washington State University Board of Regents
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this entity surface form:
Washington State University administration
subject surface form:
College of Education (Washington State University)