Columbia University Libraries
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Columbia University Libraries is the academic library system of Columbia University, providing extensive research collections and services across its campuses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Columbia University Libraries canonical | 5 |
| Columbia University Libraries system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2113436 — 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: Columbia University Libraries Context triple: [Morningside Heights campus, contains, Columbia University Libraries]
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A.
Cornell University Library system
The Cornell University Library system is the network of libraries serving Cornell University, providing extensive research collections, digital resources, and academic support across its campuses.
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B.
Princeton University Library
Princeton University Library is the academic library system of Princeton University, renowned for its extensive research collections, rare books and manuscripts, and support for advanced scholarship across disciplines.
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C.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is a renowned Yale University research library famous for its vast collection of rare books, manuscripts, and literary archives housed in a distinctive modernist building.
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D.
Downing College Library
Downing College Library is the academic library of Downing College at the University of Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections to support the college’s students and scholars.
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E.
Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.
- 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: Columbia University Libraries Target entity description: Columbia University Libraries is the academic library system of Columbia University, providing extensive research collections and services across its campuses.
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A.
Cornell University Library system
The Cornell University Library system is the network of libraries serving Cornell University, providing extensive research collections, digital resources, and academic support across its campuses.
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B.
Princeton University Library
Princeton University Library is the academic library system of Princeton University, renowned for its extensive research collections, rare books and manuscripts, and support for advanced scholarship across disciplines.
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C.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is a renowned Yale University research library famous for its vast collection of rare books, manuscripts, and literary archives housed in a distinctive modernist building.
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D.
Downing College Library
Downing College Library is the academic library of Downing College at the University of Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections to support the college’s students and scholars.
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E.
Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library system
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research library system ⓘ |
| affiliation | Ivy League ⓘ |
| campus |
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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Manhattanville campus ⓘ Morningside Heights ⓘ |
| collectionType |
archives
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digital collections ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ rare books ⓘ research collections ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
supporting learning
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supporting research ⓘ supporting teaching ⓘ |
| hasOnlineAccess |
databases
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e-books ⓘ electronic journals ⓘ library catalogs ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary ⓘ Business and Economics Library ⓘ Butler Library ⓘ C. V. Starr East Asian Library ⓘ
surface form:
C.V. Starr East Asian Library
Digital Scholarship unit ⓘ Health Sciences Library ⓘ Journalism Library ⓘ Mathematics Library ⓘ Music & Arts Library ⓘ Science & Engineering Library ⓘ Social Work Library ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
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New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
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| offersService |
access to electronic resources
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course reserves ⓘ data management support ⓘ digital scholarship support ⓘ information literacy instruction ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ reference services ⓘ research consultations ⓘ |
| operatesIn | multiple campuses of Columbia University ⓘ |
| partOf | Columbia University ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| serves |
Columbia University faculty
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Columbia University staff ⓘ Columbia University students ⓘ |
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: Columbia University Libraries Description of subject: Columbia University Libraries is the academic library system of Columbia University, providing extensive research collections and services across its campuses.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Columbia University Libraries system