Francis Douglas Memorial College
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Francis Douglas Memorial College is a Catholic boys' secondary school in New Plymouth, New Zealand, known for its strong rugby program and notable alumni including All Black Beauden Barrett.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Francis Douglas Memorial College canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2147119 — 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: Francis Douglas Memorial College Context triple: [Beauden Barrett, education, Francis Douglas Memorial College]
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A.
St Mary’s College
St Mary’s College is a Catholic residential college affiliated with the University of Melbourne, providing accommodation, academic support, and community life for its students.
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B.
St Mary’s College
St Mary’s College is a constituent college of the University of St Andrews, traditionally associated with theology and divinity.
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C.
Firth College
Firth College was a 19th-century educational institution in Sheffield that became one of the principal founding components of the University of Sheffield.
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D.
St Aidan’s College
St Aidan’s College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University, known for its strong community spirit and elevated position overlooking the city.
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E.
Stephenson College
Stephenson College is a constituent college of Durham University, providing accommodation, academic support, and a social community for its 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: Francis Douglas Memorial College Target entity description: Francis Douglas Memorial College is a Catholic boys' secondary school in New Plymouth, New Zealand, known for its strong rugby program and notable alumni including All Black Beauden Barrett.
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A.
St Mary’s College
St Mary’s College is a Catholic residential college affiliated with the University of Melbourne, providing accommodation, academic support, and community life for its students.
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B.
St Mary’s College
St Mary’s College is a constituent college of the University of St Andrews, traditionally associated with theology and divinity.
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C.
Firth College
Firth College was a 19th-century educational institution in Sheffield that became one of the principal founding components of the University of Sheffield.
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D.
St Aidan’s College
St Aidan’s College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University, known for its strong community spirit and elevated position overlooking the city.
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E.
Stephenson College
Stephenson College is a constituent college of Durham University, providing accommodation, academic support, and a social community for its students.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic school
ⓘ
boys' school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ |
| city | New Plymouth ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic ⓘ |
| educationLevel | secondary ⓘ |
| followsCurriculum | New Zealand Curriculum ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | boys ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| hasExtracurricular |
cultural groups
ⓘ
drama ⓘ music ⓘ |
| hasHouseSystem | true ⓘ |
| hasSport |
basketball
ⓘ
cricket ⓘ football ⓘ rugby union ⓘ |
| knownFor |
producing notable rugby players
ⓘ
strong rugby program ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Plymouth ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Taranaki Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Taranaki
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| namedAfter | Francis Vernon Douglas ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus |
Beauden Barrett
ⓘ
surface form:
All Black Beauden Barrett
Beauden Barrett ⓘ |
| region | Taranaki Region ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| schoolType | state-integrated school ⓘ |
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: Francis Douglas Memorial College Description of subject: Francis Douglas Memorial College is a Catholic boys' secondary school in New Plymouth, New Zealand, known for its strong rugby program and notable alumni including All Black Beauden Barrett.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.