Montana State University Billings
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Montana State University Billings is a public university located in Billings, Montana, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the Montana State University system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| City College at MSU Billings | 1 |
| Eastern Montana College | 1 |
| MSU Billings | 1 |
| Montana State University Billings canonical | 1 |
| Northern Montana College | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2345783 — 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: Montana State University Billings Context triple: [Billings, hasUniversity, Montana State University Billings]
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A.
University of Montana
The University of Montana is a public research university in Missoula known for its strong programs in environmental studies, creative writing, and the liberal arts.
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B.
Northern State University
Northern State University is a public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs and regional focus on education and community engagement.
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C.
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming, known for serving as the state’s flagship institution of higher education.
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D.
Mission College
Mission College is a community college located in Santa Clara, California, offering a range of academic and career-focused programs.
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E.
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota, known for its programs in liberal arts, professional studies, and health 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: Montana State University Billings Target entity description: Montana State University Billings is a public university located in Billings, Montana, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the Montana State University system.
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A.
University of Montana
The University of Montana is a public research university in Missoula known for its strong programs in environmental studies, creative writing, and the liberal arts.
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B.
Northern State University
Northern State University is a public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs and regional focus on education and community engagement.
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C.
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming, known for serving as the state’s flagship institution of higher education.
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D.
Mission College
Mission College is a community college located in Santa Clara, California, offering a range of academic and career-focused programs.
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E.
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota, known for its programs in liberal arts, professional studies, and health sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
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: Montana State University Billings Description of subject: Montana State University Billings is a public university located in Billings, Montana, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the Montana State University system.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Montana College
Montana State University Billings
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formerName
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Montana State University Billings
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this entity surface form:
Eastern Montana College
Montana State University Billings
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shortName
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Montana State University Billings
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
MSU Billings
Montana State University Billings
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hasAcademicDivision
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Montana State University Billings
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this entity surface form:
City College at MSU Billings