Seattle University
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Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T81668 — 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)
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Target entity: Seattle University Context triple: [Seattle, hasUniversity, Seattle University]
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University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for its urban campus and emphasis on community engagement and sustainability.
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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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Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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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: Seattle University Target entity description: Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
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University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, known for its strong programs in nursing, engineering, business, and the liberal arts.
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Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, known for its urban campus and emphasis on community engagement and sustainability.
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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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Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college known for its strong undergraduate programs and scenic wooded campus in Portland, Oregon.
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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 (49)
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: Seattle University Description of subject: Seattle University is a private Jesuit Catholic university located in Seattle, Washington, known for its liberal arts, professional programs, and urban campus.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Seattle
this entity surface form:
Seattle College
“Educating the Whole Person, Professional Formation, Empowering Leaders for a Just and Humane World”
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Seattle University
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subject surface form:
Educating the Whole Person, Professional Formation, Empowering Leaders for a Just and Humane World
“Educating the Whole Person, Professional Formation, Empowering Leaders for a Just and Humane World”
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Seattle University
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subject surface form:
Educating the Whole Person, Professional Formation, Empowering Leaders for a Just and Humane World
this entity surface form:
Jesuit mission of Seattle University
this entity surface form:
Seattle University Athletics Department
this entity surface form:
Seattle College
subject surface form:
College of Nursing at Seattle University
subject surface form:
College of Nursing at Seattle University
this entity surface form:
Seattle University College of Arts and Sciences
this entity surface form:
Seattle University (precursor institution)
subject surface form:
Seattle University School of Law
subject surface form:
Seattle University School of Law
subject surface form:
Seattle University School of Law
subject surface form:
College of Arts and Sciences (Seattle University)
subject surface form:
College of Arts and Sciences (Seattle University)
subject surface form:
College of Arts and Sciences (Seattle University)
subject surface form:
College of Education at Seattle University
subject surface form:
College of Education at Seattle University
subject surface form:
College of Education at Seattle University
this entity surface form:
Seattle University campus
subject surface form:
Seattle University Redhawks men's basketball
subject surface form:
Seattle University Redhawks men's basketball
subject surface form:
Seattle University Redhawks men's basketball
this entity surface form:
Seattle University campus on First Hill
subject surface form:
Elgin Baylor