California State University, San Marcos
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California State University, San Marcos is a public university in northern San Diego County known for its diverse student body, modern campus, and strong programs in fields such as business, education, and the sciences.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State University San Marcos | 4 |
| CSUSM | 1 |
| Cal State San Marcos | 1 |
| California State University, San Marcos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T36403 — 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: California State University, San Marcos Context triple: [California State University, hasCampus, California State University, San Marcos]
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A.
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino is a public university in Southern California known for its diverse student body and strong programs in business, education, and the social sciences.
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B.
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside is a public research university in Riverside, California, known for its diverse student body and strong programs in the sciences, engineering, and the humanities.
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C.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills is a public university in Carson, California, known for its diverse student body and role in providing accessible higher education within the California State University system.
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D.
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a large public university in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley known for its diverse student body and wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is a public polytechnic university in California known for its "learn by doing" philosophy and strong engineering, architecture, and agriculture programs.
- 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: California State University, San Marcos Target entity description: California State University, San Marcos is a public university in northern San Diego County known for its diverse student body, modern campus, and strong programs in fields such as business, education, and the sciences.
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A.
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino is a public university in Southern California known for its diverse student body and strong programs in business, education, and the social sciences.
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B.
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside is a public research university in Riverside, California, known for its diverse student body and strong programs in the sciences, engineering, and the humanities.
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C.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills is a public university in Carson, California, known for its diverse student body and role in providing accessible higher education within the California State University system.
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D.
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a large public university in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley known for its diverse student body and wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is a public polytechnic university in California known for its "learn by doing" philosophy and strong engineering, architecture, and agriculture programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
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public university ⓘ university ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
business
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education ⓘ sciences ⓘ |
| campusType | suburban campus ⓘ |
| city | San Marcos ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| county | San Diego County ⓘ |
| educationLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| governedBy | California State University Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
diverse campus community
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modern facilities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
business programs
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diverse student body ⓘ education programs ⓘ modern campus ⓘ science programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern San Diego County ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| offers |
business degrees
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education degrees ⓘ graduate programs ⓘ science degrees ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| partOf |
California State University system
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surface form:
California State University
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| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| shortName |
California State University, San Marcos
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CSUSM
California State University, San Marcos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cal State San Marcos
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| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| system | California State University system ⓘ |
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: California State University, San Marcos Description of subject: California State University, San Marcos is a public university in northern San Diego County known for its diverse student body, modern campus, and strong programs in fields such as business, education, and the sciences.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
California State University
California State University, San Marcos
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shortName
→
California State University, San Marcos
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
California State University San Marcos
this entity surface form:
CSUSM
California State University, San Marcos
→
shortName
→
California State University, San Marcos
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
California State University San Marcos
this entity surface form:
Cal State San Marcos
subject surface form:
San Marcos, California
this entity surface form:
California State University San Marcos
subject surface form:
San Marcos, California
this entity surface form:
California State University San Marcos
this entity surface form:
California State University San Marcos
this entity surface form:
California State University San Marcos