Sul Ross State University
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Sul Ross State University is a public university in Texas known for serving the Big Bend and Rio Grande regions with a focus on accessible undergraduate and graduate education.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sul Ross State University canonical | 12 |
| Sul Ross State Teachers College | 3 |
| Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College (Del Rio campus) | 1 |
| Texas Mines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4900297 — 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: Sul Ross State University Context triple: [Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College (Uvalde campus), partOf, Sul Ross State University]
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A.
Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University is a public university in Texas known for its agricultural, education, and business programs and its affiliation with the Texas A&M University System.
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B.
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now known as Texas State University, is a public institution in San Marcos, Texas, historically recognized for training educators and as the alma mater of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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C.
Texas State University
Texas State University is a large public research university known for serving a diverse student body across multiple campuses in the Texas Hill Country.
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D.
Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, known for its forestry, education, and business programs and its athletic teams, the Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks.
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E.
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is a public university in Odessa, Texas, known for serving the West Texas region with undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the University of Texas System.
- 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: Sul Ross State University Target entity description: Sul Ross State University is a public university in Texas known for serving the Big Bend and Rio Grande regions with a focus on accessible undergraduate and graduate education.
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A.
Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University is a public university in Texas known for its agricultural, education, and business programs and its affiliation with the Texas A&M University System.
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B.
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now known as Texas State University, is a public institution in San Marcos, Texas, historically recognized for training educators and as the alma mater of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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C.
Texas State University
Texas State University is a large public research university known for serving a diverse student body across multiple campuses in the Texas Hill Country.
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D.
Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, known for its forestry, education, and business programs and its athletic teams, the Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks.
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E.
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is a public university in Odessa, Texas, known for serving the West Texas region with undergraduate and graduate programs as part of the University of Texas System.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
ⓘ
public university ⓘ |
| accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges ⓘ |
| athleticsConference | American Southwest Conference ⓘ |
| campus |
Alpine campus
ⓘ
Del Rio campus ⓘ Eagle Pass campus ⓘ
linked to:
Del Rio campus
Uvalde campus ⓘ |
| campusSetting | rural ⓘ |
| category |
Public universities and colleges in Texas
ⓘ
Universities and colleges in Texas ⓘ |
| city | Alpine, Texas ⓘ |
| colors |
gray
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focus |
accessible graduate education
ⓘ
accessible undergraduate education ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1917 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Regents of the Texas State University System ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStaff | faculty ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brewster County, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Brewster County
|
| mascot | Pistol Pete ⓘ |
| mission | to provide accessible, quality education to the Big Bend and Rio Grande regions ⓘ |
| motto | Light on the Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lawrence Sullivan Ross ⓘ |
| offers |
agricultural and natural resource programs
ⓘ
arts and sciences programs ⓘ business programs ⓘ graduate degree programs ⓘ online courses ⓘ teacher education programs ⓘ undergraduate degree programs ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Texas State University System ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Big Bend region
ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-Pecos region
Rio Grande region ⓘ
linked to:
Rio Grande basin
|
| sportsTeam |
Sul Ross Lobos
ⓘ
linked to:
Sul Ross State Lobos
|
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| type | public university system component ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sulross.edu/ ⓘ |
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: Sul Ross State University Description of subject: Sul Ross State University is a public university in Texas known for serving the Big Bend and Rio Grande regions with a focus on accessible undergraduate and graduate education.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College (Uvalde campus)
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operatedBy
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Sul Ross State University
ⓘ
linked to: Sul Ross State University
linked to: Sul Ross State University
subject linked to:
Alpine
subject linked to:
Alpine
Del Rio, Texas
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hasEducationalInstitution
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Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College (Del Rio campus)
ⓘ
linked to: Sul Ross State University
Board of Regents of the Texas State University System
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hasAuthorityOver
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Sul Ross State University
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subject linked to:
Blocker
linked to: Sul Ross State University
linked to: Sul Ross State University