Livingston University
E481928
Livingston University was the former name of the University of West Alabama, a public university located in Livingston, Alabama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Livingston University canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4933642 — 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: Livingston University Context triple: [University of West Alabama, formerName, Livingston University]
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A.
Furman University
Furman University is a private liberal arts university known for its rigorous academics and picturesque campus in Greenville, South Carolina.
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B.
Millsaps College
Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi, known for its rigorous academics and close-knit campus community.
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C.
Philander Smith University
Philander Smith University is a private historically Black liberal arts college located in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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D.
Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College is a private Jesuit liberal arts college located in Mobile, Alabama.
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E.
University of the South
The University of the South is a private Episcopal liberal arts university located in Sewanee, Tennessee, known for its rigorous academics and historic Gothic-style campus.
- 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: Livingston University Target entity description: Livingston University was the former name of the University of West Alabama, a public university located in Livingston, Alabama.
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A.
Furman University
Furman University is a private liberal arts university known for its rigorous academics and picturesque campus in Greenville, South Carolina.
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B.
Millsaps College
Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi, known for its rigorous academics and close-knit campus community.
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C.
Philander Smith University
Philander Smith University is a private historically Black liberal arts college located in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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D.
Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College is a private Jesuit liberal arts college located in Mobile, Alabama.
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E.
University of the South
The University of the South is a private Episcopal liberal arts university located in Sewanee, Tennessee, known for its rigorous academics and historic Gothic-style campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | public university ⓘ |
| accreditedBy | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Livingston State College
ⓘ
linked to:
Livingston State Teachers College
Livingston State Teachers College ⓘ |
| campusType | rural campus ⓘ |
| city | Livingston ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationSystem | United States higher education system ⓘ |
| field | higher education ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | University of West Alabama ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | University of West Alabama ⓘ |
| hasType | coeducational institution ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Livingston, Alabama ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| offers |
graduate programs
ⓘ
undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
State of Alabama
ⓘ
linked to:
Alabama
|
| partOf |
Alabama public university system
ⓘ
linked to:
Alabama higher education system
|
| regionServed |
West Alabama
ⓘ
linked to:
western Alabama
|
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
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: Livingston University Description of subject: Livingston University was the former name of the University of West Alabama, a public university located in Livingston, Alabama.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.