Federal Perkins Loan
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A Federal Perkins Loan is a former U.S. federal student loan program that provided low-interest, campus-based loans to undergraduate and graduate students with exceptional financial need.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Perkins Loan canonical | 1 |
| Federal Perkins Loans | 1 |
| National Direct Student Loan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6167180 — 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: Federal Perkins Loan Context triple: [Direct Consolidation Loan, eligibleLoanType, Federal Perkins Loan]
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A.
Federal Family Education Loan Program
The Federal Family Education Loan Program was a U.S. government-backed student loan system in which private lenders issued education loans that were guaranteed and subsidized by the federal government.
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B.
Federal Direct Student Loan Program
The Federal Direct Student Loan Program is a U.S. government initiative that provides low-interest loans directly to students and parents to help pay for higher education.
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C.
Federal Pell Grant Program
The Federal Pell Grant Program is a U.S. federal financial aid initiative that provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate students to help pay for college expenses.
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D.
Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Aid is a U.S. government office that provides and manages financial assistance programs to help students pay for postsecondary education.
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E.
Federal Work-Study Program
The Federal Work-Study Program is a U.S. financial aid initiative that provides part-time jobs for eligible college and graduate students to help pay for education expenses.
- 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: Federal Perkins Loan Target entity description: A Federal Perkins Loan is a former U.S. federal student loan program that provided low-interest, campus-based loans to undergraduate and graduate students with exceptional financial need.
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A.
Federal Family Education Loan Program
The Federal Family Education Loan Program was a U.S. government-backed student loan system in which private lenders issued education loans that were guaranteed and subsidized by the federal government.
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B.
Federal Direct Student Loan Program
The Federal Direct Student Loan Program is a U.S. government initiative that provides low-interest loans directly to students and parents to help pay for higher education.
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C.
Federal Pell Grant Program
The Federal Pell Grant Program is a U.S. federal financial aid initiative that provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate students to help pay for college expenses.
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D.
Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Aid is a U.S. government office that provides and manages financial assistance programs to help students pay for postsecondary education.
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E.
Federal Work-Study Program
The Federal Work-Study Program is a U.S. financial aid initiative that provides part-time jobs for eligible college and graduate students to help pay for education expenses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal student aid program
ⓘ
student loan program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
U.S. Department of Education
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Education
|
| authorizedBy | Higher Education Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| collectionMethods | may be assigned to U.S. Department of Education for collection ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForPurpose | to assist students with exceptional financial need ⓘ |
| defaultConsequence |
loss of deferment and cancellation benefits
ⓘ
negative credit reporting ⓘ |
| defermentOptions |
economic hardship deferment
ⓘ
in-school deferment ⓘ unemployment deferment ⓘ |
| disbursementMethod | through participating schools ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Direct Subsidized Loan
ⓘ
linked to:
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan
Direct Unsubsidized Loan ⓘ Federal PLUS Loan ⓘ
linked to:
PLUS Loan
|
| eligibilityCriterion | exceptional financial need ⓘ |
| forgivenessOptions |
cancellation for certain Head Start or early childhood education service
ⓘ
cancellation for certain law enforcement or corrections service ⓘ cancellation for certain military service ⓘ cancellation for certain nursing or medical technician service ⓘ cancellation for certain volunteer service such as Peace Corps ⓘ cancellation for service in low-income schools ⓘ public service cancellation in certain fields ⓘ teacher loan cancellation ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs |
National Defense Student Loan
ⓘ
National Direct Student Loan ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Perkins Loan
|
| fundingSource |
federal government
ⓘ
participating institutions ⓘ |
| gracePeriod | 9 months after leaving school or dropping below half-time ⓘ |
| interestAccrual | no interest charged while student is in school at least half-time ⓘ |
| interestRate | 5 percent fixed ⓘ |
| interestType | fixed interest loan ⓘ |
| lastDisbursementDate | June 30, 2018 ⓘ |
| loanType | campus-based loan ⓘ |
| maximumAggregateAmountGraduate | $60,000 including undergraduate Perkins ⓘ |
| maximumAggregateAmountUndergraduate | $27,500 ⓘ |
| maximumAnnualAmountGraduate | $8,000 ⓘ |
| maximumAnnualAmountUndergraduate | $5,500 ⓘ |
| needBased | true ⓘ |
| programEndDate | September 30, 2017 ⓘ |
| programStructure | revolving loan fund at participating institutions ⓘ |
| repaidTo | school or school’s servicer ⓘ |
| repaymentResponsibility | school-based billing and collection ⓘ |
| repaymentStatus | existing loans still repayable ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| subsidized | true ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
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: Federal Perkins Loan Description of subject: A Federal Perkins Loan is a former U.S. federal student loan program that provided low-interest, campus-based loans to undergraduate and graduate students with exceptional financial need.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Federal Perkins Loan
linked to: Federal Perkins Loan