Sewanee, Tennessee
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Sewanee, Tennessee is a small university town on the Cumberland Plateau best known as the home of The University of the South.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sewanee, Tennessee canonical | 5 |
| Sewanee | 1 |
| Sewanee campus | 1 |
| Sewanee, Tennessee, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6401486 — 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: Sewanee, Tennessee Context triple: [Kirby Smith, deathPlace, Sewanee, Tennessee]
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A.
University of Tennessee Southern
The University of Tennessee Southern is a public liberal arts institution within the University of Tennessee system located in southern Middle Tennessee.
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B.
Faulkner University
Faulkner University is a private Christian liberal arts university based in Montgomery, Alabama, known for its faith-based education and professional programs.
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C.
Starkville, Mississippi
Starkville, Mississippi is a college town in eastern Mississippi best known as the home of Mississippi State University and a regional hub for education, research, and athletics.
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D.
Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University is a private Christian liberal arts institution in Nashville, Tennessee, known for integrating faith-based education with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
Natchez Seminary
Natchez Seminary was a historically Black educational institution in Mississippi that evolved into what is now Jackson State University.
- 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: Sewanee, Tennessee Target entity description: Sewanee, Tennessee is a small university town on the Cumberland Plateau best known as the home of The University of the South.
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A.
University of Tennessee Southern
The University of Tennessee Southern is a public liberal arts institution within the University of Tennessee system located in southern Middle Tennessee.
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B.
Faulkner University
Faulkner University is a private Christian liberal arts university based in Montgomery, Alabama, known for its faith-based education and professional programs.
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C.
Starkville, Mississippi
Starkville, Mississippi is a college town in eastern Mississippi best known as the home of Mississippi State University and a regional hub for education, research, and athletics.
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D.
Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University is a private Christian liberal arts institution in Nashville, Tennessee, known for integrating faith-based education with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
Natchez Seminary
Natchez Seminary was a historically Black educational institution in Mississippi that evolved into what is now Jackson State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
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college town ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode | 931 ⓘ |
| campusAreaNickname |
The Domain
NERFINISHED
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The Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Sewanee: The University of the South campus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The University of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Franklin County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic | population strongly influenced by university students and staff ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,920 feet
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about 585 meters ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1303905 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Franklin County government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
collegiate Gothic architecture on campus
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wooded plateau setting ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
All Saints' Chapel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sewanee Memorial Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ The Domain (Sewanee campus lands) NERFINISHED ⓘ University Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalArea |
South Cumberland State Park (nearby)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
trails on the Domain ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAffiliationViaUniversity | Episcopal Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isHomeOf |
School of Theology of The University of the South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sewanee Review NERFINISHED ⓘ Sewanee Writers' Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | The University of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPhysiographicRegion | Appalachian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | South Cumberland region of Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Monteagle, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winchester, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cumberland Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Sewanee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Franklin County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 37375 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity | higher education ⓘ |
| primaryInstitution | The University of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalContext | Middle Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
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surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportation | U.S. Route 41A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Sewanee, Tennessee Description of subject: Sewanee, Tennessee is a small university town on the Cumberland Plateau best known as the home of The University of the South.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sewanee, Tennessee, United States
this entity surface form:
Sewanee
this entity surface form:
Sewanee campus