MacMurray College
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MacMurray College was a small private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois, known for its close-knit campus and programs in fields such as education, social work, and nursing before closing in 2020.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacMurray College canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7446232 — 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: MacMurray College Context triple: [Jacksonville, Illinois, hasEducationalInstitution, MacMurray College]
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A.
McMurry University
McMurry University is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Abilene, Texas.
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B.
Morningside College
Morningside College is a private liberal arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, known for its strong undergraduate programs and active athletic tradition.
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C.
Beloit College
Beloit College is a small, private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, known for its emphasis on experiential learning and global education.
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D.
Shimer College
Shimer College is a small, Great Books–focused liberal arts college known for its discussion-based curriculum and emphasis on classic texts in the humanities.
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E.
Mission College
Mission College is a community college located in Santa Clara, California, offering a range of academic and career-focused 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: MacMurray College Target entity description: MacMurray College was a small private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois, known for its close-knit campus and programs in fields such as education, social work, and nursing before closing in 2020.
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A.
McMurry University
McMurry University is a private liberal arts university affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Abilene, Texas.
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B.
Morningside College
Morningside College is a private liberal arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, known for its strong undergraduate programs and active athletic tradition.
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C.
Beloit College
Beloit College is a small, private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, known for its emphasis on experiential learning and global education.
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D.
Shimer College
Shimer College is a small, Great Books–focused liberal arts college known for its discussion-based curriculum and emphasis on classic texts in the humanities.
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E.
Mission College
Mission College is a community college located in Santa Clara, California, offering a range of academic and career-focused programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct college
ⓘ
private liberal arts college ⓘ |
| campusCharacter | close-knit campus community ⓘ |
| campusType | small campus ⓘ |
| category |
buildings and structures in Morgan County, Illinois
ⓘ
defunct private universities and colleges in Illinois ⓘ education in Morgan County, Illinois ⓘ liberal arts colleges in Illinois ⓘ |
| cityServed | Jacksonville ⓘ |
| closureYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| coeducationStatus | coeducational institution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalFocus | liberal arts ⓘ |
| formerGenderStatus | women's college ⓘ |
| governanceType | independent college ⓘ |
| hadResidentialComponent | residential campus ⓘ |
| knownForAcademicProgram |
education
ⓘ
nursing ⓘ social work ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Jacksonville, Illinois ⓘ Morgan County, Illinois ⓘ |
| offeredDegreeLevel | bachelor's degrees ⓘ |
| offeredProgramArea |
liberal arts and sciences
ⓘ
professional programs ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | closed ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure |
declining enrollment
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financial difficulties ⓘ |
| regionServed | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | United Methodist Church ⓘ |
| sector | private ⓘ |
| servedPopulation | undergraduate students ⓘ |
| stateServed | Illinois ⓘ |
| studentBodySize | small enrollment ⓘ |
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: MacMurray College Description of subject: MacMurray College was a small private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois, known for its close-knit campus and programs in fields such as education, social work, and nursing before closing in 2020.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.