Penn State Altoona
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Penn State Altoona is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University offering a range of undergraduate programs in a smaller, more personalized college setting in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penn State Altoona canonical | 3 |
| Altoona campus library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7713061 — 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: Penn State Altoona Context triple: [Pennsylvania State University, hasCampus, Penn State Altoona]
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A.
Penn State York
Penn State York is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University offering undergraduate education and community-focused programs in York, Pennsylvania.
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B.
Penn State Berks
Penn State Berks is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in the Reading, Pennsylvania area, offering a range of undergraduate programs and serving as a regional hub for higher education and research.
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C.
Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg is a regional campus of the Pennsylvania State University system located near Harrisburg, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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D.
Penn State Behrend
Penn State Behrend is a four-year residential college of Penn State University located in Erie, Pennsylvania, known for its strong engineering, business, and science programs.
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E.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public research university in Indiana, Pennsylvania, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and notable alumni in fields such as technology, education, and the arts.
- 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: Penn State Altoona Target entity description: Penn State Altoona is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University offering a range of undergraduate programs in a smaller, more personalized college setting in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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A.
Penn State York
Penn State York is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University offering undergraduate education and community-focused programs in York, Pennsylvania.
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B.
Penn State Berks
Penn State Berks is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in the Reading, Pennsylvania area, offering a range of undergraduate programs and serving as a regional hub for higher education and research.
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C.
Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg is a regional campus of the Pennsylvania State University system located near Harrisburg, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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D.
Penn State Behrend
Penn State Behrend is a four-year residential college of Penn State University located in Erie, Pennsylvania, known for its strong engineering, business, and science programs.
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E.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public research university in Indiana, Pennsylvania, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and notable alumni in fields such as technology, education, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commonwealth Campus of Pennsylvania State University
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public college campus ⓘ |
| academicCalendar | semester system ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Penn State University
ⓘ
linked to:
Pennsylvania State University
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| athleticsAffiliation | NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| athleticsConference | Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference ⓘ |
| campusSetting | suburban ⓘ |
| campusType | Commonwealth Campus ⓘ |
| city | Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| colors |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalApproach | personalized college setting ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
small class sizes
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undergraduate education ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania State University ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Downtown campus
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Ivyside campus ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
E. Raymond Smith Building
ⓘ
Hawthorn Building ⓘ Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts ⓘ Robert E. Eiche Library ⓘ Slep Student Center ⓘ Steven A. Adler Athletic Complex ⓘ athletic fields ⓘ residence halls ⓘ |
| hasStudentHousing |
nearby off-campus housing
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on-campus housing ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| mascot | Nittany Lion ⓘ |
| offers |
associate degree programs
ⓘ
bachelor’s degree programs ⓘ business programs ⓘ education-related programs ⓘ engineering programs ⓘ honors opportunities ⓘ information sciences and technology programs ⓘ liberal arts programs ⓘ nursing programs ⓘ science programs ⓘ study-abroad opportunities ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ undergraduate research opportunities ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Pennsylvania State University ⓘ |
| partOf | Penn State Commonwealth Campus system ⓘ |
| regionServed |
central Pennsylvania
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Pennsylvania
|
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
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: Penn State Altoona Description of subject: Penn State Altoona is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University offering a range of undergraduate programs in a smaller, more personalized college setting in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Penn State Altoona