Minot State University
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Minot State University is a public university in Minot, North Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs in education, business, and the liberal arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minot State University canonical | 3 |
| played college football at Minot State University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8518413 — 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: Minot State University Context triple: [Minot, North Dakota, hasUniversity, Minot State University]
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A.
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota is a public research university in Grand Forks known for its strong academics and elite NCAA Division I ice hockey program.
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B.
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota, known for its programs in liberal arts, professional studies, and health sciences.
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C.
Northern State University
Northern State University is a public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs and regional focus on education and community engagement.
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D.
Montana State University
Montana State University is a public research university and land-grant institution located in Bozeman, Montana, known for its programs in engineering, agriculture, and the sciences.
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E.
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota State University Moorhead is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs within the Minnesota State system.
- 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: Minot State University Target entity description: Minot State University is a public university in Minot, North Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs in education, business, and the liberal arts.
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A.
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota is a public research university in Grand Forks known for its strong academics and elite NCAA Division I ice hockey program.
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B.
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota, known for its programs in liberal arts, professional studies, and health sciences.
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C.
Northern State University
Northern State University is a public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs and regional focus on education and community engagement.
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D.
Montana State University
Montana State University is a public research university and land-grant institution located in Bozeman, Montana, known for its programs in engineering, agriculture, and the sciences.
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E.
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota State University Moorhead is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs within the Minnesota State system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
ⓘ
public university ⓘ |
| accreditation | Higher Learning Commission ⓘ |
| campusSetting | urban ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| formerName |
Minot Normal School
NERFINISHED
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Minot State College NERFINISHED ⓘ Minot State Teachers College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
accounting
ⓘ
art ⓘ business ⓘ communication disorders ⓘ computer science ⓘ criminal justice ⓘ education ⓘ elementary education ⓘ finance ⓘ graduate education ⓘ history ⓘ information systems ⓘ liberal arts ⓘ management ⓘ marketing ⓘ mathematics ⓘ music ⓘ nursing ⓘ psychology ⓘ science ⓘ secondary education ⓘ sociology ⓘ special education ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasCampus | Minot State University main campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Dome sports complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon B. Olson Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Student Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStudentResidence | on-campus housing ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Minot, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Be seen. Be heard. Be inspired. ⓘ |
| offersAcademicDegree |
bachelor's degree
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education specialist degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| offersProgramLevel |
graduate program
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undergraduate program ⓘ |
| partOf | North Dakota University System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfFunding | publicly funded ⓘ |
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: Minot State University Description of subject: Minot State University is a public university in Minot, North Dakota, known for its undergraduate and graduate programs in education, business, and the liberal arts.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
played college football at Minot State University