Pepperdine University
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Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T513449 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pepperdine University Context triple: [Dennis Johnson, collegeAttended, Pepperdine University]
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University of San Diego
The University of San Diego is a private Roman Catholic research university known for its Spanish Renaissance-style campus overlooking Mission Bay and its strong programs in law, business, and international relations.
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Occidental College
Occidental College is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California, known for its rigorous undergraduate programs and notable alumni, including former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California, known for its medical, dental, and allied health programs and its emphasis on lifestyle medicine and preventive care.
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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Santa Clara, California, known for its strong programs in business, engineering, and the liberal arts.
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University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a major private research university in Los Angeles known for its strong academic programs, influential alumni network, and significant contributions to fields such as film, engineering, and business.
- 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: Pepperdine University Target entity description: Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
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University of San Diego
The University of San Diego is a private Roman Catholic research university known for its Spanish Renaissance-style campus overlooking Mission Bay and its strong programs in law, business, and international relations.
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Occidental College
Occidental College is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California, known for its rigorous undergraduate programs and notable alumni, including former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California, known for its medical, dental, and allied health programs and its emphasis on lifestyle medicine and preventive care.
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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Santa Clara, California, known for its strong programs in business, engineering, and the liberal arts.
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University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a major private research university in Los Angeles known for its strong academic programs, influential alumni network, and significant contributions to fields such as film, engineering, and business.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Pepperdine University Description of subject: Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
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Pepperdine University School of Law
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Pepperdine College
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine University School of Law
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Michael Shermer
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James Q. Wilson
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine University School of Law
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Ken Starr
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Pepperdine College (original college of Pepperdine University)
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Pepperdine Waves athletics (university-wide)
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Pepperdine University Graduate Programs
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School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University
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School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University
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Pepperdine University Malibu campus
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Pepperdine University Department of Athletics
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine University Malibu campus
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine University Malibu campus