Webster University
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Webster University is a private, nonprofit university based in Webster Groves, Missouri, known for its global network of campuses and diverse academic programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Webster University canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9435881 — 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: Webster University Context triple: [Rocky Carroll, almaMater, Webster University]
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A.
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, known for its strong programs in medicine, engineering, and the arts and sciences.
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B.
Lindenwood University
Lindenwood University is a private liberal arts university in St. Charles, Missouri, known for its broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs and active athletics program in NCAA Division I and II.
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C.
Columbia College (Missouri)
Columbia College (Missouri) is a private liberal arts college in Columbia, Missouri, known for its traditional campus programs and extensive network of nationwide and online degree offerings.
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D.
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a prominent private Catholic research and educational institution based in Baguio City in the Philippines, known for its wide range of academic programs and large student population.
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E.
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private Catholic research university known for its strong Jesuit educational tradition and campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madrid, Spain.
- 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: Webster University Target entity description: Webster University is a private, nonprofit university based in Webster Groves, Missouri, known for its global network of campuses and diverse academic programs.
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A.
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, known for its strong programs in medicine, engineering, and the arts and sciences.
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B.
Lindenwood University
Lindenwood University is a private liberal arts university in St. Charles, Missouri, known for its broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs and active athletics program in NCAA Division I and II.
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C.
Columbia College (Missouri)
Columbia College (Missouri) is a private liberal arts college in Columbia, Missouri, known for its traditional campus programs and extensive network of nationwide and online degree offerings.
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D.
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a prominent private Catholic research and educational institution based in Baguio City in the Philippines, known for its wide range of academic programs and large student population.
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E.
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private Catholic research university known for its strong Jesuit educational tradition and campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madrid, Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | private university ⓘ |
| accreditation | Higher Learning Commission ⓘ |
| coeducation | coeducational ⓘ |
| control | private ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerName | Loretto College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1915 ⓘ |
| founder | Sisters of Loretto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Trustees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicUnit |
College of Arts & Sciences
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
College of Humanities and Social Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
Jenifer Lewis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norbert Leo Butz NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Phelps-Roper NERFINISHED ⓘ William S. Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Webster Groves home campus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
campus at Fort Leonard Wood ⓘ campus at Scott Air Force Base ⓘ campus at various U.S. military installations ⓘ campus in Accra, Ghana ⓘ campus in Athens, Greece ⓘ campus in Bangkok, Thailand ⓘ campus in Cha-am, Thailand ⓘ campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ campus in Geneva, Switzerland ⓘ campus in Irvine, California ⓘ campus in Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ campus in Leiden, Netherlands ⓘ campus in Orlando, Florida ⓘ campus in San Antonio, Texas ⓘ campus in Shanghai, China ⓘ campus in Tashkent, Uzbekistan ⓘ campus in Vienna, Austria ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| hasMascot | Gorlok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Global. Action-oriented. Academically excellent. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
diverse student body
ⓘ
global network of campuses ⓘ professional and career-focused programs ⓘ study abroad opportunities ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Missouri
ⓘ
St. Louis metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Webster Groves, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Higher Learning Commission region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
ⓘ
doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| offersFieldOfStudy |
business
ⓘ
communications ⓘ computer science ⓘ education ⓘ fine arts ⓘ humanities ⓘ international relations ⓘ management ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| offersProgramLevel |
doctoral
ⓘ
graduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholic Church (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| type | private nonprofit ⓘ |
| website | https://www.webster.edu/ ⓘ |
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: Webster University Description of subject: Webster University is a private, nonprofit university based in Webster Groves, Missouri, known for its global network of campuses and diverse academic programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.