Big Rapids campus
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Big Rapids campus is the main campus of Ferris State University, located in Big Rapids, Michigan and serving as the institution’s primary academic and administrative center.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Rapids campus canonical | 3 |
| Big Rapids campus of Ferris State University | 1 |
| Ferris State University campus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11102041 — 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: Big Rapids campus Context triple: [Ferris State University, campus, Big Rapids campus]
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A.
Grand Rapids campus
The Grand Rapids campus is Western Michigan University’s regional location in Grand Rapids, Michigan, offering a range of academic programs and services tailored to area students and professionals.
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B.
Kalamazoo campus
Kalamazoo campus is the main campus of Western Michigan University, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and serving as the institution’s primary academic and administrative center.
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C.
Battle Creek campus
Battle Creek campus is a regional location of Western Michigan University that extends the university’s academic programs and services to students in the Battle Creek, Michigan area.
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D.
Downriver Campus
Downriver Campus is a branch of Wayne County Community College District serving students in the Downriver area of metropolitan Detroit with a range of academic and workforce programs.
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E.
Keokuk campus
Keokuk campus is a branch of Southeastern Community College located in Keokuk, Iowa, offering community college programs and services to students in the surrounding region.
- 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: Big Rapids campus Target entity description: Big Rapids campus is the main campus of Ferris State University, located in Big Rapids, Michigan and serving as the institution’s primary academic and administrative center.
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A.
Grand Rapids campus
The Grand Rapids campus is Western Michigan University’s regional location in Grand Rapids, Michigan, offering a range of academic programs and services tailored to area students and professionals.
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B.
Kalamazoo campus
Kalamazoo campus is the main campus of Western Michigan University, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and serving as the institution’s primary academic and administrative center.
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C.
Battle Creek campus
Battle Creek campus is a regional location of Western Michigan University that extends the university’s academic programs and services to students in the Battle Creek, Michigan area.
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D.
Downriver Campus
Downriver Campus is a branch of Wayne County Community College District serving students in the Downriver area of metropolitan Detroit with a range of academic and workforce programs.
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E.
Keokuk campus
Keokuk campus is a branch of Southeastern Community College located in Keokuk, Iowa, offering community college programs and services to students in the surrounding region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ferris State University campus
ⓘ
university campus ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Ferris State University System
ⓘ
linked to:
Ferris State University
|
| campusType |
main campus
ⓘ
residential campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function |
primary academic center of Ferris State University
ⓘ
primary administrative center of Ferris State University ⓘ |
| hasCity | Big Rapids ⓘ |
| hasCounty | Mecosta County ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
academic buildings
ⓘ
administrative buildings ⓘ dining facilities ⓘ libraries ⓘ recreational facilities ⓘ student housing ⓘ student services buildings ⓘ |
| hasInstitutionType | public university campus ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| location |
Big Rapids, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Big Rapids, Michigan, United States
|
| name | Big Rapids campus ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Ferris State University ⓘ |
| partOf | Ferris State University ⓘ |
| primaryCampusFor | Ferris State University ⓘ |
| region |
West-Central Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
West-central Michigan
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| role | main campus of Ferris State University ⓘ |
| serves |
Ferris State University faculty
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Ferris State University staff ⓘ Ferris State University students ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
|
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: Big Rapids campus Description of subject: Big Rapids campus is the main campus of Ferris State University, located in Big Rapids, Michigan and serving as the institution’s primary academic and administrative center.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Big Rapids campus
linked to: Big Rapids campus