Question: What is the parent university of Purdue University?
Paraphrase: Perdue University stemmed off of which previously established university?
SPARQL (Wikidata):  select distinct ?sbj where { ?sbj wdt:P749 wd:Q217741 . ?sbj wdt:P31 wd:Q3918 } 
Answer: Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Purdue University College of Technology