Obafemi Awolowo University
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Obafemi Awolowo University is a major Nigerian federal university located in Ile-Ife, renowned for its strong academic programs and historic role in the country’s educational and political development.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1111833 — 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: Obafemi Awolowo University Context triple: [Western Nigeria, hasHigherEducationCenter, Obafemi Awolowo University]
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A.
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is Nigeria’s oldest and one of its most prestigious universities, renowned for its research output and role in higher education across West Africa.
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B.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka is a major federal university and one of Nigeria’s leading institutions of higher learning, renowned for its wide range of academic programs and significant contributions to education and research in West Africa.
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C.
University of Port Harcourt
The University of Port Harcourt is a federal Nigerian university located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, known for its programs in petroleum engineering, sciences, and the arts.
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D.
Rivers State University
Rivers State University is a public university in Nigeria known for its focus on science, technology, and applied research, located in the city of Port Harcourt.
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E.
Bayero University Kano
Bayero University Kano is a major Nigerian public university located in Kano, known for its wide range of academic programs and research activities.
- 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: Obafemi Awolowo University Target entity description: Obafemi Awolowo University is a major Nigerian federal university located in Ile-Ife, renowned for its strong academic programs and historic role in the country’s educational and political development.
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A.
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is Nigeria’s oldest and one of its most prestigious universities, renowned for its research output and role in higher education across West Africa.
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B.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka is a major federal university and one of Nigeria’s leading institutions of higher learning, renowned for its wide range of academic programs and significant contributions to education and research in West Africa.
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C.
University of Port Harcourt
The University of Port Harcourt is a federal Nigerian university located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, known for its programs in petroleum engineering, sciences, and the arts.
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Rivers State University
Rivers State University is a public university in Nigeria known for its focus on science, technology, and applied research, located in the city of Port Harcourt.
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E.
Bayero University Kano
Bayero University Kano is a major Nigerian public university located in Kano, known for its wide range of academic programs and research activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal university
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public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Association of African Universities
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Association of Commonwealth Universities ⓘ National Universities Commission of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
Nigerian Universities Commission
|
| campusType |
residential campus
ⓘ
suburban campus ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| formerName |
University of Ife
ⓘ
linked to:
Obafemi Awolowo University
|
| foundingDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStaff | academic staff ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex
ⓘ
central library ⓘ sports complex ⓘ student halls of residence ⓘ university bookshop ⓘ university senate building ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
College of Health Sciences
ⓘ
Faculty of Administration ⓘ Faculty of Agriculture ⓘ Faculty of Arts ⓘ Faculty of Education ⓘ Faculty of Environmental Design and Management ⓘ Faculty of Law ⓘ Faculty of Pharmacy ⓘ Faculty of Science ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Technology ⓘ |
| hasMotto | For Learning and Culture ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
postgraduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| knownFor |
modernist campus architecture
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political activism on campus ⓘ role in Nigerian educational development ⓘ strong academic programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ile-Ife
ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ Southwest Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
Western Nigeria
|
| namedAfter | Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
ⓘ
doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Nigeria
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| type | federal government-owned institution ⓘ |
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: Obafemi Awolowo University Description of subject: Obafemi Awolowo University is a major Nigerian federal university located in Ile-Ife, renowned for its strong academic programs and historic role in the country’s educational and political development.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University
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parentOrganization
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Obafemi Awolowo University
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Social Sciences
subject linked to:
Faculty of Law
subject linked to:
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University
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campus
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Obafemi Awolowo University main campus, Ile-Ife
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Faculty of Law
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Technology
subject linked to:
Faculty of Technology
Faculty of Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University
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parentOrganization
→
Obafemi Awolowo University
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Faculty of Technology
subject linked to:
College of Health Sciences
subject linked to:
College of Health Sciences
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University
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parentOrganization
→
Obafemi Awolowo University
ⓘ
subject linked to:
College of Health Sciences
subject linked to:
Faculty of Pharmacy
subject linked to:
Faculty of Pharmacy
subject linked to:
Faculty of Pharmacy
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
Faculty of Environmental Design and Management
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locatedInOrganization
→
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife campus
ⓘ
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex
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affiliatedWith
→
Obafemi Awolowo University
ⓘ
Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University
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hasMeetingLocation
→
Obafemi Awolowo University campus, Ile‑Ife
ⓘ
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Arts
subject linked to:
Faculty of Arts
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
subject linked to:
Faculty of Education
subject linked to:
Faculty of Agriculture
subject linked to:
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University
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parentOrganization
→
Obafemi Awolowo University
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Faculty of Agriculture
subject linked to:
Western Region
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University
linked to: Obafemi Awolowo University