Patna University
E186025
Patna University is a historic public university in the city of Patna, recognized as one of the oldest institutions of higher education in eastern India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patna University canonical | 25 |
| Patna College | 2 |
| Patna University administration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1456723 — 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: Patna University Context triple: [Eastern India, hasMajorUniversity, Patna University]
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A.
University of Allahabad
The University of Allahabad is one of India's oldest modern universities, renowned as a major public institution of higher education and research located in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is a renowned institution in Varanasi, India, dedicated to the study and preservation of Sanskrit language, literature, and traditional Indian scholarship.
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C.
University of Lucknow
The University of Lucknow is a public state university in Lucknow, India, known for its wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs and its historic campus.
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D.
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University is a major public central university in Varanasi, India, renowned for its large residential campus and comprehensive programs in arts, sciences, engineering, medicine, and more.
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E.
Utkal University
Utkal University is a prominent public state university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and is one of the oldest universities in eastern India.
- 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: Patna University Target entity description: Patna University is a historic public university in the city of Patna, recognized as one of the oldest institutions of higher education in eastern India.
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A.
University of Allahabad
The University of Allahabad is one of India's oldest modern universities, renowned as a major public institution of higher education and research located in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is a renowned institution in Varanasi, India, dedicated to the study and preservation of Sanskrit language, literature, and traditional Indian scholarship.
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C.
University of Lucknow
The University of Lucknow is a public state university in Lucknow, India, known for its wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs and its historic campus.
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D.
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University is a major public central university in Varanasi, India, renowned for its large residential campus and comprehensive programs in arts, sciences, engineering, medicine, and more.
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E.
Utkal University
Utkal University is a prominent public state university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and is one of the oldest universities in eastern India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Institution of higher education
ⓘ
Public university ⓘ University ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PU ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Commerce
ⓘ
Education ⓘ Humanities ⓘ Law ⓘ Sciences ⓘ Social sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | University Grants Commission ⓘ |
| campusType | Urban ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Government of Bihar ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1917 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Chancellor
ⓘ
Vice-Chancellor ⓘ |
| hasCampus | Urban campus in Patna ⓘ |
| hasCollegeType |
Affiliated colleges
ⓘ
Constituent colleges ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Arts
ⓘ
Faculty of Commerce ⓘ Faculty of Education ⓘ Faculty of Law ⓘ Faculty of Science ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Colleges in and around Patna ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Education makes one enlightened ⓘ |
| hasType | Teaching-cum-affiliating university ⓘ |
| isOneOf | Oldest universities in eastern India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Being one of the oldest universities in eastern India
ⓘ
Historic status ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bihar
ⓘ
Eastern India ⓘ
linked to:
eastern India
Patna ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Doctoral programs
ⓘ
Postgraduate programs ⓘ Undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Bihar
ⓘ
Eastern India ⓘ
linked to:
eastern India
|
| sector | Public ⓘ |
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: Patna University Description of subject: Patna University is a historic public university in the city of Patna, recognized as one of the oldest institutions of higher education in eastern India.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
eastern India
linked to: Patna University
linked to: Patna University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Social Sciences
subject linked to:
Faculty of Social Sciences
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
linked to: Patna University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Arts
subject linked to:
Faculty of Arts
subject linked to:
Faculty of Law
subject linked to:
Faculty of Commerce
subject linked to:
Faculty of Commerce
subject linked to:
Faculty of Education
subject linked to:
Faculty of Education
subject linked to:
Faculty of Education