University of Western Brittany
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The University of Western Brittany is a French public university located in the Brittany region, known for its research and teaching in marine sciences, environmental studies, and a broad range of academic disciplines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Western Brittany canonical | 2 |
| Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2647978 — 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: University of Western Brittany Context triple: [Brest, hasUniversity, University of Western Brittany]
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A.
University of Angers
The University of Angers is a French public university located in Angers, known for its long academic tradition and comprehensive range of disciplines in law, humanities, sciences, and professional studies.
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B.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a major French public university located in the city of Nantes, offering a wide range of academic programs and research activities across multiple disciplines.
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C.
University of Dijon
The University of Dijon was a French higher education institution in Dijon, historically known for its law and humanities faculties and for educating notable Central European political figures such as Edvard Beneš.
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D.
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon is a major French higher education and research hub in the Lyon metropolitan area, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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E.
University of Bourges
The University of Bourges was a prominent Renaissance-era French university renowned for its law faculty, which attracted many notable European jurists and statesmen.
- 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: University of Western Brittany Target entity description: The University of Western Brittany is a French public university located in the Brittany region, known for its research and teaching in marine sciences, environmental studies, and a broad range of academic disciplines.
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A.
University of Angers
The University of Angers is a French public university located in Angers, known for its long academic tradition and comprehensive range of disciplines in law, humanities, sciences, and professional studies.
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B.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a major French public university located in the city of Nantes, offering a wide range of academic programs and research activities across multiple disciplines.
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C.
University of Dijon
The University of Dijon was a French higher education institution in Dijon, historically known for its law and humanities faculties and for educating notable Central European political figures such as Edvard Beneš.
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D.
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon is a major French higher education and research hub in the Lyon metropolitan area, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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E.
University of Bourges
The University of Bourges was a prominent Renaissance-era French university renowned for its law faculty, which attracted many notable European jurists and statesmen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
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research university ⓘ |
| affiliation | French public university system ⓘ |
| campus |
Brest
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Morlaix ⓘ Quimper ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Faculty of Law, Economics and Management ⓘ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Science and Technology ⓘ |
| hasLevel |
doctoral
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graduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
climate studies
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environmental science ⓘ marine biology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
environmental research
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marine science research ⓘ multidisciplinary teaching ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brest
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surface form:
Brest, France
Brittany ⓘ Western France ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern France
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| nativeName |
University of Western Brittany
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
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| offersDegree |
PhD
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bachelor's degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| offersProgramIn |
economics
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engineering ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ health sciences ⓘ humanities ⓘ law ⓘ marine sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| regionServed | Brittany ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
coastal ecosystems
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environmental sustainability ⓘ marine environment ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| shortName | UBO ⓘ |
| type | public institution of higher education ⓘ |
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: University of Western Brittany Description of subject: The University of Western Brittany is a French public university located in the Brittany region, known for its research and teaching in marine sciences, environmental studies, and a broad range of academic disciplines.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
University of Western Brittany
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nativeName
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University of Western Brittany
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Université de Bretagne Occidentale