Northwest Normal University
E373976
Northwest Normal University is a comprehensive teachers' university located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, known for its strong programs in education and the humanities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Northwest Normal University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3610515 — 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: Northwest Normal University Context triple: [Lanzhou, hasUniversity, Northwest Normal University]
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A.
Northwest University (China)
Northwest University (China) is a comprehensive public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, known for its strong programs in history, geology, and the natural sciences.
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B.
Kwang Hua University
Kwang Hua University was a former Chinese higher education institution whose legacy contributed to the establishment of East China Normal University.
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C.
Hunan Normal University
Hunan Normal University is a comprehensive public university in Changsha, Hunan Province, known for its strong teacher education programs and research in the humanities and sciences.
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D.
Hebei Normal University
Hebei Normal University is a comprehensive public teachers’ university located in Shijiazhuang, the capital of China’s Hebei Province, known for its strong education and liberal arts programs.
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E.
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing Normal University is a comprehensive public university in Nanjing, China, known for its strong teacher education programs and broad range of disciplines.
- 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: Northwest Normal University Target entity description: Northwest Normal University is a comprehensive teachers' university located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, known for its strong programs in education and the humanities.
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A.
Northwest University (China)
Northwest University (China) is a comprehensive public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, known for its strong programs in history, geology, and the natural sciences.
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B.
Kwang Hua University
Kwang Hua University was a former Chinese higher education institution whose legacy contributed to the establishment of East China Normal University.
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C.
Hunan Normal University
Hunan Normal University is a comprehensive public university in Changsha, Hunan Province, known for its strong teacher education programs and research in the humanities and sciences.
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D.
Hebei Normal University
Hebei Normal University is a comprehensive public teachers’ university located in Shijiazhuang, the capital of China’s Hebei Province, known for its strong education and liberal arts programs.
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E.
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing Normal University is a comprehensive public university in Nanjing, China, known for its strong teacher education programs and broad range of disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
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teachers university ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
basic education research
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regional education development ⓘ teacher professional development ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Education
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering ⓘ School of Chinese Language and Literature ⓘ School of Computer Science and Engineering ⓘ School of Economics ⓘ School of Fine Arts ⓘ School of Foreign Languages ⓘ School of History and Culture ⓘ School of Journalism and Communication ⓘ School of Life Sciences ⓘ School of Mathematics and Statistics ⓘ School of Music ⓘ School of Physical Education ⓘ School of Politics and Administration ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Chinese language and literature
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biology ⓘ chemistry ⓘ computer science ⓘ curriculum and instruction ⓘ educational management ⓘ educational psychology ⓘ fine arts education ⓘ foreign languages ⓘ history ⓘ mathematics ⓘ music education ⓘ physical education ⓘ physics ⓘ pre-school education ⓘ special education ⓘ teacher training ⓘ |
| hasType | comprehensive university ⓘ |
| knownFor |
education programs
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humanities programs ⓘ liberal arts ⓘ teacher education ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gansu Province
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Lanzhou ⓘ Northwest China ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Gansu Province
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Northwest China ⓘ |
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: Northwest Normal University Description of subject: Northwest Normal University is a comprehensive teachers' university located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, known for its strong programs in education and the humanities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.