State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
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The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation is the Swiss federal authority responsible for national policy and coordination in education, research, and innovation.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638729 — 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: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Context triple: [Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, oversees, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation]
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A.
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policy on research, science, and innovation, including major funding programs like Horizon Europe.
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B.
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is a key Swiss federal ministry responsible for national economic policy, vocational and higher education, research and innovation, and agricultural policy.
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C.
Directorate for Education and Skills
The Directorate for Education and Skills is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and overseeing national policy on education, learning, and skills development.
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D.
European Education and Culture Executive Agency
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency is an EU body responsible for managing and implementing key European programmes and funding in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, and media.
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E.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
- 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: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Target entity description: The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation is the Swiss federal authority responsible for national policy and coordination in education, research, and innovation.
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A.
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policy on research, science, and innovation, including major funding programs like Horizon Europe.
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B.
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is a key Swiss federal ministry responsible for national economic policy, vocational and higher education, research and innovation, and agricultural policy.
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C.
Directorate for Education and Skills
The Directorate for Education and Skills is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and overseeing national policy on education, learning, and skills development.
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D.
European Education and Culture Executive Agency
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency is an EU body responsible for managing and implementing key European programmes and funding in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, and media.
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E.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss federal authority
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SBFI ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Innosuisse
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linked to:
Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse
Swiss National Science Foundation ⓘ Swiss cantonal education authorities ⓘ |
| coordinates |
Swiss participation in European research and education programmes
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national strategies for higher education and research infrastructures ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | federal ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bern, Switzerland ⓘ |
| mandate | to strengthen Switzerland as a leading location for education, research and innovation ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Secrétariat d’État à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation
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Segreteria di Stato per la formazione, la ricerca e l’innovazione ⓘ Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation ⓘ |
| oversees |
Swiss higher education policy at federal level
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federal funding of research and innovation programmes ⓘ federal funding of universities and universities of applied sciences ⓘ vocational and professional education and training policy at federal level ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research ⓘ |
| policyArea |
education policy
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innovation policy ⓘ science policy ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Swiss education policy at federal level
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Swiss innovation policy at federal level ⓘ Swiss research policy at federal level ⓘ coordination of education, research and innovation with the cantons ⓘ international cooperation in education ⓘ international cooperation in innovation ⓘ international cooperation in research ⓘ |
| sector |
education
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innovation ⓘ research ⓘ |
| shortName | SERI ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Federal Council of Switzerland
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linked to:
Swiss Federal Council
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| typeOfOrganization |
state secretariat
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linked to:
secretariat of state
|
| website | https://www.sbfi.admin.ch ⓘ |
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: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Description of subject: The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation is the Swiss federal authority responsible for national policy and coordination in education, research, and innovation.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
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oversees
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State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
ⓘ
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
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nativeName
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Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
ⓘ
linked to: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
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nativeName
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Secrétariat d’État à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation
ⓘ
linked to: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
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nativeName
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Segreteria di Stato per la formazione, la ricerca e l’innovazione
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linked to: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation