University of Calabar
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The University of Calabar is a federal university in Calabar, Nigeria, known for its diverse academic programs and role in higher education and research in the country’s south-south region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Calabar canonical | 2 |
| University of Calabar Library | 1 |
| University of Cross River State | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3909517 — 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 Calabar Context triple: [Calabar, hasInstitution, University of Calabar]
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A.
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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B.
Niger Delta University
Niger Delta University is a public higher education institution located in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, known for its teaching and research across a range of academic disciplines.
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C.
University of Jos
The University of Jos is a federal university in Jos, Nigeria, known for its diverse academic programs and role as a major center of higher education in the region.
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D.
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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E.
Akwa Ibom State University
Akwa Ibom State University is a public higher education institution in Nigeria, established by the Akwa Ibom State government to provide tertiary education and foster regional development.
- 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 Calabar Target entity description: The University of Calabar is a federal university in Calabar, Nigeria, known for its diverse academic programs and role in higher education and research in the country’s south-south region.
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A.
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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B.
Niger Delta University
Niger Delta University is a public higher education institution located in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, known for its teaching and research across a range of academic disciplines.
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C.
University of Jos
The University of Jos is a federal university in Jos, Nigeria, known for its diverse academic programs and role as a major center of higher education in the region.
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D.
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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E.
Akwa Ibom State University
Akwa Ibom State University is a public higher education institution in Nigeria, established by the Akwa Ibom State government to provide tertiary education and foster regional development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal university
ⓘ
public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
arts
ⓘ
education ⓘ engineering and technology ⓘ law ⓘ management sciences ⓘ medicine ⓘ sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| accreditation |
Nigerian Universities Commission
ⓘ
surface form:
National Universities Commission of Nigeria
|
| affiliation |
Association of African Universities
ⓘ
ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities) ⓘ
surface form:
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Nigerian Universities Commission ⓘ
surface form:
National Universities Commission
|
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Calabar ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| formerPartOf | University of Nigeria, Nsukka ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| funding |
Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of Nigeria
|
| governingBody | Governing Council of the University of Calabar ⓘ |
| hasCampus | main campus in Calabar ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
College of Medical Sciences
ⓘ
Faculty of Arts ⓘ Faculty of Education ⓘ Faculty of Engineering and Technology ⓘ Faculty of Law ⓘ Faculty of Management Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Science ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ |
| hasLibrary |
University of Calabar
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Calabar Library
|
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| motto | Knowledge for Service ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to higher education in Nigeria’s south-south region
ⓘ
diverse academic programs ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
doctoral programs
ⓘ
postgraduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| ownership |
Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Government of Nigeria
|
| region | South South Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
academic research
ⓘ
community service ⓘ higher education ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | UNICAL ⓘ |
| state | Cross River State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | coeducational 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: University of Calabar Description of subject: The University of Calabar is a federal university in Calabar, Nigeria, known for its diverse academic programs and role in higher education and research in the country’s south-south region.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Cross River State
this entity surface form:
University of Calabar Library