University of Poitiers
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The University of Poitiers is one of France’s oldest universities, renowned as a historic center of learning that has educated prominent figures such as philosopher René Descartes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Poitiers canonical | 32 |
| University of Poitiers administration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T304886 — 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 Poitiers Context triple: [René Descartes, educatedAt, University of Poitiers]
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La Sorbonne
La Sorbonne is a historic university building in Paris that has long served as a central symbol of French higher education and intellectual life.
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B.
University of Aix-Marseille
The University of Aix-Marseille is a major French public research university in the Provence region, known for its long academic tradition and broad range of disciplines.
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C.
University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg is a major French public research university known for its long academic tradition, multidisciplinary programs, and location in the historic city of Strasbourg near the German border.
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Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
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E.
Université Paris Cité
Université Paris Cité is a major multidisciplinary public research university in Paris, France, formed from the merger of several historic Parisian institutions and known for its strong programs in science, medicine, and the humanities.
- 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 Poitiers Target entity description: The University of Poitiers is one of France’s oldest universities, renowned as a historic center of learning that has educated prominent figures such as philosopher René Descartes.
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A.
La Sorbonne
La Sorbonne is a historic university building in Paris that has long served as a central symbol of French higher education and intellectual life.
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B.
University of Aix-Marseille
The University of Aix-Marseille is a major French public research university in the Provence region, known for its long academic tradition and broad range of disciplines.
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C.
University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg is a major French public research university known for its long academic tradition, multidisciplinary programs, and location in the historic city of Strasbourg near the German border.
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D.
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
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E.
Université Paris Cité
Université Paris Cité is a major multidisciplinary public research university in Paris, France, formed from the merger of several historic Parisian institutions and known for its strong programs in science, medicine, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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 Poitiers Description of subject: The University of Poitiers is one of France’s oldest universities, renowned as a historic center of learning that has educated prominent figures such as philosopher René Descartes.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Poitiers
this entity surface form:
University of Poitiers administration
subject surface form:
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Poitiers
subject surface form:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities (University of Poitiers)