Rennes 2 University
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Rennes 2 University is a French public university in Rennes specializing in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sports sciences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rennes 2 University canonical | 1 |
| University of Rennes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3264892 — 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: Rennes 2 University Context triple: [Rennes, hasUniversity, Rennes 2 University]
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A.
University of Rennes
The University of Rennes is a major French public research university located in the city of Rennes, known for its wide range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on science and humanities.
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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.
La Rochelle Université
La Rochelle Université is a French public university located in the coastal city of La Rochelle, known for its programs in sciences, technology, humanities, and environmental studies.
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D.
University of Clermont-Ferrand
The University of Clermont-Ferrand was a French higher education institution in Clermont-Ferrand known for its role in mid-20th-century academic life and for employing notable intellectuals such as Michel Foucault.
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E.
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.
- 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: Rennes 2 University Target entity description: Rennes 2 University is a French public university in Rennes specializing in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sports sciences.
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A.
University of Rennes
The University of Rennes is a major French public research university located in the city of Rennes, known for its wide range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on science and humanities.
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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.
La Rochelle Université
La Rochelle Université is a French public university located in the coastal city of La Rochelle, known for its programs in sciences, technology, humanities, and environmental studies.
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D.
University of Clermont-Ferrand
The University of Clermont-Ferrand was a French higher education institution in Clermont-Ferrand known for its role in mid-20th-century academic life and for employing notable intellectuals such as Michel Foucault.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
ⓘ
university in France ⓘ |
| campusLocatedIn |
Saint-Brieuc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Villejean, Rennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| followsEducationSystem | French higher education system ⓘ |
| fundingType | public ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
La Harpe campus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mazier campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Villejean campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity | Rennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
UFR Arts, Lettres, Communication
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UFR STAPS NERFINISHED ⓘ UFR Sciences Humaines NERFINISHED ⓘ UFR Sciences Sociales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
research in humanities and social sciences
ⓘ
teacher training in arts and humanities ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Rennes 2 University libraries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchUnit |
Centre de recherche en sciences sociales
NERFINISHED
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Centre de recherche sur les langues et les cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsFacility | university sports complex ⓘ |
| hasStudentUnion | student associations of Rennes 2 University ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official website of Rennes 2 University ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Ille-et-Vilaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Université Bretagne Loire (former COMUE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Université Rennes 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Doctorate
ⓘ
Licence ⓘ Master ⓘ |
| operatedBy | French Ministry of Higher Education and Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Rennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | Rennes Metro Villejean–Université station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Rennes 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
arts
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ social sciences ⓘ sports sciences ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
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: Rennes 2 University Description of subject: Rennes 2 University is a French public university in Rennes specializing in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sports sciences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Rennes