University of Tokushima
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The University of Tokushima is a Japanese national university known for its strong engineering and science programs, including research that contributed to breakthroughs in LED technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Tokushima canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2144314 — 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 Tokushima Context triple: [Shuji Nakamura, education, University of Tokushima]
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Kagoshima University
Kagoshima University is a national Japanese university in Kagoshima Prefecture known for its programs in science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine.
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Shiga University
Shiga University is a national public university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its faculties of education and economics.
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Kyushu University
Kyushu University is a major national research university in Fukuoka, Japan, recognized as one of the country’s leading institutions of higher education and science.
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Niigata University
Niigata University is a national research university in Niigata, Japan, known for its comprehensive programs across humanities, sciences, engineering, and medical fields.
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Kansai Gaidai University
Kansai Gaidai University is a private Japanese university renowned for its programs in foreign languages, international studies, and study-abroad opportunities.
- 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 Tokushima Target entity description: The University of Tokushima is a Japanese national university known for its strong engineering and science programs, including research that contributed to breakthroughs in LED technology.
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A.
Kagoshima University
Kagoshima University is a national Japanese university in Kagoshima Prefecture known for its programs in science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine.
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B.
Shiga University
Shiga University is a national public university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its faculties of education and economics.
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C.
Kyushu University
Kyushu University is a major national research university in Fukuoka, Japan, recognized as one of the country’s leading institutions of higher education and science.
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D.
Niigata University
Niigata University is a national research university in Niigata, Japan, known for its comprehensive programs across humanities, sciences, engineering, and medical fields.
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E.
Kansai Gaidai University
Kansai Gaidai University is a private Japanese university renowned for its programs in foreign languages, international studies, and study-abroad opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national university
ⓘ
public university ⓘ |
| abbreviation | TU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus |
Josanjima Campus
NERFINISHED
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Kuramoto Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinkura Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | breakthroughs in LED technology ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| established | 1949 ⓘ |
| formerName | Tokushima University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAffiliatedHospital | Tokushima University Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ |
| hasDepartment |
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of Information Science and Intelligent Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of Mechanical Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Dentistry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Faculty of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Faculty of Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGraduateSchool |
Graduate School of Advanced Technology and Science
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Graduate School of Dentistry NERFINISHED ⓘ Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Graduate School of Medical Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
engineering programs
ⓘ
research in LED technology ⓘ science programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tokushima City
NERFINISHED
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Tokushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Shikoku Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 徳島大学 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | ja ⓘ |
| researchField |
biomedical sciences
ⓘ
clinical medicine ⓘ dentistry ⓘ materials science ⓘ optical engineering ⓘ pharmaceutical sciences ⓘ |
| shortName | Tokushima University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | national university corporation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tokushima-u.ac.jp/ ⓘ |
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 Tokushima Description of subject: The University of Tokushima is a Japanese national university known for its strong engineering and science programs, including research that contributed to breakthroughs in LED technology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.