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 (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tokushima University | 4 |
| University of Tokushima canonical | 2 |
| 徳島大学 | 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)
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 (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: University of Tokushima
subject linked to:
Shuji
linked to: University of Tokushima
linked to: University of Tokushima
linked to: University of Tokushima
linked to: University of Tokushima