University of Dhaka
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The University of Dhaka is Bangladesh’s oldest and most prestigious public university, renowned as a leading center for higher education and research in the country.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Dhaka canonical | 20 |
| Dhaka University | 2 |
| ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | 2 |
| Dacca University Act 1920 | 1 |
| Dhaka University Arts Faculty premises | 1 |
| Dhaka University area | 1 |
| Dhaka University campus | 1 |
| TSC Dhaka University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379004 — 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 Dhaka Context triple: [Satyendra Nath Bose, employer, University of Dhaka]
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A.
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University is a prominent public research university in Kolkata, India, known for its strong engineering, science, and humanities programs.
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B.
Visva-Bharati University
Visva-Bharati University is a renowned central university and institution of higher learning in Santiniketan, India, celebrated for its unique blend of Indian and international educational and cultural traditions inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s humanist philosophy.
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C.
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is one of India's oldest and most prestigious public universities, renowned for its significant contributions to higher education and research since the 19th century.
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D.
Assam University
Assam University is a central public university in the Indian state of Assam, known for offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs across multiple disciplines.
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E.
Gauhati University
Gauhati University is a prominent public university and major center of higher education and research located in the Indian state of Assam.
- 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 Dhaka Target entity description: The University of Dhaka is Bangladesh’s oldest and most prestigious public university, renowned as a leading center for higher education and research in the country.
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A.
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University is a prominent public research university in Kolkata, India, known for its strong engineering, science, and humanities programs.
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B.
Visva-Bharati University
Visva-Bharati University is a renowned central university and institution of higher learning in Santiniketan, India, celebrated for its unique blend of Indian and international educational and cultural traditions inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s humanist philosophy.
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C.
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is one of India's oldest and most prestigious public universities, renowned for its significant contributions to higher education and research since the 19th century.
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D.
Assam University
Assam University is a central public university in the Indian state of Assam, known for offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs across multiple disciplines.
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E.
Gauhati University
Gauhati University is a prominent public university and major center of higher education and research located in the Indian state of Assam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
ⓘ
research university ⓘ |
| academicStaff | over 2,000 academic staff ⓘ |
| administrativeStaff | over 3,000 administrative staff ⓘ |
| affiliation | University Grants Commission of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| campusSize | about 600 acres ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| chancellorUsually | President of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 23.728°N 90.398°E ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
|
| establishedUnder |
University of Dhaka
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dacca University Act 1920
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| founder | British colonial government in India ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1921-07-01 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Chancellor of the University of Dhaka ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
arts
ⓘ
business studies ⓘ education ⓘ engineering and technology ⓘ fine arts ⓘ law ⓘ medicine ⓘ pharmacy ⓘ sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| headLabel | Vice-Chancellor ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dhaka
ⓘ
Dhaka District ⓘ Dhaka Division ⓘ capital of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| memberOf |
ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities)
ⓘ
surface form:
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific ⓘ Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World ⓘ International Association of Universities ⓘ |
| motto | Education is the light of life ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dhaka
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Dhaka
|
| nativeName |
University of Dhaka
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
|
| notableMovement |
Bangladesh Liberation War
ⓘ
Bengali nationalism ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali Language Movement
|
| numberOfDepartments | 80 departments ⓘ |
| numberOfFaculties | 13 faculties ⓘ |
| numberOfInstitutes | 13 institutes ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
MPhil degrees
ⓘ
PhD degrees ⓘ bachelor’s degrees ⓘ master’s degrees ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | major center of political movements in Bangladesh ⓘ |
| shortName | DU ⓘ |
| significance |
oldest university in Bangladesh
ⓘ
one of the most prestigious universities in Bangladesh ⓘ |
| studentEnrollment | over 37,000 students ⓘ |
| type | public research university ⓘ |
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 Dhaka Description of subject: The University of Dhaka is Bangladesh’s oldest and most prestigious public university, renowned as a leading center for higher education and research in the country.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dhaka University
this entity surface form:
Dhaka University Arts Faculty premises
this entity surface form:
Dhaka University area
this entity surface form:
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
this entity surface form:
Dacca University Act 1920
this entity surface form:
Dhaka University campus
this entity surface form:
TSC Dhaka University
this entity surface form:
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
this entity surface form:
Dhaka University