German University in Prague
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The German University in Prague was a German-language institution of higher education in Prague that operated from the late 19th century until shortly after World War II and educated notable figures such as stress researcher Hans Selye.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German University in Prague canonical | 1 |
| University of Prague | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7012680 — 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: German University in Prague Context triple: [Hans Selye, educatedAt, German University in Prague]
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A.
Masaryk University
Masaryk University is a major public research university in the Czech Republic, recognized for its broad range of academic programs and strong emphasis on international collaboration.
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B.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the oldest and largest technical universities in Europe, renowned for its engineering, architecture, and applied science programs.
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C.
University of Hradec Králové
The University of Hradec Králové is a public higher education institution in the Czech Republic known for its programs in education, informatics, social sciences, and the arts.
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D.
University of Ostrava
The University of Ostrava is a public higher education institution in Ostrava, Czech Republic, known for its focus on humanities, natural sciences, health studies, and social sciences.
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E.
University of West Bohemia
The University of West Bohemia is a public higher education institution in Plzeň, Czech Republic, known for its technical, engineering, and humanities programs and regional research role.
- 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: German University in Prague Target entity description: The German University in Prague was a German-language institution of higher education in Prague that operated from the late 19th century until shortly after World War II and educated notable figures such as stress researcher Hans Selye.
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A.
Masaryk University
Masaryk University is a major public research university in the Czech Republic, recognized for its broad range of academic programs and strong emphasis on international collaboration.
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B.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the oldest and largest technical universities in Europe, renowned for its engineering, architecture, and applied science programs.
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C.
University of Hradec Králové
The University of Hradec Králové is a public higher education institution in the Czech Republic known for its programs in education, informatics, social sciences, and the arts.
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D.
University of Ostrava
The University of Ostrava is a public higher education institution in Ostrava, Czech Republic, known for its focus on humanities, natural sciences, health studies, and social sciences.
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E.
University of West Bohemia
The University of West Bohemia is a public higher education institution in Plzeň, Czech Republic, known for its technical, engineering, and humanities programs and regional research role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | university ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
humanities
ⓘ
law ⓘ medicine ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| city | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureReason | post–World War II political changes ⓘ |
| country |
Austria-Hungary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| educated |
Hans Selye
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
stress researcher Hans Selye ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ interwar Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bohemia
ⓘ
Czech lands ⓘ Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus | Hans Selye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | late 19th century ⓘ |
| operatedUntil | shortly after World War II ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Europe ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Charles University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct university ⓘ |
| studentBodyLanguage | German-speaking ⓘ |
| type | German-language 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: German University in Prague Description of subject: The German University in Prague was a German-language institution of higher education in Prague that operated from the late 19th century until shortly after World War II and educated notable figures such as stress researcher Hans Selye.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Prague