Nalanda University (modern)
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Nalanda University (modern) is a contemporary international university in Bihar, India, inspired by the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara and focused on interdisciplinary, global studies and research.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nalanda Monastic University | 2 |
| Nalanda University (modern) canonical | 1 |
| Nalanda University (modern, India) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7306787 — 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: Nalanda University (modern) Context triple: [Nalanda, hasModernRevival, Nalanda University (modern)]
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Nalanda
Nalanda is an ancient Buddhist monastic university and renowned archaeological site in present-day Bihar, India, celebrated as one of the world’s earliest centers of higher learning.
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Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is a renowned institution in Varanasi, India, dedicated to the study and preservation of Sanskrit language, literature, and traditional Indian scholarship.
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Ashoka University
Ashoka University is a private, liberal arts and sciences university in India known for its interdisciplinary curriculum and strong emphasis on critical thinking and research.
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Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University is a major public central university in Varanasi, India, renowned for its large residential campus and comprehensive programs in arts, sciences, engineering, medicine, and more.
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Takshashila university
Takshashila University was one of the earliest and most renowned centers of higher learning in ancient India, attracting students from across Asia to study subjects ranging from philosophy and medicine to politics and astronomy.
- 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: Nalanda University (modern) Target entity description: Nalanda University (modern) is a contemporary international university in Bihar, India, inspired by the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara and focused on interdisciplinary, global studies and research.
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A.
Nalanda
Nalanda is an ancient Buddhist monastic university and renowned archaeological site in present-day Bihar, India, celebrated as one of the world’s earliest centers of higher learning.
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B.
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is a renowned institution in Varanasi, India, dedicated to the study and preservation of Sanskrit language, literature, and traditional Indian scholarship.
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C.
Ashoka University
Ashoka University is a private, liberal arts and sciences university in India known for its interdisciplinary curriculum and strong emphasis on critical thinking and research.
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D.
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University is a major public central university in Varanasi, India, renowned for its large residential campus and comprehensive programs in arts, sciences, engineering, medicine, and more.
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E.
Takshashila university
Takshashila University was one of the earliest and most renowned centers of higher learning in ancient India, attracting students from across Asia to study subjects ranging from philosophy and medicine to politics and astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Nalanda University (modern) Description of subject: Nalanda University (modern) is a contemporary international university in Bihar, India, inspired by the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara and focused on interdisciplinary, global studies and research.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nalanda University (modern)
linked to: Nalanda University (modern)
linked to: Nalanda University (modern)