Howest
E1040304
Howest is a Belgian university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in fields such as technology, design, and business.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13449399 — 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: Howest Context triple: [Howest University of Applied Sciences, abbreviation, Howest]
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A.
Huntiella
Huntiella is a genus of fungi in the family Ceratocystidaceae, known for species associated with wood and plant hosts, including some that are plant pathogens.
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B.
Unhos
Unhos is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, within the Lisbon District of Portugal.
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C.
Herbiester
Herbiester is a village in the municipality of Jalhay in the province of Liège, Belgium.
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D.
Hasskyn
Hasskyn is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe known primarily as the birthplace of Resistance spy Vi Moradi.
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E.
Wusse
Wusse is a small settlement in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that serves as the administrative seat of the municipality of Ummanz.
- 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: Howest Target entity description: Howest is a Belgian university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in fields such as technology, design, and business.
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A.
Huntiella
Huntiella is a genus of fungi in the family Ceratocystidaceae, known for species associated with wood and plant hosts, including some that are plant pathogens.
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B.
Unhos
Unhos is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, within the Lisbon District of Portugal.
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C.
Herbiester
Herbiester is a village in the municipality of Jalhay in the province of Liège, Belgium.
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D.
Hasskyn
Hasskyn is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe known primarily as the birthplace of Resistance spy Vi Moradi.
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E.
Wusse
Wusse is a small settlement in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that serves as the administrative seat of the municipality of Ummanz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Higher education institution
ⓘ
University of applied sciences ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Industry partners ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| educationType | Practice-oriented ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
Hands-on learning
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Project-based education ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Applied sciences ⓘ |
| governedBy | Flemish higher education regulations ⓘ |
| hasCampusIn |
Bruges
NERFINISHED
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Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
Business management
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Computer science ⓘ Digital arts and entertainment ⓘ Healthcare ⓘ Industrial product design ⓘ Social work ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.howest.be ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers | International exchange programs ⓘ |
| offersDegreeType |
Associate degree
ⓘ
Professional bachelor ⓘ |
| offersProgramIn |
Business
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Design ⓘ Technology ⓘ |
| region | Flemish Community of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | Tertiary education ⓘ |
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: Howest Description of subject: Howest is a Belgian university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in fields such as technology, design, and business.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.