Ulm University
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Ulm University is a public research university in Ulm, Germany, known for its strong programs in natural sciences, medicine, engineering, and economics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Universität Ulm | 2 |
| Ulm University canonical | 1 |
| Uni Ulm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T490167 — 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: Ulm University Context triple: [Ulm, hasUniversity, Ulm University]
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A.
University of Würzburg
The University of Würzburg is a historic German public research university in Bavaria, renowned for its contributions to science and scholarship and for educating numerous notable figures.
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B.
University of Tübingen
The University of Tübingen is a historic German public research university renowned for its strengths in the humanities, natural sciences, and medicine.
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C.
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich is one of Germany’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and influential contributions across the sciences and humanities.
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D.
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg is a major German public research university in Bavaria known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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E.
Freiburg University
Freiburg University, formally the University of Freiburg, is a renowned German public research university in Freiburg im Breisgau known for its strong traditions in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
- 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: Ulm University Target entity description: Ulm University is a public research university in Ulm, Germany, known for its strong programs in natural sciences, medicine, engineering, and economics.
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A.
University of Würzburg
The University of Würzburg is a historic German public research university in Bavaria, renowned for its contributions to science and scholarship and for educating numerous notable figures.
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B.
University of Tübingen
The University of Tübingen is a historic German public research university renowned for its strengths in the humanities, natural sciences, and medicine.
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C.
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich is one of Germany’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and influential contributions across the sciences and humanities.
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D.
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg is a major German public research university in Bavaria known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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E.
Freiburg University
Freiburg University, formally the University of Freiburg, is a renowned German public research university in Freiburg im Breisgau known for its strong traditions in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public research university
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university ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Ulm University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Uni Ulm
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| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Ulm ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
computer science
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economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ |
| founded | 1967 ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1967-07-25 ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStaff | over 2000 ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation | University Hospital Ulm ⓘ |
| hasDoctoralSchool | International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology
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Faculty of Mathematics and Economics ⓘ Faculty of Medicine ⓘ Faculty of Natural Sciences ⓘ |
| hasHospital | University Hospital Ulm ⓘ |
| hasStudentEnrollment | over 10000 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
strong programs in economics
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strong programs in engineering ⓘ strong programs in medicine ⓘ strong programs in natural sciences ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ulm ⓘ |
| memberOf |
DFG (German Research Foundation) member institutions
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German Rectors' Conference ⓘ |
| motto | Wissen verbindet ⓘ |
| mottoInEnglish | Knowledge connects ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Ulm University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Universität Ulm
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| offersDegree |
bachelor's degrees
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doctoral degrees ⓘ master's degrees ⓘ |
| originalName |
Ulm University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Universität Ulm
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| region | southern Germany ⓘ |
| researchStrength |
biomedicine
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energy storage ⓘ financial services and actuarial science ⓘ neurosciences ⓘ quantum technologies ⓘ |
| state | Baden-Württemberg ⓘ |
| type | public university ⓘ |
| website | https://www.uni-ulm.de/ ⓘ |
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: Ulm University Description of subject: Ulm University is a public research university in Ulm, Germany, known for its strong programs in natural sciences, medicine, engineering, and economics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Universität Ulm
this entity surface form:
Universität Ulm
this entity surface form:
Uni Ulm