University of Leicester
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The University of Leicester is a public research university in Leicester, England, known for its contributions to space science and the discovery of King Richard III’s remains.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Leicester canonical | 15 |
| Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College | 1 |
| University College, Leicester | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T629664 — 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 Leicester Context triple: [East Midlands, hasUniversity, University of Leicester]
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A.
Lancaster University
Lancaster University is a public research university in Lancashire, England, known for its strong research output, collegiate system, and consistently high rankings in UK and global league tables.
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B.
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England, known for its strengths in agriculture, meteorology, business, and the arts.
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C.
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a leading public research university in Coventry, England, renowned for its strong academic reputation, innovative research, and highly ranked programs across disciplines such as economics, business, and the sciences.
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D.
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a major public research university in Leeds, England, known for its strong academic reputation and membership in leading UK research collaborations.
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E.
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a major public research university in Nottingham, England, known for its strong academic reputation, global campuses, and membership in the UK's leading research-intensive universities.
- 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 Leicester Target entity description: The University of Leicester is a public research university in Leicester, England, known for its contributions to space science and the discovery of King Richard III’s remains.
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A.
Lancaster University
Lancaster University is a public research university in Lancashire, England, known for its strong research output, collegiate system, and consistently high rankings in UK and global league tables.
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B.
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England, known for its strengths in agriculture, meteorology, business, and the arts.
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C.
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a leading public research university in Coventry, England, renowned for its strong academic reputation, innovative research, and highly ranked programs across disciplines such as economics, business, and the sciences.
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D.
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a major public research university in Leeds, England, known for its strong academic reputation and membership in leading UK research collaborations.
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E.
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a major public research university in Nottingham, England, known for its strong academic reputation, global campuses, and membership in the UK's leading research-intensive universities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public research university
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university ⓘ |
| affiliation |
ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities)
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surface form:
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Midlands Innovation ⓘ Universities UK ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Leicester ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Leicester City Council
ⓘ
Richard III Society ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerName |
University of Leicester
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College
University of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
University College, Leicester
|
| foundingDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| gainedUniversityStatus | 1957 ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStaff | over 1000 ⓘ |
| hasCampus | main campus on University Road, Leicester ⓘ |
| hasChancellor | various ceremonial heads over time ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Attenborough Tower
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Charles Wilson Building ⓘ David Wilson Library ⓘ Space Research Centre ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
College of Life Sciences
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College of Science and Engineering ⓘ College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities ⓘ |
| hasNotableDiscovery | identification of King Richard III’s remains in 2012 ⓘ |
| hasResearchStrength |
archaeology
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genetics ⓘ museum studies ⓘ space science ⓘ |
| hasStudents | over 20000 ⓘ |
| hasViceChancellor | chief executive officer of the university ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeology research
ⓘ
discovery of King Richard III’s remains ⓘ genetics research ⓘ space science research ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Leicester ⓘ |
| motto | Ut vitam habeant ⓘ |
| mottoEnglish | So that they may have life ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
postgraduate research degrees
ⓘ
postgraduate taught degrees ⓘ undergraduate degrees ⓘ |
| operates | Leicester Space Research Centre ⓘ |
| region | East Midlands ⓘ |
| specialisesIn |
medical genetics
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planetary science ⓘ space instrumentation ⓘ |
| type | public 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 Leicester Description of subject: The University of Leicester is a public research university in Leicester, England, known for its contributions to space science and the discovery of King Richard III’s remains.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College
this entity surface form:
University College, Leicester