UniFR
E131479
bilingual university
higher education institution
public university
research university
university in Switzerland
UniFR is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Fribourg, a bilingual (French and German) public university in Fribourg, Switzerland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UniFR canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1146921 — 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: UniFR Context triple: [University of Fribourg, abbreviation, UniFR]
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A.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul is a major Brazilian public university based in Porto Alegre, recognized for its strong research output and comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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B.
UniNE
UniNE is a Swiss public university located in Neuchâtel, known for its research and teaching in fields such as law, economics, humanities, and natural sciences.
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C.
University of Brasília
The University of Brasília is a major public research university in Brazil’s capital, known for its strong programs in law, international relations, and the social sciences.
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D.
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo is Brazil’s largest and one of Latin America’s most prestigious public research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant scientific output.
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E.
UNIL
UNIL is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Lausanne, a major public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 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: UniFR Target entity description: UniFR is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Fribourg, a bilingual (French and German) public university in Fribourg, Switzerland.
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A.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul is a major Brazilian public university based in Porto Alegre, recognized for its strong research output and comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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B.
UniNE
UniNE is a Swiss public university located in Neuchâtel, known for its research and teaching in fields such as law, economics, humanities, and natural sciences.
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C.
University of Brasília
The University of Brasília is a major public research university in Brazil’s capital, known for its strong programs in law, international relations, and the social sciences.
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D.
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo is Brazil’s largest and one of Latin America’s most prestigious public research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant scientific output.
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E.
UNIL
UNIL is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Lausanne, a major public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilingual university
ⓘ
higher education institution ⓘ public university ⓘ research university ⓘ university in Switzerland ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UniFR self-link ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities
ⓘ
Swissuniversities ⓘ |
| bilingualIn |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| campusType | urban ⓘ |
| canton |
canton of Fribourg
ⓘ
surface form:
Canton of Fribourg
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| city | Fribourg ⓘ |
| coordinate | 46.806°N 7.151°E ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| founded | 1889 ⓘ |
| fullName | University of Fribourg ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bilingual French-German instruction
ⓘ
only bilingual university in Switzerland at university-wide level ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
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Faculty of Humanities ⓘ Faculty of Law ⓘ Faculty of Science and Medicine ⓘ Faculty of Theology ⓘ |
| hasLibrary |
University of Fribourg
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surface form:
University of Fribourg Library
|
| hasResearchCenter |
Adolphe Merkle Institute
ⓘ
Institute of Federalism ⓘ Institute of Swiss and International Construction Law ⓘ Interdisciplinary Institute of Ethics and Human Rights ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| locatedIn | bilingual city of Fribourg/Freiburg ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Universität Freiburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Fribourg ⓘ
surface form:
Université de Fribourg
|
| offersDegree |
Bachelor's degree
ⓘ
Doctoral degree ⓘ Master's degree ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
economics
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ law ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| region | Western Switzerland ⓘ |
| religiousHeritage | Catholic tradition ⓘ |
| type | public ⓘ |
| website | https://www.unifr.ch ⓘ |
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: UniFR Description of subject: UniFR is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Fribourg, a bilingual (French and German) public university in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.