University of Lille
E134480
The University of Lille is a major French public research university located in the city of Lille, known for its large student population and broad range of academic disciplines.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Lille canonical | 5 |
| ULille | 1 |
| Université de Lille | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T846404 — 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 Lille Context triple: [Lille, hasUniversity, University of Lille]
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A.
University of Orléans
The University of Orléans is a historic French university, renowned as a major Renaissance center for legal and humanist studies that attracted many prominent scholars and reformers.
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B.
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne is a French public university located in the Grand Est region, known for its multidisciplinary programs and research in fields such as science, humanities, law, and health.
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C.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a major French public university located in the city of Nantes, offering a wide range of academic programs and research activities across multiple disciplines.
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D.
University of Dijon
The University of Dijon was a French higher education institution in Dijon, historically known for its law and humanities faculties and for educating notable Central European political figures such as Edvard Beneš.
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E.
University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse is a historic French higher education and research institution located in the city of Toulouse, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
- 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 Lille Target entity description: The University of Lille is a major French public research university located in the city of Lille, known for its large student population and broad range of academic disciplines.
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A.
University of Orléans
The University of Orléans is a historic French university, renowned as a major Renaissance center for legal and humanist studies that attracted many prominent scholars and reformers.
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B.
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne is a French public university located in the Grand Est region, known for its multidisciplinary programs and research in fields such as science, humanities, law, and health.
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C.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a major French public university located in the city of Nantes, offering a wide range of academic programs and research activities across multiple disciplines.
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D.
University of Dijon
The University of Dijon was a French higher education institution in Dijon, historically known for its law and humanities faculties and for educating notable Central European political figures such as Edvard Beneš.
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E.
University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse is a historic French higher education and research institution located in the city of Toulouse, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public research university
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university ⓘ |
| affiliation | French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| fundingType | public ⓘ |
| governanceType | presidential system ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
arts
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economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ humanities ⓘ law ⓘ management ⓘ medicine ⓘ sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ sports sciences ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStaff | over 6,000 ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Lille city campus
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Roubaix campus ⓘ Tourcoing campus ⓘ Villeneuve-d’Ascq campus ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
broad range of academic disciplines
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large student population ⓘ strong regional impact in northern France ⓘ |
| hasRectorOrPresident | university president ⓘ |
| hasStudents |
one of the largest student populations in France
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over 70,000 ⓘ |
| is | major French public research university ⓘ |
| isMemberOf |
European university networks
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Université Lille Nord de France (former PRES) ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
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French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
European Union
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Hauts-de-France ⓘ Lille ⓘ Nord department ⓘ |
| nativeName |
University of Lille
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Université de Lille
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| offers |
continuing education programs
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doctoral programs ⓘ graduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
digital sciences
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health and life sciences ⓘ humanities and social sciences ⓘ materials science ⓘ multidisciplinary research ⓘ |
| shortName |
University of Lille
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ULille
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| 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 Lille Description of subject: The University of Lille is a major French public research university located in the city of Lille, known for its large student population and broad range of academic disciplines.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Université de Lille
this entity surface form:
ULille