Sorbonne University
E2175
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
All labels observed (23)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28560 — 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: Sorbonne University Context triple: [Paris, hasUniversity, Sorbonne University]
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A.
McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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B.
Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned for its historic role in Central European scholarship and research.
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C.
Cambridge University
Cambridge University is a prestigious collegiate research university in Cambridge, England, renowned for its long history, academic excellence, and influential alumni.
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D.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a leading Canadian public research university renowned globally for its academic excellence, extensive research output, and influential alumni.
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E.
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is a renowned German research university, historically significant in physics and mathematics and once a leading center for theoretical science in Europe.
- 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: Sorbonne University Target entity description: Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
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A.
McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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B.
Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned for its historic role in Central European scholarship and research.
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C.
Cambridge University
Cambridge University is a prestigious collegiate research university in Cambridge, England, renowned for its long history, academic excellence, and influential alumni.
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D.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a leading Canadian public research university renowned globally for its academic excellence, extensive research output, and influential alumni.
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E.
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is a renowned German research university, historically significant in physics and mathematics and once a leading center for theoretical science in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
institution of higher education
ⓘ
public research university ⓘ university ⓘ |
| campus |
Left Bank of the Seine
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surface form:
Latin Quarter
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| country | France ⓘ |
| established | 2018 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
higher education
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research ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Sorbonne University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris-Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre and Marie Curie University
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| fundingType | public ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
biology
ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ computer science ⓘ history ⓘ literature ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStaff | thousands ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation |
Sorbonne University
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
|
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
ⓘ
Faculty of Medicine ⓘ Faculty of Science and Engineering ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Sorbonne University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sorbonne Université
|
| hasNotableBuilding |
Sorbonne University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jussieu Campus
La Sorbonne ⓘ Sorbonne University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre and Marie Curie Campus
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| hasReputationFor |
humanities
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ science ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody | tens of thousands of students ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCampus | true ⓘ |
| isSuccessorOf |
Sorbonne University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris-Sorbonne University
Université Paris Cité ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre and Marie Curie University
|
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Paris
ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| memberOf |
Campus France network
ⓘ
European University Association ⓘ League of European Research Universities ⓘ Sorbonne Alliance ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
ⓘ
doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| operatesInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Université Paris Cité
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surface form:
University of Paris
|
| sector | public ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
humanities
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ sciences ⓘ |
| type | public institution ⓘ |
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: Sorbonne University Description of subject: Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
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University of Paris