École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is a leading Swiss research university and engineering school known for its cutting-edge work in science, technology, and innovation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 30 |
| EPFL | 25 |
| École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne canonical | 16 |
| École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne campus | 1 |
| École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne campus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162889 — 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: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Context triple: [Romandy, hasHigherEducationInstitution, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne]
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A.
University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne is a major public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, known for its strengths in law, business, life sciences, and social sciences.
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B.
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs in international relations, law, and the sciences, and its close ties to numerous international organizations based in Geneva.
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C.
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich is a major public research university in Switzerland renowned for its contributions to science and scholarship, including being one of the institutions where Albert Einstein taught.
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D.
University of Neuchâtel
The University of Neuchâtel is a public Swiss university located in the French-speaking city of Neuchâtel, known for its research and teaching in fields such as law, economics, humanities, and natural sciences.
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E.
University of Fribourg
The University of Fribourg is a Swiss public university known for its strong bilingual (French and German) teaching and research across a wide range of disciplines.
- 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: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Target entity description: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is a leading Swiss research university and engineering school known for its cutting-edge work in science, technology, and innovation.
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A.
University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne is a major public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, known for its strengths in law, business, life sciences, and social sciences.
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B.
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs in international relations, law, and the sciences, and its close ties to numerous international organizations based in Geneva.
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C.
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich is a major public research university in Switzerland renowned for its contributions to science and scholarship, including being one of the institutions where Albert Einstein taught.
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D.
University of Neuchâtel
The University of Neuchâtel is a public Swiss university located in the French-speaking city of Neuchâtel, known for its research and teaching in fields such as law, economics, humanities, and natural sciences.
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E.
University of Fribourg
The University of Fribourg is a Swiss public university known for its strong bilingual (French and German) teaching and research across a wide range of disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering school
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federal institute of technology ⓘ public research university ⓘ |
| academicFocus |
architecture
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computer science ⓘ digital humanities ⓘ engineering ⓘ life sciences ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation |
CERN collaborations
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League of European Research Universities ⓘ
surface form:
League of European Research Universities (through collaborations)
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| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1853 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Lausanne ⓘ |
| governingBody | Swiss Federal Council ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
campus in Fribourg
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campus in Geneva ⓘ campus in Neuchâtel ⓘ campus in Valais ⓘ main campus in Ecublens ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
EPFL Innovation Park
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EPFL Pavilions ⓘ Rolex Learning Center ⓘ SwissTech Convention Center ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
College of Humanities
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College of Management of Technology ⓘ School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering ⓘ School of Basic Sciences ⓘ School of Computer and Communication Sciences ⓘ School of Engineering ⓘ School of Life Sciences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cutting-edge research in science and technology
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innovation and entrepreneurship ⓘ technology transfer ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
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French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vaud
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surface form:
Lake Geneva region
Lausanne ⓘ Canton of Vaud ⓘ
surface form:
canton of Vaud
|
| motto | “Place of mind” ⓘ |
| nativeName | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne self-link ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| partOf | Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain ⓘ |
| researchStrength |
computational science
ⓘ
energy systems ⓘ materials science ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ quantum science and engineering ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| shortName |
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
EPFL
|
| sisterInstitution | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| website | https://www.epfl.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: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Description of subject: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is a leading Swiss research university and engineering school known for its cutting-edge work in science, technology, and innovation.
Referenced by (73)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
College of Humanities (EPFL)
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
subject surface form:
School of Engineering (EPFL)
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
EPFL
this entity surface form:
EPFL
this entity surface form:
EPFL
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
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collaboratesWith
→
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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this entity surface form:
EPFL
Swiss Federal law on the Federal Institutes of Technology
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appliesTo
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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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this entity surface form:
EPFL
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
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collaboratesWith
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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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this entity surface form:
EPFL
subject surface form:
Paul Scherrer Institute
this entity surface form:
EPFL
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Geneva–Lausanne metropolitan area
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hasResearchInstitution
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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
EPFL
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
EPFL
this entity surface form:
EPFL
this entity surface form:
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
this entity surface form:
EPFL