University of Duisburg-Essen
E341999
The University of Duisburg-Essen is a large public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its strong engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences programs and its focus on interdisciplinary and international collaboration.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Duisburg-Essen canonical | 5 |
| Duisburg campus | 1 |
| University of Duisburg | 1 |
| University of Essen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2123840 — 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 Duisburg-Essen Context triple: [Duisburg, hasUniversity, University of Duisburg-Essen]
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A.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is a public research university in Düsseldorf, Germany, known for its strong programs in medicine, natural sciences, and humanities.
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B.
University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildesheim is a German public university known for its strong programs in education, cultural studies, and information sciences.
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C.
Ruhr University Bochum
Ruhr University Bochum is a major public research university in Bochum, Germany, known for its broad range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research.
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D.
Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Cologne University of Applied Sciences is a major German university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in engineering, business, social sciences, and design.
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E.
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences is a German university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in fields such as engineering, design, business, and social sciences.
- 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 Duisburg-Essen Target entity description: The University of Duisburg-Essen is a large public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its strong engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences programs and its focus on interdisciplinary and international collaboration.
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A.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is a public research university in Düsseldorf, Germany, known for its strong programs in medicine, natural sciences, and humanities.
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B.
University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildesheim is a German public university known for its strong programs in education, cultural studies, and information sciences.
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C.
Ruhr University Bochum
Ruhr University Bochum is a major public research university in Bochum, Germany, known for its broad range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research.
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D.
Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Cologne University of Applied Sciences is a major German university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in engineering, business, social sciences, and design.
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E.
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences is a German university of applied sciences known for its practice-oriented programs in fields such as engineering, design, business, and social sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public research university
ⓘ
university ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Ruhr University Bochum
ⓘ
TU Dortmund University ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
interdisciplinary research collaboration
ⓘ
interdisciplinary teaching ⓘ internationalization ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
engineering
ⓘ
interdisciplinary research ⓘ international collaboration ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | UDE ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
University of Duisburg-Essen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Duisburg campus
Essen campus ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Duisburg
ⓘ
Essen ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Biology
ⓘ
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics ⓘ Faculty of Chemistry ⓘ Faculty of Educational Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Engineering ⓘ Faculty of Humanities ⓘ Faculty of Mathematics ⓘ Faculty of Medicine ⓘ Faculty of Physics ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasType | large university ⓘ |
| isPublicUniversity | true ⓘ |
| isStateUniversity | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interdisciplinary research
ⓘ
international orientation ⓘ strong engineering programs ⓘ strong natural sciences programs ⓘ strong social sciences programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Duisburg
ⓘ
Essen ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
UAMR (University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr)
ⓘ
surface form:
University Alliance Ruhr
|
| offersProgramsIn |
business administration
ⓘ
education ⓘ engineering ⓘ humanities ⓘ medicine ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| region | Ruhr area ⓘ |
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 Duisburg-Essen Description of subject: The University of Duisburg-Essen is a large public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its strong engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences programs and its focus on interdisciplinary and international collaboration.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Duisburg
this entity surface form:
University of Essen
this entity surface form:
Duisburg campus