East China Normal University
E38823
Double First Class University Plan university
Project 211 university
Project 985 university
Public research university
East China Normal University is a leading comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strengths in teacher education, the humanities, and the social sciences.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East China Normal University canonical | 17 |
| ECNU | 2 |
| East China Normal University (Zhongshan North Road campus vicinity) | 1 |
| East China Normal University administration | 1 |
| Great China University | 1 |
| 华东师范大学 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T276375 — 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: East China Normal University Context triple: [Shanghai, hasUniversity, East China Normal University]
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A.
Central China Normal University
Central China Normal University is a comprehensive public research university in Wuhan, China, known for its strong programs in teacher education and the humanities.
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B.
Fudan University
Fudan University is a prestigious and comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strong academic programs and leading role in Chinese higher education.
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C.
Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University is a major comprehensive public research university in China, renowned for its strong academic programs and historical significance in southern China.
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D.
Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a major comprehensive research university in Wuhan, China, renowned for its strong academic programs and picturesque campus.
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E.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
- 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: East China Normal University Target entity description: East China Normal University is a leading comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strengths in teacher education, the humanities, and the social sciences.
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A.
Central China Normal University
Central China Normal University is a comprehensive public research university in Wuhan, China, known for its strong programs in teacher education and the humanities.
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B.
Fudan University
Fudan University is a prestigious and comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strong academic programs and leading role in Chinese higher education.
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C.
Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University is a major comprehensive public research university in China, renowned for its strong academic programs and historical significance in southern China.
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D.
Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a major comprehensive research university in Wuhan, China, renowned for its strong academic programs and picturesque campus.
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E.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Double First Class University Plan university
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Project 211 university ⓘ Project 985 university ⓘ Public research university ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
East China Normal University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ECNU
|
| affiliation |
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Shanghai Municipal People’s Government ⓘ
surface form:
Shanghai Municipal Government
|
| campus |
Minhang Campus
ⓘ
Putuo Campus ⓘ Zizhu International Education Park campus ⓘ |
| city | Shanghai ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
East China Normal University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Great China University
Kwang Hua University ⓘ |
| foundingDate |
1951
ⓘ
October 1951 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
|
| hasAcademicStrength |
Education
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Environmental science ⓘ Geography ⓘ Humanities ⓘ Psychology ⓘ Social sciences ⓘ Teacher education ⓘ |
| hasInternationalCollaboration |
New York University
ⓘ
surface form:
New York University (NYU Shanghai partnership in early stages)
|
| hasInternationalStudentBody | Yes ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
Shanghai ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Asian Universities Alliance
ⓘ
C9 League (early member in teacher education) ⓘ China University Alliance of the Silk Road ⓘ
surface form:
University Alliance of the Silk Road
|
| motto | 求实创造，为人师表 ⓘ |
| mottoInEnglish | Seek truth, foster originality, and honor the teaching profession ⓘ |
| nativeName |
East China Normal University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
华东师范大学
|
| notableFor |
Educational research
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High-level teacher training ⓘ Humanities and social sciences research ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Doctoral programs
ⓘ
Master's programs ⓘ Postdoctoral research programs ⓘ Undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Kwang Hua University
ⓘ
surface form:
National Great China University
Kwang Hua University ⓘ
surface form:
National Kwang Hua University
|
| region |
eastern China
ⓘ
surface form:
East China
|
| shortName |
East China Normal University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ECNU
|
| type |
Comprehensive university
ⓘ
Normal university ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ecnu.edu.cn/ ⓘ |
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: East China Normal University Description of subject: East China Normal University is a leading comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strengths in teacher education, the humanities, and the social sciences.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
华东师范大学
this entity surface form:
ECNU
East China Normal University
→
formedByMergerOf
→
East China Normal University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Great China University
East China Normal University
→
abbreviation
→
East China Normal University
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
ECNU
this entity surface form:
East China Normal University (Zhongshan North Road campus vicinity)
this entity surface form:
East China Normal University administration