Xiamen University
E443752
Xiamen University is a prominent comprehensive research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China, known for its strong academic reputation and picturesque coastal campus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiamen University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4480639 — 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: Xiamen University Context triple: [Xiamen, hasUniversity, Xiamen University]
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A.
Huaqiao University
Huaqiao University is a prominent public university in China known for serving overseas Chinese communities and emphasizing international education and cultural exchange.
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B.
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is a leading research-intensive university in Beijing, China, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs and its significant influence in Chinese higher education and innovation.
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C.
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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D.
Nanjing University
Nanjing University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and historical significance.
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E.
Peking University
Peking University is a leading Chinese research university in Beijing, renowned for its academic excellence, historical significance, and global influence.
- 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: Xiamen University Target entity description: Xiamen University is a prominent comprehensive research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China, known for its strong academic reputation and picturesque coastal campus.
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A.
Huaqiao University
Huaqiao University is a prominent public university in China known for serving overseas Chinese communities and emphasizing international education and cultural exchange.
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B.
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is a leading research-intensive university in Beijing, China, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs and its significant influence in Chinese higher education and innovation.
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C.
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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D.
Nanjing University
Nanjing University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and historical significance.
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E.
Peking University
Peking University is a leading Chinese research university in Beijing, renowned for its academic excellence, historical significance, and global influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Comprehensive university
ⓘ
Public university ⓘ Research university ⓘ |
| abbreviation | XMU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusType | Coastal campus ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| founder | Tan Kah Kee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Siming Campus
NERFINISHED
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Xiamen University Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiamen University Malaysia Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiangan Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhangzhou Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
NERFINISHED
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College of Foreign Languages and Cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ College of Materials NERFINISHED ⓘ College of Ocean and Earth Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Architecture and Civil Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Information Science and Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Journalism and Communication NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Life Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Management NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Mathematics Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Adjacent to Nanputuo Temple
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Mountain-and-sea scenery ⓘ Overlooks Xiamen Bay ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Xiamen University Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Tan Kah Kee Memorial Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumniIn |
Academia
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Business ⓘ Politics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chemistry research
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Economics and management programs ⓘ Law and public affairs ⓘ Oceanography and marine sciences ⓘ Picturesque coastal campus ⓘ Strong academic reputation ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fujian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
Xiamen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association of Universities of the Asia and Pacific
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China University Alliance of the Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | 自强不息，止于至善 ⓘ |
| mottoInEnglish | Pursue Excellence, Strive for Perfection ⓘ |
| nativeName | 厦门大学 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overseasCampusIn | Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfProgram |
Double First Class University Plan
NERFINISHED
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Project 211 NERFINISHED ⓘ Project 985 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Fujian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| QSWorldUniversityRankingRange | Top 300–400 globally (varies by year) ⓘ |
| region |
eastern China
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surface form:
East China
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| type | National key university ⓘ |
| website | https://www.xmu.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: Xiamen University Description of subject: Xiamen University is a prominent comprehensive research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China, known for its strong academic reputation and picturesque coastal campus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.