Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) is France’s largest governmental research organization, renowned for its multidisciplinary scientific research across fields ranging from physics and biology to the humanities.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T426721 — 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: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Context triple: [Jean Perrin, founded, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique]
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A.
Université Côte d’Azur
Université Côte d’Azur is a French public research university based in the French Riviera region, known for its interdisciplinary programs and strong emphasis on innovation and international collaboration.
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B.
Université Paris-Saclay
Université Paris-Saclay is a leading French research-intensive university cluster near Paris, renowned for its strengths in science, engineering, and innovation.
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C.
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris is a renowned French research and higher-education institution specializing in Earth sciences, including geophysics, volcanology, seismology, and planetary science.
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D.
Institut de France
The Institut de France is a prestigious French learned society in Paris that unites several national academies devoted to the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
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E.
Collège de France
Collège de France is a prestigious Parisian higher education and research institution renowned for its free, public lectures by leading scholars 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: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Target entity description: The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) is France’s largest governmental research organization, renowned for its multidisciplinary scientific research across fields ranging from physics and biology to the humanities.
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A.
Université Côte d’Azur
Université Côte d’Azur is a French public research university based in the French Riviera region, known for its interdisciplinary programs and strong emphasis on innovation and international collaboration.
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B.
Université Paris-Saclay
Université Paris-Saclay is a leading French research-intensive university cluster near Paris, renowned for its strengths in science, engineering, and innovation.
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C.
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris is a renowned French research and higher-education institution specializing in Earth sciences, including geophysics, volcanology, seismology, and planetary science.
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D.
Institut de France
The Institut de France is a prestigious French learned society in Paris that unites several national academies devoted to the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
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E.
Collège de France
Collège de France is a prestigious Parisian higher education and research institution renowned for its free, public lectures by leading scholars across a wide range of disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
governmental research organization
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public research institution ⓘ research center ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CNRS
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| collaboratesWith |
French universities
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international research organizations ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| employerType | public sector ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
archaeology
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astronomy ⓘ biology ⓘ chemistry ⓘ climate science ⓘ computer science ⓘ earth sciences ⓘ ecology ⓘ economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ environmental sciences ⓘ history ⓘ humanities ⓘ linguistics ⓘ materials science ⓘ mathematics ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ oceanography ⓘ philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ social sciences ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Government of France
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surface form:
French government
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| fundingSource | French state budget ⓘ |
| hasPart |
joint research units with universities
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national research laboratories ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | France ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| inception | 1939 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public scientific and technological establishment ⓘ |
| mission |
produce knowledge
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support innovation ⓘ train researchers ⓘ transfer knowledge to society ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
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| notableFor |
being France’s largest governmental research organization
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multidisciplinary scientific research ⓘ |
| operatedBy | French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ⓘ |
| scope | multidisciplinary research ⓘ |
| shortName |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CNRS
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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: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Description of subject: The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) is France’s largest governmental research organization, renowned for its multidisciplinary scientific research across fields ranging from physics and biology to the humanities.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
CNRS
Université Paris Lumières COMUE
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memberInstitution
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
CNRS laboratories
subject surface form:
Louis Néel
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
CNRS research laboratories
this entity surface form:
CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) – regional units
this entity surface form:
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
CNRS
GRACES (Gemini Remote Access to CFHT ESPaDOnS Spectrograph)
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associatedWith
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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subject surface form:
GRACES
this entity surface form:
CNRS / INSU (France)
this entity surface form:
CNRS
this entity surface form:
French National Centre for Scientific Research