University of Vaasa
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The University of Vaasa is a Finnish public university located in the coastal city of Vaasa, known for its focus on business, technology, and administrative sciences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Vaasa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8308319 — 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 Vaasa Context triple: [Vaasa, hasUniversity, University of Vaasa]
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A.
University of Turku
The University of Turku is a major multidisciplinary research university in Finland, known for its strong international profile and broad range of academic programs.
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B.
University of Oulu
The University of Oulu is a major Finnish research university located in the city of Oulu, known for its strong programs in technology, natural sciences, and information technology.
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C.
University of Eastern Finland
The University of Eastern Finland is a multidisciplinary Finnish university with main campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio, known for its research and education in fields such as health sciences, forestry, and environmental studies.
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D.
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest and oldest university, renowned for its research excellence and as the alma mater of notable figures such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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E.
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences was a Finnish university of applied sciences located in the South Karelia region, offering practice-oriented higher education and research in fields such as technology, business, and health care.
- 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 Vaasa Target entity description: The University of Vaasa is a Finnish public university located in the coastal city of Vaasa, known for its focus on business, technology, and administrative sciences.
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A.
University of Turku
The University of Turku is a major multidisciplinary research university in Finland, known for its strong international profile and broad range of academic programs.
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B.
University of Oulu
The University of Oulu is a major Finnish research university located in the city of Oulu, known for its strong programs in technology, natural sciences, and information technology.
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C.
University of Eastern Finland
The University of Eastern Finland is a multidisciplinary Finnish university with main campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio, known for its research and education in fields such as health sciences, forestry, and environmental studies.
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D.
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest and oldest university, renowned for its research excellence and as the alma mater of notable figures such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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E.
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences was a Finnish university of applied sciences located in the South Karelia region, offering practice-oriented higher education and research in fields such as technology, business, and health care.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
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research university ⓘ |
| campusLocation | Palosaari district, Vaasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusType | waterfront campus ⓘ |
| city | Vaasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
administrative sciences
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business ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| formerName | Vaasa School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1968 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
VY
NERFINISHED
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Vaasan yliopisto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampusFeature |
modern buildings
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renovated industrial facilities ⓘ seaside location ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
School of Accounting and Finance
NERFINISHED
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School of Management NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Marketing and Communication NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Technology and Innovations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage |
English
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Finnish ⓘ |
| hasRector | rector of the University of Vaasa ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
communication studies
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energy business ⓘ finance ⓘ industrial management ⓘ international business ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.uwasa.fi/ ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ostrobothnia
NERFINISHED
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Vaasa NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal city ⓘ |
| memberOf | UNIFI (Universities Finland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
administrative sciences
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business administration ⓘ communication studies ⓘ economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ |
| region | Ostrobothnia, Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| type | multidisciplinary university ⓘ |
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 Vaasa Description of subject: The University of Vaasa is a Finnish public university located in the coastal city of Vaasa, known for its focus on business, technology, and administrative sciences.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.