Kyoto University
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Kyoto University is a prestigious national research university in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its strong emphasis on academic freedom and contributions to science and humanities.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8787 — 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: Kyoto University Context triple: [Imperial Universities of Japan, member, Kyoto University]
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University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo is Japan’s most prestigious and oldest national research university, renowned for its leading role in higher education, science, and public policy in Japan and worldwide.
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Osaka Imperial University
Osaka Imperial University was a major pre-World War II Japanese national university and research institution, particularly noted for its contributions to science and engineering.
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Imperial Universities of Japan
The Imperial Universities of Japan were a group of elite national universities established before and during World War II that formed the core of Japan’s higher education and research system.
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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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Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
- 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: Kyoto University Target entity description: Kyoto University is a prestigious national research university in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its strong emphasis on academic freedom and contributions to science and humanities.
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A.
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo is Japan’s most prestigious and oldest national research university, renowned for its leading role in higher education, science, and public policy in Japan and worldwide.
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B.
Osaka Imperial University
Osaka Imperial University was a major pre-World War II Japanese national university and research institution, particularly noted for its contributions to science and engineering.
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C.
Imperial Universities of Japan
The Imperial Universities of Japan were a group of elite national universities established before and during World War II that formed the core of Japan’s higher education and research system.
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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.
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
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: Kyoto University Description of subject: Kyoto University is a prestigious national research university in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its strong emphasis on academic freedom and contributions to science and humanities.
Referenced by (134)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
京都大学
subject surface form:
Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
Kyoto Imperial University
subject surface form:
Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
National University Corporation Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
Kyoto Imperial University
this entity surface form:
Kyoto Imperial University
subject surface form:
Hideki Yukawa
this entity surface form:
Kyoto Imperial University
this entity surface form:
Kyoto Imperial University
this entity surface form:
Kyoto Imperial University
subject surface form:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
Japanese national university corporation Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Department of Law, Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
Japanese national university corporation Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
National University Corporation Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
京都大学
this entity surface form:
京都大学
this entity surface form:
National University Corporation Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
Kyoto University Graduate School
this entity surface form:
Kyoto University Graduate School
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Government, Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Government, Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
National University Corporation Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
National University Corporation Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
subject surface form:
Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
this entity surface form:
National University Corporation Kyoto University