Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo
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Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo is one of Brazil’s most prestigious engineering schools, renowned for its rigorous academic programs, research output, and role in training leading engineers and technologists.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11398160 — 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: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo Context triple: [Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira, hasPart, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo]
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A.
Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro
Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro was a prominent Brazilian engineering school known for training influential engineers such as Heitor da Silva Costa.
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University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo is Brazil’s largest and one of Latin America’s most prestigious public research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant scientific output.
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C.
University of Campinas
The University of Campinas is a leading Brazilian public research university renowned for its strong programs in science, technology, and innovation.
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Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico is Portugal’s leading school of engineering, science, and technology, renowned for its research output and rigorous academic programs within the University of Lisbon.
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São Paulo State University
São Paulo State University is a major Brazilian public university system known for its multiple campuses across the state of São Paulo and its strong emphasis on research and higher education.
- 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: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo Target entity description: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo is one of Brazil’s most prestigious engineering schools, renowned for its rigorous academic programs, research output, and role in training leading engineers and technologists.
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A.
Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro
Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro was a prominent Brazilian engineering school known for training influential engineers such as Heitor da Silva Costa.
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B.
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo is Brazil’s largest and one of Latin America’s most prestigious public research universities, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant scientific output.
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C.
University of Campinas
The University of Campinas is a leading Brazilian public research university renowned for its strong programs in science, technology, and innovation.
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Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico is Portugal’s leading school of engineering, science, and technology, renowned for its research output and rigorous academic programs within the University of Lisbon.
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São Paulo State University
São Paulo State University is a major Brazilian public university system known for its multiple campuses across the state of São Paulo and its strong emphasis on research and higher education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering school
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faculty of the University of São Paulo ⓘ public higher education institution ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
applied sciences
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engineering ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Universidade de São Paulo
NERFINISHED
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public university system of São Paulo ⓘ |
| belongsTo | public education system of the state of São Paulo ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Brazilian industrial development
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innovation in engineering in Brazil ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryRank | among top engineering schools in Brazil ⓘ |
| educationLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| foundedBy | State government of São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governance | publicly funded ⓘ |
| hasAlumni |
Brazilian engineers
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technology leaders in Brazil ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high research output
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rigorous academic programs ⓘ training leading engineers ⓘ training technologists ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | São Paulo ⓘ |
| nativeName | Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
PhD in engineering
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bachelor’s degree in engineering ⓘ master’s degree in engineering ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
doctoral programs in engineering
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graduate engineering programs ⓘ undergraduate engineering degrees ⓘ |
| partOf | Universidade de São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation | one of Brazil’s most prestigious engineering schools ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
scientific research in engineering
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technological development ⓘ |
| role |
conducting advanced engineering research
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training engineers for Brazilian industry ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| shortName |
Poli-USP
NERFINISHED
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Politécnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | São Paulo (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo Description of subject: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo is one of Brazil’s most prestigious engineering schools, renowned for its rigorous academic programs, research output, and role in training leading engineers and technologists.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira
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hasPart
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Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo
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this entity surface form:
University of São Paulo Polytechnic School
this entity surface form:
Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (original building)