VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
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VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is a major Czech public university known for its strong focus on engineering, technology, and applied sciences.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| VSB – Technical University of Ostrava canonical | 1 |
| Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava | 1 |
| VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | 1 |
| VŠB-TUO | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1517211 — 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: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava Context triple: [Ostrava, hasUniversity, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava]
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A.
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava is a leading Slovak public university focused on engineering, technology, and applied sciences.
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B.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the oldest and largest technical universities in Europe, renowned for its engineering, architecture, and applied science programs.
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C.
University of West Bohemia
The University of West Bohemia is a public higher education institution in Plzeň, Czech Republic, known for its technical, engineering, and humanities programs and regional research role.
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D.
Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Tomas Bata University in Zlín is a Czech public university named after the famous industrialist Tomáš Baťa, known for its focus on applied sciences, technology, business, and design.
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E.
University of Hradec Králové
The University of Hradec Králové is a public higher education institution in the Czech Republic known for its programs in education, informatics, social sciences, and the arts.
- 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: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava Target entity description: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is a major Czech public university known for its strong focus on engineering, technology, and applied sciences.
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A.
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava is a leading Slovak public university focused on engineering, technology, and applied sciences.
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B.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the oldest and largest technical universities in Europe, renowned for its engineering, architecture, and applied science programs.
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C.
University of West Bohemia
The University of West Bohemia is a public higher education institution in Plzeň, Czech Republic, known for its technical, engineering, and humanities programs and regional research role.
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D.
Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Tomas Bata University in Zlín is a Czech public university named after the famous industrialist Tomáš Baťa, known for its focus on applied sciences, technology, business, and design.
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E.
University of Hradec Králové
The University of Hradec Králové is a public higher education institution in the Czech Republic known for its programs in education, informatics, social sciences, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
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technical university ⓘ |
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
applied sciences
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economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ informatics ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ mining ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasCampus | Poruba campus ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Civil Engineering
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Faculty of Economics ⓘ Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ⓘ Faculty of Materials Science and Technology ⓘ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering ⓘ Faculty of Mining and Geology ⓘ Faculty of Safety Engineering ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
automation and control
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civil engineering ⓘ computer science ⓘ energy systems ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ geology ⓘ materials science ⓘ mining engineering ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ smart technologies ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
energy engineering
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environmental engineering ⓘ industrial technologies ⓘ information technology ⓘ safety engineering ⓘ transport engineering ⓘ |
| hasType | research university ⓘ |
| isMemberOf |
Czech Rectors Conference
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linked to:
Conference of Rectors of Czech Universities
EUA ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Czech
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English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
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Moravian-Silesian Region ⓘ Ostrava ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava
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linked to:
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
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| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| shortName |
VŠB-TUO
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linked to:
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
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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: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava Description of subject: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is a major Czech public university known for its strong focus on engineering, technology, and applied sciences.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
→
nativeName
→
Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava
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linked to: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
linked to: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
linked to: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava