VU University Medical Center
E204469
VU University Medical Center was a major academic hospital and research institution in Amsterdam affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VU University Medical Center canonical | 5 |
| VU University Medical Center (nearby) | 1 |
| VUmc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1816294 — 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: VU University Medical Center Context triple: [Amsterdam University Medical Centers, formedByMergerOf, VU University Medical Center]
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A.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a major academic medical center in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its comprehensive clinical care, biomedical research, and medical education programs.
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B.
Temple University Hospital
Temple University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia that serves as the primary teaching hospital for Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine.
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C.
NOVA Medical School
NOVA Medical School is the medical faculty of NOVA University Lisbon, known for its research-driven education in medicine and health sciences in Portugal.
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D.
Radboud University Medical Center
Radboud University Medical Center is a leading Dutch academic hospital and research institution renowned for its advanced medical care, education, and biomedical research.
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E.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College is a prestigious medical school and biomedical research institution affiliated with Cornell University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
- 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: VU University Medical Center Target entity description: VU University Medical Center was a major academic hospital and research institution in Amsterdam affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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A.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a major academic medical center in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its comprehensive clinical care, biomedical research, and medical education programs.
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B.
Temple University Hospital
Temple University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia that serves as the primary teaching hospital for Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine.
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C.
NOVA Medical School
NOVA Medical School is the medical faculty of NOVA University Lisbon, known for its research-driven education in medicine and health sciences in Portugal.
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D.
Radboud University Medical Center
Radboud University Medical Center is a leading Dutch academic hospital and research institution renowned for its advanced medical care, education, and biomedical research.
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E.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College is a prestigious medical school and biomedical research institution affiliated with Cornell University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic medical center
ⓘ
research hospital ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⓘ |
| city | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Academic Medical Center
ⓘ
research institutes of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
healthcare education
ⓘ
medical research ⓘ patient care ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAffiliation |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculty of Medicine
ⓘ
linked to:
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
|
| hasEmergencyDepartment | yes ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType | hospital campus ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
cardiovascular diseases
ⓘ
neurosciences ⓘ oncology ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| hasType |
tertiary care hospital
ⓘ
university hospital ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.vumc.nl ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Dutch healthcare system ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
ⓘ
Amsterdam-Zuid ⓘ
linked to:
Amsterdam Zuid
Zuidas ⓘ
linked to:
Zuidas business district
|
| mergedInto |
Amsterdam UMC
ⓘ
linked to:
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
|
| mergedWith | Academic Medical Center ⓘ |
| mergerFormed |
Amsterdam UMC
ⓘ
linked to:
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
|
| offersService |
diagnostic imaging
ⓘ
inpatient care ⓘ intensive care ⓘ outpatient care ⓘ specialized surgery ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⓘ |
| region | North Holland ⓘ |
| sector | public healthcare ⓘ |
| servesAs |
teaching site for health sciences students
ⓘ
teaching site for medical students ⓘ teaching site for nursing students ⓘ |
| shortName |
VUmc
ⓘ
linked to:
VU University Medical Center
|
| specializesIn |
biomedical research
ⓘ
clinical care ⓘ medical education ⓘ |
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: VU University Medical Center Description of subject: VU University Medical Center was a major academic hospital and research institution in Amsterdam affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: VU University Medical Center
linked to: VU University Medical Center
subject linked to:
Zuid
subject linked to:
Amsterdam Zuid railway station (nearby, in Amsterdam-Zuid)