University of Rennes
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The University of Rennes is a major French public research university located in the city of Rennes, known for its wide range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on science and humanities.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Rennes canonical | 7 |
| Université de Rennes | 5 |
| University of Rennes 1 | 1 |
| University of Rennes 1 campus | 1 |
| Université de Rennes 1 | 1 |
| Université de Rennes campus in Saint-Brieuc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3264891 — 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 Rennes Context triple: [Rennes, hasUniversity, University of Rennes]
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A.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a major French public university located in the city of Nantes, offering a wide range of academic programs and research activities across multiple disciplines.
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B.
University of Angers
The University of Angers is a French public university located in Angers, known for its long academic tradition and comprehensive range of disciplines in law, humanities, sciences, and professional studies.
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C.
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon is a major French higher education and research hub in the Lyon metropolitan area, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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D.
University of Clermont-Ferrand
The University of Clermont-Ferrand was a French higher education institution in Clermont-Ferrand known for its role in mid-20th-century academic life and for employing notable intellectuals such as Michel Foucault.
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E.
University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse is a historic French higher education and research institution located in the city of Toulouse, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
- 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 Rennes Target entity description: The University of Rennes is a major French public research university located in the city of Rennes, known for its wide range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on science and humanities.
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A.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a major French public university located in the city of Nantes, offering a wide range of academic programs and research activities across multiple disciplines.
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B.
University of Angers
The University of Angers is a French public university located in Angers, known for its long academic tradition and comprehensive range of disciplines in law, humanities, sciences, and professional studies.
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C.
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon is a major French higher education and research hub in the Lyon metropolitan area, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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D.
University of Clermont-Ferrand
The University of Clermont-Ferrand was a French higher education institution in Clermont-Ferrand known for its role in mid-20th-century academic life and for employing notable intellectuals such as Michel Foucault.
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E.
University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse is a historic French higher education and research institution located in the city of Toulouse, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public research university
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university ⓘ |
| campusSetting | urban campus ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| educationSystem | French higher education system ⓘ |
| emphasis |
humanities research
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scientific research ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| governedBy | French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
biology
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chemistry ⓘ computer science ⓘ economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ geography ⓘ history ⓘ humanities ⓘ law ⓘ literature ⓘ management ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ political science ⓘ psychology ⓘ science ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasType | research-intensive university ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official university website ⓘ |
| isPartOf | French public university system ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rennes ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Ille-et-Vilaine ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Brittany ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Université de Rennes
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linked to:
University of Rennes
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| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| officialName |
Université de Rennes
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linked to:
University of Rennes
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| primaryRole |
higher education
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professional training ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
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 Rennes Description of subject: The University of Rennes is a major French public research university located in the city of Rennes, known for its wide range of academic disciplines and strong emphasis on science and humanities.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes
subject linked to:
Lannion, France
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes
linked to: University of Rennes