Université du Québec à Rimouski
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Université du Québec à Rimouski is a French-language public university in Rimouski, Quebec, known for its programs and research in marine sciences, regional development, and environmental studies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Université du Québec à Rimouski canonical | 5 |
| Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski | 2 |
| Rimouski campus | 1 |
| Université du Québec à Rimouski Lévis campus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4667507 — 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: Université du Québec à Rimouski Context triple: [Université du Québec, hasPart, Université du Québec à Rimouski]
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A.
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières is a French-language public university in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, known for its programs in fields such as engineering, health sciences, and education.
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B.
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi is a French-language public university located in Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec, known for its regional development focus and research in fields such as northern studies, engineering, and environmental sciences.
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C.
Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke is a French-language public research university located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, known for its cooperative education programs and strong emphasis on applied research.
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D.
Université du Québec en Outaouais
Université du Québec en Outaouais is a French-language public university in Quebec that is part of the Université du Québec system and serves the Outaouais region with a range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
Université Laval
Université Laval is a major French-language public research university in Quebec City, recognized for its strong research output and membership in Canada’s leading research-intensive university groups.
- 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: Université du Québec à Rimouski Target entity description: Université du Québec à Rimouski is a French-language public university in Rimouski, Quebec, known for its programs and research in marine sciences, regional development, and environmental studies.
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A.
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières is a French-language public university in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, known for its programs in fields such as engineering, health sciences, and education.
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B.
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi is a French-language public university located in Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec, known for its regional development focus and research in fields such as northern studies, engineering, and environmental sciences.
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C.
Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke is a French-language public research university located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, known for its cooperative education programs and strong emphasis on applied research.
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D.
Université du Québec en Outaouais
Université du Québec en Outaouais is a French-language public university in Quebec that is part of the Université du Québec system and serves the Outaouais region with a range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
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E.
Université Laval
Université Laval is a major French-language public research university in Quebec City, recognized for its strong research output and membership in Canada’s leading research-intensive university groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language university
ⓘ
public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Université du Québec
ⓘ
linked to:
Université du Québec system
|
| campus |
Lévis campus
ⓘ
Rimouski campus ⓘ
linked to:
Université du Québec à Rimouski
|
| cityServed | Rimouski ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
biology
ⓘ
education ⓘ engineering ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ humanities ⓘ management sciences ⓘ marine sciences ⓘ oceanography ⓘ regional development ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
environmental protection of marine and coastal zones
ⓘ
regional development of eastern Quebec ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
marine environment
ⓘ
northern and regional issues ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| hasStudentBodyCharacteristic | primarily francophone students ⓘ |
| inception | 1969 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research in environmental sciences
ⓘ
research in marine sciences ⓘ research in regional development ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rimouski ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| locatedInTimeZone | America/Toronto ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
St. Lawrence River
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Lawrence River
|
| mottoLanguage | French ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degree
ⓘ
doctoral degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| partOf | Université du Québec system ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Bas-Saint-Laurent
ⓘ
Chaudière-Appalaches ⓘ |
| shortName | UQAR ⓘ |
| type | public ⓘ |
| website | https://www.uqar.ca ⓘ |
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: Université du Québec à Rimouski Description of subject: Université du Québec à Rimouski is a French-language public university in Rimouski, Quebec, known for its programs and research in marine sciences, regional development, and environmental studies.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Université du Québec system
linked to: Université du Québec à Rimouski
linked to: Université du Québec à Rimouski
subject linked to:
Bas-Saint-Laurent region
subject linked to:
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
subject linked to:
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
linked to: Université du Québec à Rimouski
linked to: Université du Québec à Rimouski