Federal University of Paraíba
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The Federal University of Paraíba is a major Brazilian public university known for its broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs and significant research output in the northeastern region of the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal University of Paraíba canonical | 2 |
| Universidade Federal da Paraíba | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6226620 — 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: Federal University of Paraíba Context triple: [João Pessoa, hasUniversity, Federal University of Paraíba]
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A.
Federal University of Western Pará
The Federal University of Western Pará is a Brazilian public higher education and research institution located in the Amazonian city of Santarém, serving as a key center for regional development and environmental studies.
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B.
University of Recife
The University of Recife was a Brazilian higher education institution in Pernambuco known for its role in mid-20th-century academic and intellectual life, particularly in the social and human sciences.
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C.
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is a major Brazilian public university and research institution located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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D.
University of Uyo
The University of Uyo is a federal university in Uyo, Nigeria, known for offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across diverse fields of study.
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E.
Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
A public higher education institution in Brazil, the Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte serves the state of Rio Grande do Norte with multiple campuses and a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
- 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: Federal University of Paraíba Target entity description: The Federal University of Paraíba is a major Brazilian public university known for its broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs and significant research output in the northeastern region of the country.
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A.
Federal University of Western Pará
The Federal University of Western Pará is a Brazilian public higher education and research institution located in the Amazonian city of Santarém, serving as a key center for regional development and environmental studies.
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B.
University of Recife
The University of Recife was a Brazilian higher education institution in Pernambuco known for its role in mid-20th-century academic and intellectual life, particularly in the social and human sciences.
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C.
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is a major Brazilian public university and research institution located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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D.
University of Uyo
The University of Uyo is a federal university in Uyo, Nigeria, known for offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across diverse fields of study.
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E.
Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
A public higher education institution in Brazil, the Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte serves the state of Rio Grande do Norte with multiple campuses and a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal university
ⓘ
public university ⓘ research university ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UFPB ⓘ |
| academicFocus | multidisciplinary ⓘ |
| admissionType |
competitive entrance examination
ⓘ
national exam (ENEM/SISU) ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
international institutions
ⓘ
other Brazilian universities ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| educationLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| fundingType | federal ⓘ |
| governance | rector ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ministry of Education of Brazil ⓘ |
| hasCampusIn |
Areia
ⓘ
Bananeiras ⓘ João Pessoa ⓘ Rio Tinto ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
engineering
ⓘ
health sciences ⓘ humanities ⓘ sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasStudents |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| knownFor |
broad range of academic programs
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regional development contributions ⓘ scientific research output ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | autonomous federal institution of higher education ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeastern Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Northeast Region of Brazil
State of Paraíba ⓘ
linked to:
Paraíba
|
| mission |
extension and community outreach
ⓘ
research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal University of Paraíba
|
| offers |
distance education programs
ⓘ
graduate programs ⓘ postgraduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| ownership | federal government of Brazil ⓘ |
| participatesIn | Brazilian public university system ⓘ |
| regionImportance | one of the main universities in Northeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| regionServed | Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ |
| researchActivity | conducts academic research ⓘ |
| researchOutput | produces scientific publications ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | higher education institution ⓘ |
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: Federal University of Paraíba Description of subject: The Federal University of Paraíba is a major Brazilian public university known for its broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs and significant research output in the northeastern region of the country.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Federal University of Paraíba