Senate of Simon Fraser University
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The Senate of Simon Fraser University is the institution’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing educational policy, academic standards, and curriculum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Senate of Simon Fraser University canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13514483 — 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: Senate of Simon Fraser University Context triple: [Board of Governors (Simon Fraser University), worksWith, Senate of Simon Fraser University]
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A.
Senate of the University of British Columbia
The Senate of the University of British Columbia is the institution’s senior academic governing body responsible for overseeing academic policy, standards, and programs across the university.
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B.
Senate of Dalhousie University
The Senate of Dalhousie University is the primary academic governing body of Dalhousie University, responsible for overseeing academic policy, programs, and standards across its campuses.
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C.
Senate of the University of Victoria
The Senate of the University of Victoria is the institution’s chief academic governing body, responsible for overseeing academic policies, programs, and standards across the university.
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D.
Senate of Vancouver Island University
The Senate of Vancouver Island University is the institution’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing academic policies, programs, and standards.
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E.
Senate of Wilfrid Laurier University
The Senate of Wilfrid Laurier University is the institution’s chief academic governing body, responsible for overseeing academic policy, programs, and standards across the university.
- 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: Senate of Simon Fraser University Target entity description: The Senate of Simon Fraser University is the institution’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing educational policy, academic standards, and curriculum.
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A.
Senate of the University of British Columbia
The Senate of the University of British Columbia is the institution’s senior academic governing body responsible for overseeing academic policy, standards, and programs across the university.
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B.
Senate of Dalhousie University
The Senate of Dalhousie University is the primary academic governing body of Dalhousie University, responsible for overseeing academic policy, programs, and standards across its campuses.
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C.
Senate of the University of Victoria
The Senate of the University of Victoria is the institution’s chief academic governing body, responsible for overseeing academic policies, programs, and standards across the university.
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D.
Senate of Vancouver Island University
The Senate of Vancouver Island University is the institution’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing academic policies, programs, and standards.
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E.
Senate of Wilfrid Laurier University
The Senate of Wilfrid Laurier University is the institution’s chief academic governing body, responsible for overseeing academic policy, programs, and standards across the university.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic governing body
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university senate ⓘ |
| chairedBy | President of Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| establishedBy | University Act of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
academic integrity policy at Simon Fraser University
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academic matters at Simon Fraser University ⓘ examination and grading policies at Simon Fraser University ⓘ policies on academic appeals at Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| hasAuthority |
to approve academic calendars
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to approve changes to existing academic programs ⓘ to approve new academic programs ⓘ to confer certificates ⓘ to confer degrees ⓘ to confer diplomas ⓘ to set academic regulations ⓘ to set admission requirements ⓘ to set graduation requirements ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
to advise the Board of Governors on academic matters
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to coordinate academic planning at Simon Fraser University ⓘ to maintain academic quality assurance ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
graduate programs at Simon Fraser University
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undergraduate programs at Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| hasRole | primary academic governing body of Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| hasStandingCommittee |
Senate Committee on Academic Integrity
NERFINISHED
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Senate Committee on Enrolment Management and Planning NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate Committee on Graduate Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate Committee on International Activities NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate Committee on University Priorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesMemberType |
administrative representatives
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deans of faculties ⓘ elected faculty members ⓘ elected student members ⓘ faculty representatives ⓘ student representatives ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | British Columbia University Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Burnaby, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsAt | Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversees |
academic standards at Simon Fraser University
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curriculum at Simon Fraser University ⓘ educational policy at Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| partOf | Simon Fraser University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Board of Governors of Simon Fraser University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sfu.ca/senate.html ⓘ |
| worksWith | President of Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
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: Senate of Simon Fraser University Description of subject: The Senate of Simon Fraser University is the institution’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing educational policy, academic standards, and curriculum.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Board of Governors (Simon Fraser University)
subject surface form:
Faculty of Education (Simon Fraser University)