Stanford University Department of Physics
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The Stanford University Department of Physics is a leading academic department known for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics, closely integrated with major research facilities and collaborations worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stanford University Department of Physics canonical | 4 |
| Stanford Department of Applied Physics | 1 |
| Stanford Department of Physics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T908764 — 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: Stanford University Department of Physics Context triple: [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, collaboratesWith, Stanford University Department of Physics]
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A.
Department of Physics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Physics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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B.
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Cairo University's Faculty of Science is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in fundamental and applied physics.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at MIT is a world-leading academic department renowned for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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D.
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at the University of York is a leading UK physics department known for its research and teaching in areas such as condensed matter, nuclear physics, and quantum technologies.
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E.
Stanford Computer Science Department
The Stanford Computer Science Department is a leading academic department at Stanford University renowned for its pioneering research and education in computer science and its close ties to Silicon Valley innovation.
- 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: Stanford University Department of Physics Target entity description: The Stanford University Department of Physics is a leading academic department known for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics, closely integrated with major research facilities and collaborations worldwide.
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A.
Department of Physics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Physics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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B.
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Cairo University's Faculty of Science is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in fundamental and applied physics.
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C.
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at MIT is a world-leading academic department renowned for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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D.
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at the University of York is a leading UK physics department known for its research and teaching in areas such as condensed matter, nuclear physics, and quantum technologies.
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E.
Stanford Computer Science Department
The Stanford Computer Science Department is a leading academic department at Stanford University renowned for its pioneering research and education in computer science and its close ties to Silicon Valley innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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physics department ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Association of American Universities
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surface form:
Association of American Universities (through Stanford University)
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| campus |
Stanford University
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surface form:
Stanford University main campus
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| city | Stanford ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics ⓘ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (historical name)
Stanford PULSE Institute ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| educationalInstitutionFor |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| employerOf |
faculty in experimental physics
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faculty in theoretical physics ⓘ postdoctoral scholars ⓘ research scientists ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
applied physics
ⓘ
physics ⓘ |
| hasFacilityAccess |
LCLS-II
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surface form:
LCLS X-ray free-electron laser at SLAC
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ Stanford Nano Shared Facilities ⓘ Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://physics.stanford.edu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cutting-edge physics research
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integration with major research facilities ⓘ international research collaborations ⓘ strong graduate program in physics ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Stanford, California ⓘ |
| mission | research and education in fundamental and applied physics ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
PhD in Physics
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coterminal master’s program in physics ⓘ undergraduate physics major ⓘ undergraduate physics minor ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Stanford University
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surface form:
Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
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| partOf | Stanford University ⓘ |
| region | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
astrophysics
ⓘ
atomic, molecular, and optical physics ⓘ biophysics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ gravitational physics ⓘ nanoscience ⓘ particle physics ⓘ plasma physics ⓘ quantum information science ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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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: Stanford University Department of Physics Description of subject: The Stanford University Department of Physics is a leading academic department known for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics, closely integrated with major research facilities and collaborations worldwide.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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collaboratesWith
→
Stanford University Department of Physics
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Stanford University Department of Mathematics
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collaboratesWith
→
Stanford University Department of Physics
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Stanford Electrical Engineering Department
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collaboratesWith
→
Stanford University Department of Physics
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this entity surface form:
Stanford Department of Applied Physics
Stanford Electrical Engineering Department
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collaboratesWith
→
Stanford University Department of Physics
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this entity surface form:
Stanford Department of Physics