School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences is a major academic unit of Heriot-Watt University specializing in engineering disciplines and the physical sciences, with a strong focus on research and industry collaboration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| School of Engineering and Physical Sciences canonical | 1 |
| https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/engineering-physical-sciences.htm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T987267 — 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: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Context triple: [Heriot-Watt University, hasFaculty, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences]
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A.
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences is a major academic division of the University of Leeds that focuses on engineering disciplines, physical sciences, and related research and education.
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B.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania is the university’s engineering school, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as computer science, bioengineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.
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C.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of Engineering and Applied Science is George Washington University's engineering college, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as engineering, computer science, and applied sciences.
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D.
School of Engineering Science
The School of Engineering Science at Osaka University is a faculty that integrates advanced engineering, science, and technology education and research, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to complex scientific and industrial challenges.
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E.
School of Science and Engineering
The School of Science and Engineering is an academic faculty of the University of Dundee that provides education and conducts research across various scientific and engineering disciplines.
- 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: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Target entity description: The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences is a major academic unit of Heriot-Watt University specializing in engineering disciplines and the physical sciences, with a strong focus on research and industry collaboration.
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A.
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences is a major academic division of the University of Leeds that focuses on engineering disciplines, physical sciences, and related research and education.
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B.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania is the university’s engineering school, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as computer science, bioengineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.
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C.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of Engineering and Applied Science is George Washington University's engineering college, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as engineering, computer science, and applied sciences.
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D.
School of Engineering Science
The School of Engineering Science at Osaka University is a faculty that integrates advanced engineering, science, and technology education and research, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to complex scientific and industrial challenges.
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E.
School of Science and Engineering
The School of Science and Engineering is an academic faculty of the University of Dundee that provides education and conducts research across various scientific and engineering disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
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engineering school ⓘ science faculty ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Heriot-Watt University Research Institutes
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linked to:
Heriot-Watt University
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| campus |
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
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linked to:
Heriot-Watt University
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| collaboratesWith |
industry partners
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international universities ⓘ research councils ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
industry collaboration
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research ⓘ |
| hasResearchStrength |
applied science
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engineering applications ⓘ |
| hasType | research-intensive school ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| offers |
postgraduate taught programmes
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research degrees ⓘ undergraduate programmes ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Heriot-Watt University ⓘ |
| partOf | Heriot-Watt University ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
chemical engineering
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chemistry ⓘ civil engineering ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ energy engineering ⓘ engineering ⓘ materials science ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ petroleum engineering ⓘ physical sciences ⓘ physics ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ |
| website |
https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/engineering-physical-sciences.htm
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linked to:
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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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: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Description of subject: The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences is a major academic unit of Heriot-Watt University specializing in engineering disciplines and the physical sciences, with a strong focus on research and industry collaboration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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website
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https://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/engineering-physical-sciences.htm
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linked to: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences