UBC Library
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UBC Library is the academic library system of the University of British Columbia, providing extensive research resources, collections, and services to students, faculty, and the broader scholarly community.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1098563 — 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: UBC Library Context triple: [University of British Columbia, hasFacility, UBC Library]
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A.
McGill University Library
McGill University Library is the academic library system of McGill University in Montreal, providing extensive research collections, study spaces, and information services to students, faculty, and researchers.
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Vanier Library
Vanier Library is one of Concordia University’s main campus libraries, providing students and faculty with study spaces, research resources, and academic support services.
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C.
University of Toronto Libraries
University of Toronto Libraries is the extensive academic library system of the University of Toronto, supporting research and learning with one of the largest collections in North America.
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D.
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is a renowned museum in Vancouver specializing in world arts and cultures, with a particular emphasis on Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a major public research university in Canada known for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and globally recognized campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan.
- 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: UBC Library Target entity description: UBC Library is the academic library system of the University of British Columbia, providing extensive research resources, collections, and services to students, faculty, and the broader scholarly community.
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A.
McGill University Library
McGill University Library is the academic library system of McGill University in Montreal, providing extensive research collections, study spaces, and information services to students, faculty, and researchers.
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B.
Vanier Library
Vanier Library is one of Concordia University’s main campus libraries, providing students and faculty with study spaces, research resources, and academic support services.
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C.
University of Toronto Libraries
University of Toronto Libraries is the extensive academic library system of the University of Toronto, supporting research and learning with one of the largest collections in North America.
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D.
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is a renowned museum in Vancouver specializing in world arts and cultures, with a particular emphasis on Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a major public research university in Canada known for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and globally recognized campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library system
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research library ⓘ university library ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | University of British Columbia ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
supporting learning
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supporting research ⓘ supporting teaching ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
Asian Library
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Education Library ⓘ Irving K. Barber Learning Centre ⓘ Koerner Library ⓘ Law Library ⓘ Music, Art and Architecture Library ⓘ Okanagan Library ⓘ Rare Books and Special Collections ⓘ University Archives ⓘ Woodward Library ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
UBC Okanagan
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linked to:
UBC Okanagan campus
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| hasCollectionType |
archives
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databases ⓘ ebooks ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ journals ⓘ print collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| hasMainCampus |
UBC Vancouver
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linked to:
University of British Columbia
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| hasWebsite | https://www.library.ubc.ca/ ⓘ |
| languageOfService | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | University of British Columbia ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Vancouver ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | British Columbia ⓘ |
| offersService |
course reserves
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data services ⓘ digital scholarship support ⓘ information literacy instruction ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ open access support ⓘ reference services ⓘ research consultations ⓘ scholarly communications support ⓘ |
| operatedBy | University of British Columbia ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| serves |
UBC faculty
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UBC staff ⓘ UBC students ⓘ broader scholarly community ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
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: UBC Library Description of subject: UBC Library is the academic library system of the University of British Columbia, providing extensive research resources, collections, and services to students, faculty, and the broader scholarly community.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
Music, Art and Architecture Library
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hasParentOrganization
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University of British Columbia Library
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linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
subject linked to:
Rare Books and Special Collections
linked to: UBC Library
Rare Books and Special Collections (UBC)
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hasParentOrganization
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UBC Library Rare and Special Collections division
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subject linked to:
Rare Books and Special Collections
linked to: UBC Library
subject linked to:
University Archives
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library
linked to: UBC Library