Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University)
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The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Earth systems, planetary science, geology, and related environmental processes.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1260425 — 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: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (McGill University), hasDepartment, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University)]
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Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences is an academic unit at Rice University focused on research and education in geology, climate, environmental science, and planetary systems.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley is an academic department renowned for research and teaching on the Earth, other planets, and the processes that shape them, spanning geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
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Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences is an MIT academic department focused on research and education in geology, geophysics, climate and atmospheric science, oceanography, and planetary science.
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Department of Geosciences
The Department of Geosciences is an academic unit focused on the scientific study of the Earth, including its structure, processes, history, and natural resources.
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research institution focused on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and related Earth and planetary sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University) Target entity description: The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Earth systems, planetary science, geology, and related environmental processes.
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Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences is an academic unit at Rice University focused on research and education in geology, climate, environmental science, and planetary systems.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley is an academic department renowned for research and teaching on the Earth, other planets, and the processes that shape them, spanning geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
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Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences is an MIT academic department focused on research and education in geology, geophysics, climate and atmospheric science, oceanography, and planetary science.
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Department of Geosciences
The Department of Geosciences is an academic unit focused on the scientific study of the Earth, including its structure, processes, history, and natural resources.
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research institution focused on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and related Earth and planetary sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| affiliation | Faculty of Science (McGill University) ⓘ |
| campus |
Downtown Montreal campus
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surface form:
Downtown Campus (McGill University)
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employer | faculty members in Earth and planetary sciences ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Earth sciences
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Earth system science ⓘ atmospheric science ⓘ climate science ⓘ cryosphere science ⓘ environmental science ⓘ geology ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ hydrology ⓘ mineralogy ⓘ oceanography ⓘ paleontology ⓘ petrology ⓘ planetary geology ⓘ planetary science ⓘ sedimentology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
environmental studies
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physical sciences ⓘ space science ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montreal
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Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
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| locatedInTimeZone | America/Montreal ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Science
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate program in Earth and planetary sciences
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undergraduate program in Earth sciences ⓘ undergraduate program in geology ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | McGill University ⓘ |
| partOf | McGill University ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
Earth system processes
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environmental change ⓘ natural hazards ⓘ natural resources ⓘ planetary exploration ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mcgill.ca/eps/ ⓘ |
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: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University) Description of subject: The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Earth systems, planetary science, geology, and related environmental processes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science
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hasDepartment
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University)
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
Department of Biology (McGill University)
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collaboratesWith
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University)
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