Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a world-renowned cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute canonical | 16 |
| Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center | 1 |
| Dana–Farber Cancer Institute | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15602 — 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: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Context triple: [Longwood Medical Area, hasInstitution, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute]
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A.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is a world-renowned cancer treatment and research institution based in New York City, known for its pioneering work in oncology and biomedical science.
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B.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a major Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital and research institution in Boston, Massachusetts.
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C.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a major Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital and leading academic medical center in Boston known for its research, specialty care, and advanced clinical services.
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D.
Duke Cancer Institute
Duke Cancer Institute is a leading comprehensive cancer center at Duke University known for its integrated cancer research, clinical care, and education programs.
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E.
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital is a leading pediatric medical center and research institution in Boston, renowned for specialized care for infants, children, and adolescents.
- 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: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Target entity description: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a world-renowned cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
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A.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is a world-renowned cancer treatment and research institution based in New York City, known for its pioneering work in oncology and biomedical science.
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B.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a major Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital and research institution in Boston, Massachusetts.
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C.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a major Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital and leading academic medical center in Boston known for its research, specialty care, and advanced clinical services.
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D.
Duke Cancer Institute
Duke Cancer Institute is a leading comprehensive cancer center at Duke University known for its integrated cancer research, clinical care, and education programs.
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E.
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital is a leading pediatric medical center and research institution in Boston, renowned for specialized care for infants, children, and adolescents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cancer center
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nonprofit organization ⓘ research institute ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Harvard Medical School ⓘ Mass General Brigham ⓘ |
| conducts |
basic cancer research
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clinical cancer research ⓘ population science research ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
cancer research
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hematology ⓘ oncology ⓘ pediatric oncology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
adult oncology
ⓘ
bone marrow transplantation ⓘ immuno-oncology ⓘ pediatric oncology ⓘ precision medicine ⓘ |
| formerName | Children’s Cancer Research Foundation ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Sidney Farber ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAffiliation | Harvard University ⓘ |
| hasCampus | Longwood Medical Area ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center ⓘ |
| hasMotto | “Adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research center” (descriptive) ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.dana-farber.org ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Program
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surface form:
Comprehensive Cancer Centers Program of the National Cancer Institute
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| namedAfter | Sidney Farber ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) ⓘ |
| offers |
inpatient cancer care (through partner hospitals)
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outpatient cancer care ⓘ supportive care services ⓘ survivorship programs ⓘ |
| operates |
Boston Children’s Hospital
ⓘ
surface form:
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
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| participatesIn | multicenter clinical trials ⓘ |
| partOf |
Longwood Medical Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Longwood Medical and Academic Area
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| regionServed |
New England
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| specializesIn |
cancer prevention
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cancer treatment ⓘ clinical trials ⓘ translational research ⓘ |
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: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Description of subject: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a world-renowned cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
this entity surface form:
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute