National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is a leading U.S. research institution known for pioneering high-performance computing technologies and software, including early web browser development.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T144526 — 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: National Center for Supercomputing Applications Context triple: [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, hasFacility, National Center for Supercomputing Applications]
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A.
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is a major U.S. Department of Energy research center near Chicago, renowned for pioneering work in nuclear energy and broad multidisciplinary science and engineering.
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a prominent interdisciplinary research center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, known for pioneering work at the intersection of engineering, physical sciences, and life sciences.
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C.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a leading U.S. Department of Energy particle physics research facility known for its high-energy accelerators and contributions to fundamental physics discoveries.
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Pleiades supercomputer
The Pleiades supercomputer is a high-performance computing system used by NASA for large-scale simulations and scientific research in fields such as aeronautics, space exploration, and climate modeling.
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E.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national research laboratory in Berkeley, California, renowned for pioneering work in nuclear and particle physics, chemistry, and energy sciences.
- 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: National Center for Supercomputing Applications Target entity description: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is a leading U.S. research institution known for pioneering high-performance computing technologies and software, including early web browser development.
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A.
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is a major U.S. Department of Energy research center near Chicago, renowned for pioneering work in nuclear energy and broad multidisciplinary science and engineering.
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a prominent interdisciplinary research center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, known for pioneering work at the intersection of engineering, physical sciences, and life sciences.
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C.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a leading U.S. Department of Energy particle physics research facility known for its high-energy accelerators and contributions to fundamental physics discoveries.
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Pleiades supercomputer
The Pleiades supercomputer is a high-performance computing system used by NASA for large-scale simulations and scientific research in fields such as aeronautics, space exploration, and climate modeling.
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E.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national research laboratory in Berkeley, California, renowned for pioneering work in nuclear and particle physics, chemistry, and energy sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
research institute
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supercomputing center ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NCSA
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| affiliatedWith | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
U.S. universities
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industry partners ⓘ national laboratories ⓘ |
| coordinates | 40.113°N 88.224°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developed |
Mosaic (web browser)
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surface form:
NCSA Mosaic
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| field |
computational science
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computer science ⓘ data-intensive computing ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
advanced cyberinfrastructure
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big data ⓘ petascale computing ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| foundedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
National Science Foundation
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Illinois ⓘ
surface form:
State of Illinois
federal research agencies ⓘ |
| hasMission | to enable breakthrough research through advanced computing ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Blue Waters supercomputer project
XSEDE participation ⓘ cyberinfrastructure development ⓘ data analytics program ⓘ scientific visualization program ⓘ |
| hasSupercomputer |
Blue Waters
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Delta supercomputer ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Urbana, Illinois
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| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of Mosaic web browser
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high-performance computing software ⓘ parallel computing research ⓘ scientific visualization ⓘ supercomputing resources for research ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Urbana, Illinois
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| locatedOnCampusOf | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
University of Illinois system
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surface form:
University of Illinois System
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| partOf | U.S. national supercomputing infrastructure ⓘ |
| provides |
supercomputing resources to academic researchers
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training in high-performance computing ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/ ⓘ |
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: National Center for Supercomputing Applications Description of subject: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is a leading U.S. research institution known for pioneering high-performance computing technologies and software, including early web browser development.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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hasFacility
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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hasSupercomputingCenter
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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abbreviation
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCSA
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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hasProgram
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Blue Waters supercomputer project
subject surface form:
Mosaic
subject surface form:
Mosaic
this entity surface form:
NCSA
subject surface form:
Mosaic
this entity surface form:
National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
subject surface form:
Marc Andreessen
this entity surface form:
NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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collaboratesWith
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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this entity surface form:
NCSA
this entity surface form:
NCSA
this entity surface form:
NCSA Software Development Group
this entity surface form:
NCSA at UIUC
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License (historical)
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hasAuthor
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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subject surface form:
University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License