Department of Geography, Durham University
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The Department of Geography at Durham University is a leading UK centre for geographical research and education, renowned for its work across both human and physical geography.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Geography, Durham University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2766037 — 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 Geography, Durham University Context triple: [Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, hasDepartment, Department of Geography, Durham University]
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Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
The Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and spatial analysis.
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Department of Geography
The Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and related spatial sciences.
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C.
School of Geography and Environmental Science
The School of Geography and Environmental Science is an academic department at the University of Southampton focused on research and teaching in physical and human geography, environmental change, and sustainability.
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D.
School of Geography and Sustainable Development
The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is an academic department at the University of St Andrews focused on research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and sustainability.
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E.
Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in physical and human geography, spatial analysis, and related environmental and territorial studies.
- 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: Department of Geography, Durham University Target entity description: The Department of Geography at Durham University is a leading UK centre for geographical research and education, renowned for its work across both human and physical geography.
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A.
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
The Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and spatial analysis.
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B.
Department of Geography
The Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and related spatial sciences.
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C.
School of Geography and Environmental Science
The School of Geography and Environmental Science is an academic department at the University of Southampton focused on research and teaching in physical and human geography, environmental change, and sustainability.
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D.
School of Geography and Sustainable Development
The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is an academic department at the University of St Andrews focused on research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and sustainability.
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E.
Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in physical and human geography, spatial analysis, and related environmental and territorial studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic department
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geography department ⓘ |
| affiliation | Russell Group university system via Durham University ⓘ |
| campus |
Durham
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surface form:
Durham City
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| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs |
academic staff
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professional services staff ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
GIS
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climatology ⓘ cultural geography ⓘ development studies ⓘ economic geography ⓘ environmental change ⓘ environmental geography ⓘ geography ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ glaciology ⓘ hazards and risk ⓘ human geography ⓘ hydrology ⓘ physical geography ⓘ political ecology ⓘ political geography ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ social geography ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
UK government research funding
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charitable foundations ⓘ international research grants ⓘ research councils in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
postgraduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/geography/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high research output
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interdisciplinary research ⓘ research excellence in human geography ⓘ research excellence in physical geography ⓘ strong international profile ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Durham, England ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
postgraduate research degrees in geography
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postgraduate taught degrees in geography ⓘ undergraduate degrees in geography ⓘ |
| partOf | Durham University ⓘ |
| reputation |
leading UK centre for geographical education
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leading UK centre for geographical research ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
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 Geography, Durham University Description of subject: The Department of Geography at Durham University is a leading UK centre for geographical research and education, renowned for its work across both human and physical geography.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Social Sciences and Health
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hasDepartment
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Department of Geography, Durham University
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