Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University)
E350446
The Department of Science, Technology and Society at York University is an academic unit that examines the social, cultural, political and ethical dimensions of science and technology through interdisciplinary teaching and research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University) canonical | 1 |
| Science, Technology and Society (York University) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3346975 — 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 Science, Technology and Society (York University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (York University), hasDepartment, Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University)]
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A.
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
The MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of science and technology.
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B.
Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing
The Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing is a scholarly section of anthropologists focused on the cultural, social, and political dimensions of science, technology, and digital systems.
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C.
Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy is a research centre at the University of Cambridge that focuses on evidence-based analysis and design of policies to support science, technology development and innovation-led growth.
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D.
Faculty of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology is a major academic division of the University of Tartu that focuses on education and research in the natural sciences, engineering, and related technological fields.
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E.
Faculty of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology is an academic division of Al-Quds University offering undergraduate and graduate programs in scientific and technological disciplines.
- 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 Science, Technology and Society (York University) Target entity description: The Department of Science, Technology and Society at York University is an academic unit that examines the social, cultural, political and ethical dimensions of science and technology through interdisciplinary teaching and research.
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A.
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
The MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of science and technology.
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B.
Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing
The Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing is a scholarly section of anthropologists focused on the cultural, social, and political dimensions of science, technology, and digital systems.
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C.
Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy is a research centre at the University of Cambridge that focuses on evidence-based analysis and design of policies to support science, technology development and innovation-led growth.
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D.
Faculty of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology is a major academic division of the University of Tartu that focuses on education and research in the natural sciences, engineering, and related technological fields.
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E.
Faculty of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Science and Technology is an academic division of Al-Quds University offering undergraduate and graduate programs in scientific and technological disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | interdisciplinary studies ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
STS Department (York University)
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Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University) ⓘ
surface form:
Science, Technology and Society (York University)
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| emphasis |
critical analysis of science and technology
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societal impacts of scientific and technological change ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
interdisciplinary research
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interdisciplinary teaching ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
science and technology studies
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science, technology and society ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural dimensions of science and technology
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ethical dimensions of science and technology ⓘ political dimensions of science and technology ⓘ social dimensions of science ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | York University ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ontario
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Toronto ⓘ Keele campus of York University ⓘ
surface form:
York University Keele Campus
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| offers |
graduate courses
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undergraduate courses ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Faculty of Science (York University) ⓘ |
| partOf | York University ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canada
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Ontario ⓘ |
| website | https://sts.yorku.ca/ ⓘ |
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 Science, Technology and Society (York University) Description of subject: The Department of Science, Technology and Society at York University is an academic unit that examines the social, cultural, political and ethical dimensions of science and technology through interdisciplinary teaching and research.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science
→
hasDepartment
→
Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University)
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Science (York University)
Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University)
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alternativeName
→
Department of Science, Technology and Society (York University)
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this entity surface form:
Science, Technology and Society (York University)