Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center canonical | 12 |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases | 1 |
| New York Cancer Hospital | 1 |
| Sloan Kettering Institute | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14945 — 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: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Context triple: [Harold Varmus, employer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]
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A.
Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
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B.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is the U.S. federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training, leading nationwide efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.
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C.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia that serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
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D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is the medical school of Columbia University in New York City, renowned for its research-intensive MD program and training of leading physicians and biomedical scientists.
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E.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is a leading U.S. pediatric medical center renowned for its specialized clinical care, research, and education in child health.
- 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: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Target entity description: 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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A.
Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
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B.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is the U.S. federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training, leading nationwide efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.
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C.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia that serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
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D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is the medical school of Columbia University in New York City, renowned for its research-intensive MD program and training of leading physicians and biomedical scientists.
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E.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is a leading U.S. pediatric medical center renowned for its specialized clinical care, research, and education in child health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cancer center
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nonprofit organization ⓘ research hospital ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Cornell University
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Rockefeller University ⓘ Weill Cornell Medical College ⓘ Weill Cornell Medical College ⓘ
surface form:
Weill Cornell Medicine
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| cityServed | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
biomedical science
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cancer research ⓘ hematologic oncology ⓘ immunotherapy research ⓘ medical oncology ⓘ oncology ⓘ pediatric oncology ⓘ precision oncology ⓘ radiation oncology ⓘ surgical oncology ⓘ translational research ⓘ |
| focus |
bench-to-bedside research translation
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patient-centered cancer care ⓘ |
| founded | 1884 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sloan Kettering Institute
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| hasProgram |
PhD training through Sloan Kettering Institute
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fellowship programs in oncology ⓘ nursing education programs ⓘ residency programs in oncology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cancer research
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development of chemotherapy protocols ⓘ development of immunotherapy treatments ⓘ oncology clinical trials ⓘ pioneering radiation therapy techniques ⓘ precision medicine in oncology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Alfred P. Sloan
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Charles F. Kettering ⓘ |
| organizationType | independent nonprofit ⓘ |
| originalName |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
New York Cancer Hospital
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| regionServed |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
international patients ⓘ |
| specialty |
bone marrow transplantation
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cancer surgery ⓘ cancer treatment ⓘ clinical trials ⓘ palliative care ⓘ pediatric cancer care ⓘ stem cell transplantation ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mskcc.org/ ⓘ |
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: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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originalName
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
New York Cancer Hospital
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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hasPart
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Sloan Kettering Institute
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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hasPart
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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this entity surface form:
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases