School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
E484300
The School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh is a leading academic department specializing in research and teaching on Earth systems, environment, climate, and human–environment interactions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4993029 — 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: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh Context triple: [College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, hasSchool, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh]
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College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow
The College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow is a major academic division offering research-led education and innovation across disciplines such as physics, engineering, computing, and the natural sciences.
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Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews
The Faculty of Science at the University of St Andrews is the division that oversees the university’s science disciplines, including departments such as Physics and Astronomy, and coordinates their teaching and research activities.
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research institution focused on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and related Earth and planetary sciences.
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D.
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh is a major academic division encompassing disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, social sciences, and the arts, and includes schools like the Edinburgh College of Art.
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E.
Edinburgh Campus
Edinburgh Campus is the main and largest campus of Heriot-Watt University, located on the outskirts of Edinburgh and known for its modern facilities and parkland setting.
- 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: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh Target entity description: The School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh is a leading academic department specializing in research and teaching on Earth systems, environment, climate, and human–environment interactions.
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A.
College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow
The College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow is a major academic division offering research-led education and innovation across disciplines such as physics, engineering, computing, and the natural sciences.
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B.
Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews
The Faculty of Science at the University of St Andrews is the division that oversees the university’s science disciplines, including departments such as Physics and Astronomy, and coordinates their teaching and research activities.
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C.
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research institution focused on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and related Earth and planetary sciences.
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D.
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh is a major academic division encompassing disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, social sciences, and the arts, and includes schools like the Edinburgh College of Art.
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E.
Edinburgh Campus
Edinburgh Campus is the main and largest campus of Heriot-Watt University, located on the outskirts of Edinburgh and known for its modern facilities and parkland setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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school of the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
government agencies
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industry partners ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs |
academic staff
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professional services staff ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
knowledge exchange
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research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Earth sciences
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climate science ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental science ⓘ environmental sustainability ⓘ geography ⓘ geology ⓘ geoscience ⓘ human–environment interactions ⓘ meteorology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
Earth systems
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atmospheric science ⓘ climate change ⓘ ecosystem science ⓘ environmental change ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ geographic information science ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ glaciology ⓘ human geography ⓘ hydrology ⓘ natural resources ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
postgraduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
postgraduate research programmes
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postgraduate taught programmes ⓘ undergraduate degree programmes ⓘ |
| partOf |
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
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University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences ⓘ |
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: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh Description of subject: The School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh is a leading academic department specializing in research and teaching on Earth systems, environment, climate, and human–environment interactions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh