School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
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The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh is a leading academic department renowned for research and teaching in fundamental and applied physics, astrophysics, and related disciplines.
All labels observed (1)
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| School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4993032 — 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 Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Context triple: [College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, hasSchool, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh]
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit of Shanghai Jiao Tong University dedicated to research and education in fundamental and applied physics and astronomical sciences.
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Southampton specializing in research and education in physics and astrophysical sciences.
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in research and teaching across physics and astrophysics.
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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.
- 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 Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Target entity description: The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh is a leading academic department renowned for research and teaching in fundamental and applied physics, astrophysics, and related disciplines.
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A.
School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit of Shanghai Jiao Tong University dedicated to research and education in fundamental and applied physics and astronomical sciences.
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B.
School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Southampton specializing in research and education in physics and astrophysical sciences.
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C.
School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in research and teaching across physics and astrophysics.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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astronomy department ⓘ physics department ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics
NERFINISHED
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Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Universities Physics Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Astronomy Technology Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | King’s Buildings campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ computational physics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ gravitational physics ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to cosmology
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contributions to particle physics ⓘ contributions to theoretical physics ⓘ research excellence in physics and astronomy ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
PhD in astrophysics
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PhD in physics ⓘ postgraduate research degrees in physics ⓘ postgraduate taught programmes in physics ⓘ undergraduate degree in astrophysics ⓘ undergraduate degree in physics ⓘ undergraduate degree in theoretical physics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
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University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| researchStrength |
applied physics
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astrophysics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ fundamental physics ⓘ gravitational physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | public university department ⓘ |
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 Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Description of subject: The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh is a leading academic department renowned for research and teaching in fundamental and applied physics, astrophysics, and related disciplines.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
College of Science and Engineering
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hasSchool
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
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subject surface form:
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh
College of Science and Engineering
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hasDepartment
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
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subject surface form:
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
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academicDepartment
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
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