School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
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The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews is an academic department specializing in the study and research of geology, earth systems, and environmental science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5125180 — 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 Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews Context triple: [Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews, hasUnit, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews]
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School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
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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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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School of Earth & Environment
The School of Earth & Environment is an academic division at Rowan University focused on studying the Earth, its systems, and environmental issues through interdisciplinary education and research.
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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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E.
School of Economics and Finance, University of St Andrews
The School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews is an academic department renowned for its teaching and research in economics and finance within one of Scotland’s oldest and most prestigious universities.
- 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 Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews Target entity description: The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews is an academic department specializing in the study and research of geology, earth systems, and environmental science.
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School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
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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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.
School of Earth & Environment
The School of Earth & Environment is an academic division at Rowan University focused on studying the Earth, its systems, and environmental issues through interdisciplinary education and research.
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D.
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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School of Economics and Finance, University of St Andrews
The School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews is an academic department renowned for its teaching and research in economics and finance within one of Scotland’s oldest and most prestigious universities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university school ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | natural sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educates |
postgraduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| employer | academic staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
environmental studies
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geoscience ⓘ |
| hasType | public university department ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fife
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Scotland ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
postgraduate research programmes
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postgraduate taught programmes ⓘ undergraduate degree programmes ⓘ |
| partOf | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
earth system processes
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environmental change ⓘ geological processes ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
earth sciences
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earth systems ⓘ environmental science ⓘ geology ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage | English ⓘ |
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 Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews Description of subject: The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews is an academic department specializing in the study and research of geology, earth systems, and environmental science.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews
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hasUnit
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School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews
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overseesDepartment
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School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews
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