Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia)
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The Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit known for its research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate and graduate levels.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia) canonical | 1 |
| Mathematics teaching and learning group (UBC) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5959199 — 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)
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Target entity: Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (University of British Columbia), hasDepartment, Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia)]
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A.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University)
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University is an academic unit renowned for research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
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B.
Department of Mathematics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Mathematics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching across a broad spectrum of pure and applied mathematics.
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C.
University of Toronto Department of Mathematics
The University of Toronto Department of Mathematics is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, with notable faculty such as complexity theorist Stephen Cook.
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D.
Department of Mathematics (Western University)
The Department of Mathematics at Western University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research across pure, applied, and interdisciplinary areas of mathematics.
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E.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics (York University)
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
- 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 Mathematics (University of British Columbia) Target entity description: The Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit known for its research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate and graduate levels.
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A.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University)
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University is an academic unit renowned for research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
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B.
Department of Mathematics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Mathematics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching across a broad spectrum of pure and applied mathematics.
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C.
University of Toronto Department of Mathematics
The University of Toronto Department of Mathematics is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, with notable faculty such as complexity theorist Stephen Cook.
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D.
Department of Mathematics (Western University)
The Department of Mathematics at Western University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research across pure, applied, and interdisciplinary areas of mathematics.
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E.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics (York University)
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university mathematics department ⓘ |
| academicLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
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University of British Columbia Faculty of Science ⓘ |
| campus | UBC Vancouver campus ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
graduate teaching assistants in mathematics
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mathematics professors ⓘ postdoctoral researchers in mathematics ⓘ sessional lecturers in mathematics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
applied mathematics
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mathematics ⓘ mathematics education ⓘ pure mathematics ⓘ |
| hasStudentOrganization | UBC Math Club ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
Graduate program in mathematics (UBC)
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Mathematics teaching and learning group (UBC) ⓘ Undergraduate program in mathematics (UBC) ⓘ |
| hostedByBuilding |
Mathematics Building (UBC Vancouver)
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linked to:
Mathematics Building
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| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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linked to:
Vancouver
|
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
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Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics ⓘ Master of Science in Mathematics ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate mathematics program
ⓘ
undergraduate mathematics program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Faculty of Science (University of British Columbia) ⓘ |
| partOf | University of British Columbia ⓘ |
| regionServed |
British Columbia
ⓘ
international students ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
research in algebra
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research in analysis ⓘ research in applied mathematics ⓘ research in geometry ⓘ research in mathematical biology ⓘ research in number theory ⓘ research in partial differential equations ⓘ research in probability ⓘ research in scientific computing ⓘ research in topology ⓘ |
| teaches |
calculus
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differential equations ⓘ discrete mathematics ⓘ linear algebra ⓘ probability and statistics ⓘ |
| website | https://www.math.ubc.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 Mathematics (University of British Columbia) Description of subject: The Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit known for its research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science (University of British Columbia)
→
hasDepartment
→
Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia)
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia)
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hasUnit
→
Mathematics teaching and learning group (UBC)
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linked to: Department of Mathematics (University of British Columbia)