Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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The Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is a leading academic department specializing in research and education on the Earth system, climate, and environmental change, closely linked with the university’s renowned climate science and policy initiatives.
All labels observed (1)
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| Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6193069 — 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: Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Context triple: [James Hansen, workInstitution, Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences]
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Columbia University Earth Institute
The Columbia University Earth Institute is a research organization at Columbia University dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary studies and solutions related to climate change, sustainable development, and the Earth's systems.
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Yale Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
The Yale Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is an academic department at Yale University dedicated to research and education in geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
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Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at Columbia University focused on sustainable use of Earth’s resources, environmental protection, and related engineering solutions.
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Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory is Columbia University’s renowned earth science research center, specializing in the study of the planet’s oceans, atmosphere, geology, and climate.
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Columbia University Department of Physics
The Columbia University Department of Physics is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
- 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: Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Target entity description: The Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is a leading academic department specializing in research and education on the Earth system, climate, and environmental change, closely linked with the university’s renowned climate science and policy initiatives.
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A.
Columbia University Earth Institute
The Columbia University Earth Institute is a research organization at Columbia University dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary studies and solutions related to climate change, sustainable development, and the Earth's systems.
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B.
Yale Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
The Yale Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is an academic department at Yale University dedicated to research and education in geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
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C.
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at Columbia University focused on sustainable use of Earth’s resources, environmental protection, and related engineering solutions.
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Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory is Columbia University’s renowned earth science research center, specializing in the study of the planet’s oceans, atmosphere, geology, and climate.
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Columbia University Department of Physics
The Columbia University Department of Physics is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | natural sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Columbia Climate School
NERFINISHED
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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Morningside Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Earth Institute (historical unit at Columbia University)
NERFINISHED
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School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer | faculty in Earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Earth sciences
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Earth system science ⓘ atmospheric science ⓘ climate science ⓘ environmental change ⓘ environmental science ⓘ geochemistry ⓘ geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ oceanography ⓘ paleoclimate ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biogeochemistry
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climate change impacts ⓘ climate variability ⓘ cryosphere ⓘ natural hazards ⓘ sustainable resource use ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| mission |
education in Earth and environmental sciences
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research on the Earth system ⓘ study of climate and environmental change ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
MA program in Climate and Society (in collaboration with other units)
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PhD program in Earth and Environmental Sciences ⓘ undergraduate concentration in Earth and Environmental Sciences ⓘ undergraduate major in Earth and Environmental Sciences ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://eesc.columbia.edu/ ⓘ |
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: Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Description of subject: The Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is a leading academic department specializing in research and education on the Earth system, climate, and environmental change, closely linked with the university’s renowned climate science and policy initiatives.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
James Hansen
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workInstitution
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Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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