Perimeter Institute main building
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The Perimeter Institute main building is a purpose-built research and education facility in Waterloo, Ontario, designed to house and support the work of theoretical physicists and related scholars.
All labels observed (1)
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| Perimeter Institute main building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6461842 — 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: Perimeter Institute main building Context triple: [Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, hasFacility, Perimeter Institute main building]
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A.
University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering complex
The University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering complex is a major cluster of academic, research, and laboratory buildings on the university’s St. George campus dedicated to engineering education and innovation.
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B.
Ontario Power Building (MaRS Centre vicinity)
The Ontario Power Building near the MaRS Centre is a prominent office tower in Toronto’s Discovery District that houses energy-related and other commercial tenants close to major research and innovation facilities.
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C.
University of British Columbia Life Sciences Centre
The University of British Columbia Life Sciences Centre is a major research and teaching facility at UBC that houses interdisciplinary life sciences programs and state-of-the-art laboratories.
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D.
McGill Engineering Student Centre
The McGill Engineering Student Centre is a dedicated hub at McGill University that provides academic, career, and community support services tailored to engineering students.
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E.
Ted Rogers School of Management building
The Ted Rogers School of Management building is a major academic and business-education facility in downtown Toronto that houses Toronto Metropolitan University’s business school and related programs.
- 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: Perimeter Institute main building Target entity description: The Perimeter Institute main building is a purpose-built research and education facility in Waterloo, Ontario, designed to house and support the work of theoretical physicists and related scholars.
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A.
University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering complex
The University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering complex is a major cluster of academic, research, and laboratory buildings on the university’s St. George campus dedicated to engineering education and innovation.
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B.
Ontario Power Building (MaRS Centre vicinity)
The Ontario Power Building near the MaRS Centre is a prominent office tower in Toronto’s Discovery District that houses energy-related and other commercial tenants close to major research and innovation facilities.
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C.
University of British Columbia Life Sciences Centre
The University of British Columbia Life Sciences Centre is a major research and teaching facility at UBC that houses interdisciplinary life sciences programs and state-of-the-art laboratories.
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D.
McGill Engineering Student Centre
The McGill Engineering Student Centre is a dedicated hub at McGill University that provides academic, career, and community support services tailored to engineering students.
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E.
Ted Rogers School of Management building
The Ted Rogers School of Management building is a major academic and business-education facility in downtown Toronto that houses Toronto Metropolitan University’s business school and related programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational facility
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office building ⓘ research institute building ⓘ |
| architecturalType | contemporary research facility ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| designedFor |
graduate students
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theoretical physicists ⓘ visiting scholars ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
foundations of quantum theory
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mathematical physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
IT infrastructure
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administrative offices ⓘ auditorium ⓘ cafeteria ⓘ classrooms ⓘ common areas ⓘ study spaces ⓘ video conferencing rooms ⓘ visitor offices ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
lecture theatre
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library ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ office space ⓘ public outreach space ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ seminar rooms ⓘ |
| language | English (working language) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Waterloo
NERFINISHED
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Waterloo, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
University of Waterloo
NERFINISHED
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downtown Waterloo ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
academic collaboration
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scientific education ⓘ theoretical physics research ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate scientific collaboration
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to host educational programs ⓘ to house researchers ⓘ to support theoretical physics research ⓘ |
| region | Waterloo Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
administrative staff
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graduate students ⓘ postdoctoral researchers ⓘ research faculty ⓘ visiting scientists ⓘ |
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: Perimeter Institute main building Description of subject: The Perimeter Institute main building is a purpose-built research and education facility in Waterloo, Ontario, designed to house and support the work of theoretical physicists and related scholars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (affiliated)
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hasFacility
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Perimeter Institute main building
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subject surface form:
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics