Department of Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine)
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Irvine is an academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy within the university’s School of Physical Sciences.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6880334 — 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: Department of Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine) Context triple: [School of Physical Sciences (UC Irvine), hasDepartment, Department of Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine)]
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Department of Physics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Physics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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Department of Astronomy (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley is a leading academic and research unit renowned for its contributions to observational and theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, and the training of future astronomers.
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C.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit that conducts research and offers education in fundamental physics and astronomical sciences within the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of British Columbia)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in research and education in physics and astronomy, offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting internationally recognized scientific research.
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Caltech Astronomy Department
The Caltech Astronomy Department is a leading academic and research division of the California Institute of Technology, renowned for its pioneering work in observational and theoretical astrophysics and its operation of major astronomical facilities.
- 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 Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine) Target entity description: The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Irvine is an academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy within the university’s School of Physical Sciences.
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Department of Physics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Physics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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Department of Astronomy (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley is a leading academic and research unit renowned for its contributions to observational and theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, and the training of future astronomers.
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C.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit that conducts research and offers education in fundamental physics and astronomical sciences within the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of British Columbia)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in research and education in physics and astronomy, offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting internationally recognized scientific research.
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Caltech Astronomy Department
The Caltech Astronomy Department is a leading academic and research division of the California Institute of Technology, renowned for its pioneering work in observational and theoretical astrophysics and its operation of major astronomical facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of California system ⓘ |
| campus |
UC Irvine campus
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linked to:
UCI main campus
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| conductsResearch |
computational astrophysics
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experimental physics ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationLevel |
graduate
ⓘ
undergraduate ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ biophysics ⓘ computational physics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ gravitational physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ plasma physics ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
astronomy division
ⓘ
physics division ⓘ |
| hasNotableFaculty |
Frederick Reines
ⓘ
linked to:
Clyde Cowan
James Bullock ⓘ Mani L. Bhaumik ⓘ Tim Tait ⓘ Virginia Trimble ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.physics.uci.edu/ ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Irvine, California
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linked to:
Irvine
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| locatedInBuilding | Frederick Reines Hall (UC Irvine) ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics
ⓘ
Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics ⓘ Bachelor of Science in Physics ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Physics ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Physics with concentration in astrophysics ⓘ Master of Science in Physics ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate program in astrophysics
ⓘ
graduate program in physics ⓘ undergraduate program in applied physics ⓘ undergraduate program in astrophysics ⓘ undergraduate program in physics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences
ⓘ
linked to:
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine ⓘ |
| partOf |
UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences
ⓘ
linked to:
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
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 Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine) Description of subject: The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Irvine is an academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy within the university’s School of Physical Sciences.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Physical Sciences (UC Irvine)
→
hasDepartment
→
Department of Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine)
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subject linked to:
School of Physical Sciences