School of Statistics and Actuarial Science
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The School of Statistics and Actuarial Science is an academic department at the University of the Witwatersrand specializing in education and research in statistics, actuarial science, and related quantitative disciplines.
All labels observed (1)
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| School of Statistics and Actuarial Science canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8308760 — 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 Statistics and Actuarial Science Context triple: [Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, hasUnit, School of Statistics and Actuarial Science]
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A.
College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences
The College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences is an academic institution specializing in statistics and actuarial science education and research within the University of the Punjab in Pakistan.
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School of Statistics and Mathematics
The School of Statistics and Mathematics is an academic unit of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law specializing in education and research in statistics, mathematics, and their applications to economics and related fields.
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Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo is a leading academic unit renowned for its research and education in statistics, actuarial science, data science, and related quantitative fields.
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D.
Faculty of Statistics
The Faculty of Statistics is a specialized academic division of TU Dortmund University focused on education and research in statistical theory, methods, and applications.
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Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences (Western University)
The Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at Western University is an academic unit specializing in statistics, actuarial science, and related quantitative disciplines, offering research and professional training in risk analysis, data science, and probability.
- 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 Statistics and Actuarial Science Target entity description: The School of Statistics and Actuarial Science is an academic department at the University of the Witwatersrand specializing in education and research in statistics, actuarial science, and related quantitative disciplines.
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A.
College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences
The College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences is an academic institution specializing in statistics and actuarial science education and research within the University of the Punjab in Pakistan.
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B.
School of Statistics and Mathematics
The School of Statistics and Mathematics is an academic unit of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law specializing in education and research in statistics, mathematics, and their applications to economics and related fields.
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C.
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo is a leading academic unit renowned for its research and education in statistics, actuarial science, data science, and related quantitative fields.
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D.
Faculty of Statistics
The Faculty of Statistics is a specialized academic division of TU Dortmund University focused on education and research in statistical theory, methods, and applications.
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E.
Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences (Western University)
The Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at Western University is an academic unit specializing in statistics, actuarial science, and related quantitative disciplines, offering research and professional training in risk analysis, data science, and probability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic department
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university school ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | mathematical sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| campus |
University of the Witwatersrand main campus
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linked to:
Braamfontein Campus
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| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
actuarial science
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applied statistics ⓘ data analysis ⓘ probability theory ⓘ quantitative finance ⓘ risk management ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| focus |
education in actuarial science
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education in statistics ⓘ quantitative research training ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Johannesburg
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linked to:
Johannesburg, South Africa
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| offersProgram |
honours degree in actuarial science
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honours degree in statistics ⓘ master’s degree in actuarial science ⓘ master’s degree in statistics ⓘ research degrees in actuarial science ⓘ research degrees in statistics ⓘ undergraduate degree in actuarial science ⓘ undergraduate degree in statistics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| partOf | University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ |
| regionServed | Southern Africa ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
actuarial risk modelling
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applied probability ⓘ biostatistics ⓘ financial risk analysis ⓘ statistical modelling ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wits.ac.za/ ⓘ |
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 Statistics and Actuarial Science Description of subject: The School of Statistics and Actuarial Science is an academic department at the University of the Witwatersrand specializing in education and research in statistics, actuarial science, and related quantitative disciplines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand
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hasUnit
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School of Statistics and Actuarial Science
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science