Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Utah)
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah is an academic unit that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Utah) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8341710 — 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 (University of Utah) Context triple: [College of Science (University of Utah), hasDepartment, Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Utah)]
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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 (UC Irvine)
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 (University of Arizona)
The Department of Physics at the University of Arizona is an academic unit known for research and education in areas such as astrophysics, condensed matter, and optical sciences within the university’s College of Science.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (Purdue University)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University is an academic department known for research and education in fundamental physics and astrophysics, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
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School of Physics and Astronomy (University of Minnesota)
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit specializing in research and education in physics and astronomy, offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting cutting-edge scientific research.
- 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 (University of Utah) Target entity description: The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah is an academic unit that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy.
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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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B.
Department of Physics and Astronomy (UC Irvine)
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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C.
Department of Physics (University of Arizona)
The Department of Physics at the University of Arizona is an academic unit known for research and education in areas such as astrophysics, condensed matter, and optical sciences within the university’s College of Science.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (Purdue University)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University is an academic department known for research and education in fundamental physics and astrophysics, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
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School of Physics and Astronomy (University of Minnesota)
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit specializing in research and education in physics and astronomy, offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting cutting-edge scientific research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
ⓘ
astronomy department ⓘ physics department ⓘ |
| academicLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| activity |
public outreach
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| campus | University of Utah main campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Salt Lake City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employs |
astronomy faculty
ⓘ
physics faculty ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ biophysics ⓘ computational physics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ plasma physics ⓘ space physics ⓘ |
| grantsDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Bachelor of Science in Physics ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy and Astrophysics ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Physics ⓘ Master of Science in Physics ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
astronomy observing equipment
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classrooms ⓘ computing facilities ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ teaching laboratories ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate astronomy program
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graduate physics program ⓘ undergraduate astronomy program ⓘ undergraduate physics program ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchType |
computational astrophysics research
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experimental physics research ⓘ observational astronomy research ⓘ theoretical physics research ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| state | Utah ⓘ |
| website | https://www.physics.utah.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: Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Utah) Description of subject: The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah is an academic unit that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
College of Science (University of Utah)