School of Physics and Astronomy
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The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Nottingham specializing in research and teaching across fundamental and applied physics and astrophysics.
All labels observed (1)
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| School of Physics and Astronomy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8723536 — 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 Physics and Astronomy Context triple: [Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham, hasDepartment, School of Physics and Astronomy]
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in research and teaching across physics and astrophysics.
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Southampton specializing in research and education in physics and astrophysical sciences.
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit of Shanghai Jiao Tong University dedicated to research and education in fundamental and applied physics and astronomical sciences.
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School of Physics
The School of Physics at Peking University is a leading academic and research institution in China dedicated to fundamental and applied physics education and innovation.
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School of Physics
The School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand is an academic department dedicated to teaching and research in physics and related scientific fields within the Faculty of Science.
- 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 Physics and Astronomy Target entity description: The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Nottingham specializing in research and teaching across fundamental and applied physics and astrophysics.
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A.
School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in research and teaching across physics and astrophysics.
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B.
School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Southampton specializing in research and education in physics and astrophysical sciences.
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School of Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit of Shanghai Jiao Tong University dedicated to research and education in fundamental and applied physics and astronomical sciences.
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School of Physics
The School of Physics at Sun Yat-sen University is an academic unit dedicated to education and research in theoretical and experimental physics.
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School of Physics
The School of Physics at Peking University is a leading academic and research institution in China dedicated to fundamental and applied physics education and innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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astronomy department ⓘ physics department ⓘ |
| affiliation | Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | University Park Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs |
academic staff
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professional services staff ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
applied physics
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astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ experimental physics ⓘ physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
astronomy observing facilities
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computational facilities ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ teaching laboratories ⓘ |
| hasStudentType |
doctoral students
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postgraduate students ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
public engagement in physics and astronomy
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research in physics and astronomy ⓘ teaching in physics and astronomy ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
PhD in astronomy
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PhD in physics ⓘ postgraduate research degrees in physics ⓘ postgraduate taught degrees in physics ⓘ undergraduate degree in mathematical physics ⓘ undergraduate degree in physics ⓘ undergraduate degree in physics with astrophysics ⓘ undergraduate degree in theoretical physics ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
applied physics research
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astrophysics research ⓘ condensed matter physics research ⓘ cosmology research ⓘ experimental physics research ⓘ fundamental physics research ⓘ particle physics research ⓘ quantum physics research ⓘ theoretical physics research ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Physics and Astronomy Description of subject: The School of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Nottingham specializing in research and teaching across fundamental and applied physics and astrophysics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham