University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy
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The University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Kansas that conducts research and offers degree programs in physics and astronomy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9808943 — 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: University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy Context triple: [Steven A. Hawley, affiliation, University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy]
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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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Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit at Ithaca College offering education and research opportunities in physics, astronomy, and related physical sciences.
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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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Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is a major academic division of Heidelberg University specializing in research and education in physics, astronomy, and related scientific fields.
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Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is an academic division of Ruhr University Bochum dedicated to research and teaching in physics and astronomical sciences.
- 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: University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy Target entity description: The University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Kansas that conducts research and offers degree programs in physics and astronomy.
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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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Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit at Ithaca College offering education and research opportunities in physics, astronomy, and related physical sciences.
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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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Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is a major academic division of Heidelberg University specializing in research and education in physics, astronomy, and related scientific fields.
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Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is an academic division of Ruhr University Bochum dedicated to research and teaching in physics and astronomical sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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astronomy department ⓘ physics department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | natural sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Lawrence campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalInstitution | University of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
astronomy faculty
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physics faculty ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ physics ⓘ space science ⓘ |
| fundingType | public university department ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lawrence, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate astronomy degree
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graduate physics degree ⓘ undergraduate astronomy degree ⓘ undergraduate physics degree ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
astronomy research
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astrophysics research ⓘ physics research ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy Description of subject: The University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Kansas that conducts research and offers degree programs in physics and astronomy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.