School of Social Sciences
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The School of Social Sciences at Rice University is an academic division that focuses on disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, psychology, and related fields to study human behavior and social systems.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T41909 — 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 Social Sciences Context triple: [Rice University, hasAcademicDivision, School of Social Sciences]
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School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is an academic division within the University of Manchester that focuses on disciplines such as sociology, politics, economics, and related social science fields.
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Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Göttingen is an academic division dedicated to research and teaching in disciplines such as sociology, political science, and related social science fields.
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School of Social Policy & Practice
The School of Social Policy & Practice is a graduate professional school at the University of Pennsylvania focused on social work, social policy, nonprofit leadership, and social justice.
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School of Social Welfare
The School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley is a leading graduate and undergraduate institution dedicated to education, research, and practice in social work and social policy.
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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is MIT’s division dedicated to research and education in fields such as literature, philosophy, economics, political science, linguistics, music, and related disciplines that complement the institute’s strong focus on science and engineering.
- 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 Social Sciences Target entity description: The School of Social Sciences at Rice University is an academic division that focuses on disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, psychology, and related fields to study human behavior and social systems.
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A.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is an academic division within the University of Manchester that focuses on disciplines such as sociology, politics, economics, and related social science fields.
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B.
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Göttingen is an academic division dedicated to research and teaching in disciplines such as sociology, political science, and related social science fields.
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C.
School of Social Policy & Practice
The School of Social Policy & Practice is a graduate professional school at the University of Pennsylvania focused on social work, social policy, nonprofit leadership, and social justice.
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D.
School of Social Welfare
The School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley is a leading graduate and undergraduate institution dedicated to education, research, and practice in social work and social policy.
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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is MIT’s division dedicated to research and education in fields such as literature, philosophy, economics, political science, linguistics, music, and related disciplines that complement the institute’s strong focus on science and engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
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school within a university ⓘ |
| affiliation | private research university ⓘ |
| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | other schools at Rice University ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs | faculty members ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
community outreach
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interdisciplinary research ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | social sciences ⓘ |
| focusesOnDiscipline |
anthropology
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cognitive sciences ⓘ economics ⓘ managerial studies ⓘ political economy ⓘ political science ⓘ psychology ⓘ sociology ⓘ sociology of culture ⓘ sport management ⓘ |
| hasDepartment |
Department of Economics at Rice University
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Department of Political Science at Rice University ⓘ Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University ⓘ Department of Sociology at Rice University ⓘ Department of Sport Management at Rice University ⓘ Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University ⓘ
surface form:
Program in Cognitive Sciences at Rice University
Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business ⓘ
surface form:
Program in Managerial Studies at Rice University
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| hasParentOrganization |
Provost of Rice University
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surface form:
Office of the Provost of Rice University
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| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasType | nonprofit educational institution division ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Houston
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surface form:
Houston, Texas
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| locatedOnCampusOf | Rice University ⓘ |
| motto |
School of Social Sciences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
School of Social Sciences (Rice University) promotes understanding of human behavior and social institutions
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| offers |
doctoral programs
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graduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| partOf | Rice University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
global and international studies
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health and human behavior ⓘ inequality and social justice ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| studies |
human behavior
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social systems ⓘ |
| supports | research centers and institutes ⓘ |
| website | https://socialsciences.rice.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: School of Social Sciences Description of subject: The School of Social Sciences at Rice University is an academic division that focuses on disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, psychology, and related fields to study human behavior and social systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
School of Social Sciences at Rice University
this entity surface form:
School of Social Sciences (Rice University) promotes understanding of human behavior and social institutions