Worldwide LHC Computing Grid
E892770
distributed computing infrastructure
grid computing project
high‑energy physics computing grid
scientific computing infrastructure
The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid is a global distributed computing infrastructure that processes, stores, and analyzes the vast amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider experiments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Worldwide LHC Computing Grid canonical | 4 |
| ATLAS computing grid | 1 |
| WLCG | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10891754 — 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: Worldwide LHC Computing Grid Context triple: [CERN data centre, serves, Worldwide LHC Computing Grid]
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A.
CMS computing grid
The CMS computing grid is a worldwide distributed computing infrastructure that processes, stores, and analyzes the vast volumes of data generated by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CERN computing group
The CERN computing group is the team responsible for developing, operating, and coordinating the large-scale computing infrastructure and software that support CERN’s high-energy physics experiments and data analysis.
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C.
Terascale Simulation Facility
The Terascale Simulation Facility is a high-performance computing center dedicated to large-scale scientific simulations and advanced computational research.
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D.
High Performance Computing Collaboratory
The High Performance Computing Collaboratory is a major research center specializing in advanced computational science and engineering, supporting large-scale simulations and high-performance computing applications across diverse scientific and industrial domains.
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E.
High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
- 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: Worldwide LHC Computing Grid Target entity description: The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid is a global distributed computing infrastructure that processes, stores, and analyzes the vast amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider experiments.
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A.
CMS computing grid
The CMS computing grid is a worldwide distributed computing infrastructure that processes, stores, and analyzes the vast volumes of data generated by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CERN computing group
The CERN computing group is the team responsible for developing, operating, and coordinating the large-scale computing infrastructure and software that support CERN’s high-energy physics experiments and data analysis.
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C.
Terascale Simulation Facility
The Terascale Simulation Facility is a high-performance computing center dedicated to large-scale scientific simulations and advanced computational research.
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D.
High Performance Computing Collaboratory
The High Performance Computing Collaboratory is a major research center specializing in advanced computational science and engineering, supporting large-scale simulations and high-performance computing applications across diverse scientific and industrial domains.
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E.
High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributed computing infrastructure
ⓘ
grid computing project ⓘ high‑energy physics computing grid ⓘ scientific computing infrastructure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
WLCG
ⓘ
linked to:
Worldwide LHC Computing Grid
|
| coordinatedBy |
CERN IT Department
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN computing group
|
| dataSource | LHC detectors ⓘ |
| enables | collaborative data analysis by LHC collaborations ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
international research programs
ⓘ
national funding agencies ⓘ |
| geographicScope | worldwide ⓘ |
| hasParticipantType |
national computing centers
ⓘ
research laboratories ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| hasTier |
Tier‑0
ⓘ
Tier‑1 ⓘ Tier‑2 ⓘ Tier‑3 ⓘ |
| hasUserCommunity |
ALICE collaboration
ⓘ
linked to:
ALICE experiment
ATLAS collaboration ⓘ CMS collaboration ⓘ
linked to:
CMS Collaboration
LHCb collaboration ⓘ
linked to:
LHCb
|
| operatedFor | CERN ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
enable analysis of LHC data
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process LHC data ⓘ store LHC data ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
European Grid Infrastructure
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linked to:
European research networks
Open Science Grid ⓘ |
| supports | Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| supportsDiscipline | particle physics ⓘ |
| supportsExperiment |
ALICE
ⓘ
ATLAS ⓘ CMS ⓘ LHCb ⓘ |
| supportsTask |
Monte Carlo simulation production
ⓘ
data re‑processing ⓘ end‑user analysis jobs ⓘ event reconstruction ⓘ |
| Tier‑0LocatedAt | CERN ⓘ |
| Tier‑0Role |
archival data storage
ⓘ
first‑pass data reconstruction ⓘ |
| Tier‑1Role |
large‑scale data storage
ⓘ
re‑processing of data ⓘ |
| Tier‑2Role |
simulation production
ⓘ
user data analysis ⓘ |
| usesModel | tiered architecture ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
distributed storage systems
ⓘ
grid middleware ⓘ high‑speed research networks ⓘ high‑throughput computing ⓘ |
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: Worldwide LHC Computing Grid Description of subject: The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid is a global distributed computing infrastructure that processes, stores, and analyzes the vast amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider experiments.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Worldwide LHC Computing Grid
linked to: Worldwide LHC Computing Grid