Department of Animal Science
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The Department of Animal Science is an academic unit at Cornell University focused on research, teaching, and outreach related to the biology, management, and improvement of domestic and agricultural animals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Animal Science canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T853462 — 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 Animal Science Context triple: [Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, hasAcademicDivision, Department of Animal Science]
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A.
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
The Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is a specialized academic unit of the University of Chile dedicated to education, research, and professional training in veterinary medicine and animal science.
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B.
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a major academic division of Texas A&M University that focuses on education and research in agriculture, life sciences, natural resources, and related fields.
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C.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science is an academic unit of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus dedicated to education and research in veterinary medicine, animal health, and animal production.
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D.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Cairo University is a major Egyptian institution for veterinary education, research, and clinical training.
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E.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is a specialized academic unit of Alexandria University dedicated to education and research in animal health, veterinary science, and related biomedical fields.
- 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 Animal Science Target entity description: The Department of Animal Science is an academic unit at Cornell University focused on research, teaching, and outreach related to the biology, management, and improvement of domestic and agricultural animals.
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A.
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
The Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is a specialized academic unit of the University of Chile dedicated to education, research, and professional training in veterinary medicine and animal science.
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B.
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a major academic division of Texas A&M University that focuses on education and research in agriculture, life sciences, natural resources, and related fields.
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C.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science is an academic unit of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus dedicated to education and research in veterinary medicine, animal health, and animal production.
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D.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Cairo University is a major Egyptian institution for veterinary education, research, and clinical training.
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E.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is a specialized academic unit of Alexandria University dedicated to education and research in animal health, veterinary science, and related biomedical fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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organizational unit ⓘ |
| affiliation | Cornell Cooperative Extension ⓘ |
| campus |
Cornell University
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surface form:
Cornell University Ithaca campus
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| collaboratesWith |
College of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell University)
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Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (Cornell University)
Department of Food Science ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Food Science (Cornell University)
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
animal science faculty
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extension specialists in animal agriculture ⓘ research scientists in animal science ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
animal behavior
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animal biology ⓘ animal genetics ⓘ animal nutrition ⓘ animal science ⓘ animal welfare ⓘ companion animal science ⓘ dairy production ⓘ dairy science ⓘ equine science ⓘ livestock management ⓘ meat science ⓘ poultry science ⓘ reproductive physiology ⓘ ruminant nutrition ⓘ sustainable animal agriculture ⓘ |
| focus |
animal health
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biology of domestic animals ⓘ environmental impacts of animal agriculture ⓘ food production from animals ⓘ genetic improvement of livestock ⓘ management of agricultural animals ⓘ youth livestock education ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Cornell Ruminant Center
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Cornell Teaching Dairy Barn ⓘ Equine research and teaching facilities at Cornell University ⓘ Livestock research and teaching farms at Cornell University ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ithaca, New York, United States
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surface form:
Ithaca, New York
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| mission |
extension and outreach in animal agriculture
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graduate education in animal science ⓘ research in animal science ⓘ undergraduate teaching in animal science ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Master of Science in Animal Science
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PhD in Animal Science ⓘ undergraduate major in Animal Science ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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surface form:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell University)
Cornell University ⓘ |
| website | https://cals.cornell.edu/animal-science ⓘ |
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 Animal Science Description of subject: The Department of Animal Science is an academic unit at Cornell University focused on research, teaching, and outreach related to the biology, management, and improvement of domestic and agricultural animals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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hasAcademicDivision
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Department of Animal Science
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