Department of Biology (McGill University)
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The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Biology (McGill University) canonical | 2 |
| Department of Biology, McGill University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1260421 — 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 Biology (McGill University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (McGill University), hasDepartment, Department of Biology (McGill University)]
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Department of Biology
The Department of Biology at MIT is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to genetics and systems biology.
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Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at Tor Vergata University of Rome dedicated to research and higher education in the biological sciences.
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Department of Anthropology (McGill University)
The Department of Anthropology at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study of human societies, cultures, and biological diversity through teaching and research.
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School of Biology
The School of Biology at the University of St Andrews is an academic department dedicated to research and teaching across the biological sciences, including areas such as ecology, evolution, marine biology, and molecular biology.
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E.
Department of Biosciences
The Department of Biosciences is an academic unit within Rice University's Wiess School of Natural Sciences that focuses on research and education in biological 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: Department of Biology (McGill University) Target entity description: The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
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A.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology at MIT is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to genetics and systems biology.
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B.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at Tor Vergata University of Rome dedicated to research and higher education in the biological sciences.
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C.
Department of Anthropology (McGill University)
The Department of Anthropology at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study of human societies, cultures, and biological diversity through teaching and research.
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School of Biology
The School of Biology at the University of St Andrews is an academic department dedicated to research and teaching across the biological sciences, including areas such as ecology, evolution, marine biology, and molecular biology.
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Department of Biosciences
The Department of Biosciences is an academic unit within Rice University's Wiess School of Natural Sciences that focuses on research and education in biological sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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biology department ⓘ |
| affiliation |
McGill University Faculty of Science
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linked to:
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Department of Chemistry (McGill University)
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (McGill University) ⓘ Redpath Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Redpath Museum (McGill University)
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
biology professor
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laboratory technician ⓘ postdoctoral researcher ⓘ research scientist ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
animal biology
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biology ⓘ cell biology ⓘ conservation biology ⓘ ecology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ microbiology ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ neurobiology ⓘ physiology ⓘ plant biology ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
field research station
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greenhouse ⓘ research laboratory ⓘ teaching laboratory ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
behavioural ecology
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developmental biology ⓘ ecology and evolution ⓘ environmental biology ⓘ evolutionary genetics ⓘ marine biology ⓘ molecular and cellular biology ⓘ organismal biology ⓘ population biology ⓘ systems biology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
McGill University downtown campus
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linked to:
McGill University
Montreal ⓘ Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| offersProgram |
BSc in Biology (McGill University)
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MSc in Biology (McGill University) ⓘ PhD in Biology (McGill University) ⓘ graduate program in biology ⓘ undergraduate biology program ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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McGill University ⓘ |
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 Biology (McGill University) Description of subject: The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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hasDepartment
→
Department of Biology (McGill University)
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
linked to: Department of Biology (McGill University)