Department of Physics (McGill University)
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The Department of Physics at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in fundamental and applied physics within the university’s Faculty of Science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Physics (McGill University) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1260423 — 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 Physics (McGill University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (McGill University), hasDepartment, Department of Physics (McGill University)]
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Tor Vergata University of Rome is an academic and research unit dedicated to advancing knowledge and education in theoretical and experimental physics.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at MIT is a world-leading academic department renowned for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics is an academic unit dedicated to research and education in physics within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Presidency College, Kolkata is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in physics within one of India's oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Cairo University's Faculty of Science is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in fundamental and applied physics.
- 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 Physics (McGill University) Target entity description: The Department of Physics at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in fundamental and applied physics within the university’s Faculty of Science.
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A.
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Tor Vergata University of Rome is an academic and research unit dedicated to advancing knowledge and education in theoretical and experimental physics.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics is an academic unit dedicated to research and education in physics within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at MIT is a world-leading academic department renowned for cutting-edge research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Cairo University's Faculty of Science is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in fundamental and applied physics.
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Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at the University of York is a leading UK physics department known for its research and teaching in areas such as condensed matter, nuclear physics, and quantum technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university physics department ⓘ |
| academicStaff | faculty members ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Centre for the Physics of Materials (McGill University)
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Institute for Advanced Materials (McGill University) ⓘ McGill Space Institute ⓘ
linked to:
McGill University
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| campus | McGill University downtown campus ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
administrative staff
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assistant professors ⓘ associate professors ⓘ professors ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
applied physics
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astrophysics ⓘ biophysics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ experimental physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasFocus | research and teaching in physics ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasType | research-intensive department ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mcgill.ca/physics ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
McGill University downtown campus
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Montreal ⓘ Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| offersDegree |
BSc in Physics
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MSc in Physics ⓘ PhD in Physics ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Science in Physics
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Doctor of Philosophy in Physics ⓘ Honours BSc in Physics ⓘ Major in Physics ⓘ Master of Science in Physics ⓘ Minor in Physics ⓘ |
| operatedBy | McGill University ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
McGill University Faculty of Science
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linked to:
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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| partOf |
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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McGill University ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canadian students
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international students ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
applied physics research
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fundamental physics research ⓘ interdisciplinary research ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
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 Physics (McGill University) Description of subject: The Department of Physics at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in fundamental and applied physics within the university’s Faculty of Science.
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 Physics (McGill University)
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
Centre for the Physics of Materials (McGill University)
→
hostInstitution
→
Department of Physics (McGill University)
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