Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University)
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The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University is an academic unit renowned for research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University) canonical | 1 |
| Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1260424 — 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 Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (McGill University), hasDepartment, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University)]
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School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is an academic faculty of Wuhan University specializing in education and research in mathematical sciences and statistical theory and applications.
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School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is an academic faculty at Central China Normal University specializing in education and research in mathematical sciences and statistical analysis.
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School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in teaching and research in pure and applied mathematics and statistical science.
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University is a leading UK academic department known for its strong research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related quantitative disciplines.
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Department of Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics at MIT is a world-renowned academic department recognized for its leading research and education across pure and applied mathematics.
- 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 Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University) Target entity description: The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University is an academic unit renowned for research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
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A.
School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is an academic faculty of Wuhan University specializing in education and research in mathematical sciences and statistical theory and applications.
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B.
School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is an academic faculty at Central China Normal University specializing in education and research in mathematical sciences and statistical analysis.
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C.
School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School of Mathematics and Statistics is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in teaching and research in pure and applied mathematics and statistical science.
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D.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University is a leading UK academic department known for its strong research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related quantitative disciplines.
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E.
Department of Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics at MIT is a world-renowned academic department recognized for its leading research and education across pure and applied mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
mathematics
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statistics ⓘ |
| affiliation |
McGill University Faculty of Science
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linked to:
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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| campus |
McGill University Downtown Campus
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linked to:
McGill University
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| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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applied mathematics ⓘ biostatistics ⓘ computational statistics ⓘ data science ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematical analysis ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ probability theory ⓘ pure mathematics ⓘ statistics ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mcgill.ca/mathstat/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
graduate training in mathematics
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graduate training in statistics ⓘ research in applied mathematics ⓘ research in pure mathematics ⓘ research in statistics ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montreal
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Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| locatedInOrganization |
McGill University Downtown Campus
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linked to:
McGill University
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| offers |
graduate programs
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undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
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Bachelor of Science in Statistics ⓘ Honours in Mathematics ⓘ Honours in Statistics ⓘ Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics ⓘ Master of Science in Mathematics ⓘ Master of Science in Statistics ⓘ PhD in Mathematics ⓘ PhD in Statistics ⓘ |
| operatedBy | McGill University ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Faculty of Science (McGill University) ⓘ |
| partOf | McGill University ⓘ |
| region |
Quebec
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linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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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 Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University) Description of subject: The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University is an academic unit renowned for research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and related fields.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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hasDepartment
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University)
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
linked to: Department of Mathematics and Statistics (McGill University)