Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broad Institute | 13 |
| Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T97417 — 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: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Context triple: [Department of Biology, collaboratesWith, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard]
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A.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is an independent, nonprofit research institution affiliated with MIT that is renowned for pioneering work in genetics, genomics, and developmental biology.
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B.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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C.
National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a U.S. government biomedical research organization that leads and funds research on the structure, function, and impact of the human genome.
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D.
Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute is a renowned biomedical research center in Philadelphia known for its pioneering work in cancer, immunology, and vaccine development.
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E.
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research is an MIT-based interdisciplinary research center that combines biology, engineering, and technology to advance the understanding, detection, and treatment of cancer.
- 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: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Target entity description: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
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A.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is an independent, nonprofit research institution affiliated with MIT that is renowned for pioneering work in genetics, genomics, and developmental biology.
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B.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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C.
National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a U.S. government biomedical research organization that leads and funds research on the structure, function, and impact of the human genome.
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D.
Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute is a renowned biomedical research center in Philadelphia known for its pioneering work in cancer, immunology, and vaccine development.
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E.
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research is an MIT-based interdisciplinary research center that combines biology, engineering, and technology to advance the understanding, detection, and treatment of cancer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biomedical research institute
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genomics research center ⓘ nonprofit research organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Broad Institute
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linked to:
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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| affiliatedWith |
Harvard University
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Harvard teaching hospitals ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
academic institutions worldwide
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government agencies ⓘ industry partners ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| employs |
computational biologists
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data scientists ⓘ engineers ⓘ physicians ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Edye Broad
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Eli Broad ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ Harvard-affiliated hospitals ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
biomedical research
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cancer genomics ⓘ chemical biology ⓘ computational biology ⓘ data science ⓘ genome editing ⓘ genomics ⓘ human disease ⓘ infectious disease genomics ⓘ psychiatric disease genomics ⓘ rare disease research ⓘ single-cell genomics ⓘ translational medicine ⓘ |
| hasMission | to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease ⓘ |
| inception | 2004 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cancer genome characterization
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development of genomic tools and resources ⓘ human genome analysis ⓘ large-scale collaborative projects ⓘ open data sharing in genomics ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Edye Broad
ⓘ
Eli Broad ⓘ |
| operates |
high-throughput screening facilities
ⓘ
large-scale genomic sequencing platforms ⓘ |
| website | https://www.broadinstitute.org ⓘ |
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: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Description of subject: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
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linked to: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard