Weizmann Institute of Science
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higher education institution
public research institute
research university
scientific research institute
The Weizmann Institute of Science is a leading multidisciplinary research university in Rehovot, Israel, renowned for its pioneering work in natural and exact sciences.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T143793 — 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: Weizmann Institute of Science Context triple: [Shafi Goldwasser, employer, Weizmann Institute of Science]
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Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned independent research center in Princeton, New Jersey, famous for hosting leading scholars such as Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer in fields like mathematics, physics, and the social sciences.
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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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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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Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth 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: Weizmann Institute of Science Target entity description: The Weizmann Institute of Science is a leading multidisciplinary research university in Rehovot, Israel, renowned for its pioneering work in natural and exact sciences.
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A.
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned independent research center in Princeton, New Jersey, famous for hosting leading scholars such as Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer in fields like mathematics, physics, and the social sciences.
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B.
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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C.
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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Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Weizmann Institute of Science Description of subject: The Weizmann Institute of Science is a leading multidisciplinary research university in Rehovot, Israel, renowned for its pioneering work in natural and exact sciences.
Referenced by (115)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science
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parentOrganization
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
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Faculty of Chemistry
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Faculty of Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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Faculty of Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
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Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Chemistry
linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science
Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
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Faculty of Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Chemistry
linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science
linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science
Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science
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affiliation
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science
linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science
subject linked to:
Faculty of Biology
subject linked to:
Faculty of Biology
Diamond and Schmitt Architects
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notableWork
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Boris and Rose Katz Building for Advanced Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
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linked to: Weizmann Institute of Science