CERN data centre
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The CERN data centre is the primary computing and data storage facility of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, handling the massive data output from experiments like those at the Large Hadron Collider.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CERN | 1 |
| CERN data centre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2355247 — 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: CERN data centre Context triple: [Meyrin, hosts, CERN data centre]
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A.
CERN accelerator complex
The CERN accelerator complex is a network of interconnected particle accelerators and beamlines near Geneva that produce and prepare high-energy particle beams for experiments such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
The CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site is one of CERN’s main campuses on the French–Swiss border, hosting key accelerator and experimental facilities in the laboratory’s particle physics complex.
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C.
CERN
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, renowned for its large particle accelerators and fundamental physics experiments that have led to major discoveries such as the Higgs boson.
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D.
CERN
CERN is the stock ticker symbol for Cerner Corporation, a major American health information technology company known for its electronic health record systems.
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E.
Gran Sasso National Laboratory
Gran Sasso National Laboratory is a major underground physics research facility in Italy renowned for experiments in particle physics, astrophysics, and neutrino science.
- 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: CERN data centre Target entity description: The CERN data centre is the primary computing and data storage facility of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, handling the massive data output from experiments like those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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A.
CERN accelerator complex
The CERN accelerator complex is a network of interconnected particle accelerators and beamlines near Geneva that produce and prepare high-energy particle beams for experiments such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
The CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site is one of CERN’s main campuses on the French–Swiss border, hosting key accelerator and experimental facilities in the laboratory’s particle physics complex.
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C.
CERN
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, renowned for its large particle accelerators and fundamental physics experiments that have led to major discoveries such as the Higgs boson.
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D.
CERN
CERN is the stock ticker symbol for Cerner Corporation, a major American health information technology company known for its electronic health record systems.
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E.
Gran Sasso National Laboratory
Gran Sasso National Laboratory is a major underground physics research facility in Italy renowned for experiments in particle physics, astrophysics, and neutrino science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
data centre
ⓘ
scientific computing facility ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Tier-1 computing centres
ⓘ
Worldwide LHC Computing Grid ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataFrom |
CERN accelerators
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN accelerator complex
CERN detectors ⓘ Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| handles |
LHC data
ⓘ
petabyte-scale datasets ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
backup systems
ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ fire suppression system ⓘ redundant power supply ⓘ |
| hasSecurity |
network security systems
ⓘ
physical access control ⓘ |
| hasSubsystem |
computer server farm
ⓘ
cooling infrastructure ⓘ mass storage system ⓘ network operations centre ⓘ power distribution system ⓘ tape storage library ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Geneva Canton
ⓘ
linked to:
canton of Geneva
Meyrin ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| operator |
CERN
ⓘ
European Organization for Nuclear Research ⓘ
linked to:
CERN
|
| ownedBy | CERN ⓘ |
| partOf |
CERN computing infrastructure
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN computing group
|
| primaryFunction |
data distribution
ⓘ
data storage ⓘ scientific data processing ⓘ |
| purpose |
long-term preservation of experimental data
ⓘ
real-time data processing for experiments ⓘ |
| roleInGrid | Tier-0 centre ⓘ |
| serves |
ALICE experiment
ⓘ
ATLAS experiment ⓘ
linked to:
ATLAS
CMS experiment ⓘ LHCb experiment ⓘ
linked to:
LHCb
Large Hadron Collider experiments ⓘ
linked to:
CERN experimental programme
Worldwide LHC Computing Grid ⓘ |
| supportsProject |
High Energy Physics research
ⓘ
LHC Run operations ⓘ particle physics experiments ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
grid computing
ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ high-speed networking ⓘ virtualisation ⓘ |
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: CERN data centre Description of subject: The CERN data centre is the primary computing and data storage facility of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, handling the massive data output from experiments like those at the Large Hadron Collider.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.