McMaster University
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McMaster University is a major Canadian public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, renowned for its innovative problem-based learning approach and strong programs in health sciences, engineering, and research-intensive disciplines.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161824 — 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: McMaster University Context triple: [U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, member, McMaster University]
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McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a leading Canadian public research university renowned globally for its academic excellence, extensive research output, and influential alumni.
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York University
York University is a major public research university in Toronto, Canada, known for its diverse academic programs and large student population.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston is a prestigious public research university in Kingston, Ontario, known for its strong academic programs, historic campus, and significant contributions to Canadian higher education and research.
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University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a major Canadian public research university in Calgary, Alberta, known for its strong programs in engineering, business, health sciences, and energy-related research.
- 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: McMaster University Target entity description: McMaster University is a major Canadian public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, renowned for its innovative problem-based learning approach and strong programs in health sciences, engineering, and research-intensive disciplines.
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A.
McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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B.
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a leading Canadian public research university renowned globally for its academic excellence, extensive research output, and influential alumni.
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C.
York University
York University is a major public research university in Toronto, Canada, known for its diverse academic programs and large student population.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston is a prestigious public research university in Kingston, Ontario, known for its strong academic programs, historic campus, and significant contributions to Canadian higher education and research.
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University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a major Canadian public research university in Calgary, Alberta, known for its strong programs in engineering, business, health sciences, and energy-related research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
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: McMaster University Description of subject: McMaster University is a major Canadian public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, renowned for its innovative problem-based learning approach and strong programs in health sciences, engineering, and research-intensive disciplines.
Referenced by (157)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington
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Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington
linked to: McMaster University
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Faculty of Science
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Faculty of Science
linked to: McMaster University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Faculty of Health Sciences
linked to: McMaster University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering
linked to: McMaster University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty of Humanities
subject linked to:
Faculty of Humanities
linked to: McMaster University
subject linked to:
Faculty of Humanities
subject linked to:
Faculty of Humanities