Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL)
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The Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) is a research facility at the California Institute of Technology dedicated to conducting controlled experiments in economics and other social sciences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Social Science Experimental Laboratory | 2 |
| Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2442376 — 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: Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) Context triple: [Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, hostInstitution, Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL)]
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Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a leading research center at Stanford University dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of artificial intelligence across robotics, machine learning, and related fields.
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B.
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute was an innovative research and training center in La Jolla, California, known for pioneering work in humanistic psychology, organizational development, and interdisciplinary social science.
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C.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory was a leading World War II research center that pioneered radar and related microwave technologies, significantly advancing military and postwar electronics.
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D.
Loomis Laboratory
Loomis Laboratory is a renowned private research facility in Tuxedo Park historically associated with advanced scientific experimentation and innovation.
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Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
- 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: Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) Target entity description: The Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) is a research facility at the California Institute of Technology dedicated to conducting controlled experiments in economics and other social sciences.
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A.
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a leading research center at Stanford University dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of artificial intelligence across robotics, machine learning, and related fields.
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B.
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute was an innovative research and training center in La Jolla, California, known for pioneering work in humanistic psychology, organizational development, and interdisciplinary social science.
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C.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory was a leading World War II research center that pioneered radar and related microwave technologies, significantly advancing military and postwar electronics.
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D.
Loomis Laboratory
Loomis Laboratory is a renowned private research facility in Tuxedo Park historically associated with advanced scientific experimentation and innovation.
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E.
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economics research facility
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research laboratory ⓘ social science laboratory ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Caltech Social Sciences faculty ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
conducting controlled experiments in economics
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conducting controlled experiments in social sciences ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
behavioral economics
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behavioral social science ⓘ decision theory ⓘ economics ⓘ experimental economics ⓘ game theory ⓘ political science ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | SSEL ⓘ |
| hasResearchApproach |
controlled experiments
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incentivized experiments ⓘ laboratory experiments ⓘ |
| locatedIn | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Pasadena ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedInState |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| operatedBy | Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Caltech ⓘ |
| partOf | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| shortName | SSEL ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
computerized experiments
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human subject experiments ⓘ |
| website | https://www.hss.caltech.edu ⓘ |
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: Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) Description of subject: The Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) is a research facility at the California Institute of Technology dedicated to conducting controlled experiments in economics and other social sciences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
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hostInstitution
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Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL)
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linked to: Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL)
linked to: Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL)