York University Faculty of Science (historical)
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The York University Faculty of Science (historical) was the former academic division at York University that oversaw science-related disciplines, including engineering programs later organized under the Lassonde School of Engineering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| York University Faculty of Science | 1 |
| York University Faculty of Science (historical) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3346902 — 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)
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Target entity: York University Faculty of Science (historical) Context triple: [Lassonde School of Engineering, affiliation, York University Faculty of Science (historical)]
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Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto is the university’s largest academic division, encompassing a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences across its affiliated colleges.
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University College, University of Toronto
University College, University of Toronto is a historic and architecturally significant constituent college of the University of Toronto, known for its central role in campus life and its distinctive Romanesque Revival building.
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Victoria College, University of Toronto
Victoria College, University of Toronto is one of the university’s historic federated colleges, known for its distinctive collegiate architecture and strong programs in the humanities and undergraduate education.
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Sir George Williams Campus
Sir George Williams Campus is Concordia University's main urban campus located in downtown Montreal, known for its high-rise academic buildings and proximity to the city's commercial core.
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Trinity College, University of Toronto
Trinity College, University of Toronto is a small, historic liberal arts college within the University of Toronto known for its strong academic programs, collegiate traditions, and distinctive Gothic-style architecture.
- 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: York University Faculty of Science (historical) Target entity description: The York University Faculty of Science (historical) was the former academic division at York University that oversaw science-related disciplines, including engineering programs later organized under the Lassonde School of Engineering.
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A.
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto is the university’s largest academic division, encompassing a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences across its affiliated colleges.
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B.
University College, University of Toronto
University College, University of Toronto is a historic and architecturally significant constituent college of the University of Toronto, known for its central role in campus life and its distinctive Romanesque Revival building.
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C.
Victoria College, University of Toronto
Victoria College, University of Toronto is one of the university’s historic federated colleges, known for its distinctive collegiate architecture and strong programs in the humanities and undergraduate education.
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D.
Sir George Williams Campus
Sir George Williams Campus is Concordia University's main urban campus located in downtown Montreal, known for its high-rise academic buildings and proximity to the city's commercial core.
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E.
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Trinity College, University of Toronto is a small, historic liberal arts college within the University of Toronto known for its strong academic programs, collegiate traditions, and distinctive Gothic-style architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
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faculty ⓘ |
| affiliation | York University ⓘ |
| campus | Keele Campus ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfInstitution | Canada ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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engineering ⓘ mathematics ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ physical sciences ⓘ |
| institutionType | higher education ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ontario
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Toronto ⓘ |
| oversawDiscipline |
engineering
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science ⓘ |
| oversawProgram | engineering programs at York University ⓘ |
| oversawUnitThatBecame | Lassonde School of Engineering ⓘ |
| partOf | York University ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Lassonde School of Engineering ⓘ |
| provinceOrState | Ontario ⓘ |
| status | former faculty ⓘ |
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: York University Faculty of Science (historical) Description of subject: The York University Faculty of Science (historical) was the former academic division at York University that oversaw science-related disciplines, including engineering programs later organized under the Lassonde School of Engineering.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies
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collaboratesWith
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York University Faculty of Science
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linked to: York University Faculty of Science (historical)