York University Libraries
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York University Libraries is the library system of York University in Toronto, providing research resources, services, and study spaces to support the university’s academic programs and scholarly community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| York University Libraries canonical | 5 |
| York University Computer Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3346990 — 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: York University Libraries Context triple: [Faculty of Science (York University), affiliation, York University Libraries]
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A.
University of Toronto Libraries
University of Toronto Libraries is the extensive academic library system of the University of Toronto, supporting research and learning with one of the largest collections in North America.
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B.
McMaster University Library
McMaster University Library is the academic library system of McMaster University, providing research resources, study spaces, and scholarly support services to students and faculty.
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C.
McGill University Library
McGill University Library is the academic library system of McGill University in Montreal, providing extensive research collections, study spaces, and information services to students, faculty, and researchers.
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D.
Brock University Library
Brock University Library is the main academic library system of Brock University in Ontario, Canada, providing research resources, study spaces, and scholarly support services to students and faculty.
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E.
Ryerson Library
Ryerson Library is the research library of the Art Institute of Chicago, housing an extensive collection of art history and architecture resources for scholars and students.
- 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 Libraries Target entity description: York University Libraries is the library system of York University in Toronto, providing research resources, services, and study spaces to support the university’s academic programs and scholarly community.
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A.
University of Toronto Libraries
University of Toronto Libraries is the extensive academic library system of the University of Toronto, supporting research and learning with one of the largest collections in North America.
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B.
McMaster University Library
McMaster University Library is the academic library system of McMaster University, providing research resources, study spaces, and scholarly support services to students and faculty.
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C.
McGill University Library
McGill University Library is the academic library system of McGill University in Montreal, providing extensive research collections, study spaces, and information services to students, faculty, and researchers.
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D.
Brock University Library
Brock University Library is the main academic library system of Brock University in Ontario, Canada, providing research resources, study spaces, and scholarly support services to students and faculty.
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E.
Ryerson Library
Ryerson Library is the research library of the Art Institute of Chicago, housing an extensive collection of art history and architecture resources for scholars and students.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library system
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university library ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | York University ⓘ |
| campus |
Glendon Campus
ⓘ
Keele Campus ⓘ |
| collectionType |
books
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databases ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ journals ⓘ print collections ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| focusArea |
support for faculty research
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support for graduate programs ⓘ support for undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| hasAccessPolicy | primarily serves York University community ⓘ |
| hasLibraryBranch |
Bronfman Business Library
ⓘ
Frost Library ⓘ Scott Library ⓘ Steacie Science and Engineering Library ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.library.yorku.ca ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | York University ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Toronto ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Ontario ⓘ |
| name | York University Libraries ⓘ |
| offersService |
access to computers
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access to printers ⓘ access to study spaces ⓘ course reserves ⓘ information literacy instruction ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ online research guides ⓘ reference services ⓘ research consultations ⓘ |
| operatedBy | York University ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
provide library services
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provide research resources ⓘ provide study spaces ⓘ |
| regionServed | Greater Toronto Area ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| serves |
York University faculty
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York University researchers ⓘ York University staff ⓘ York University students ⓘ |
| supports |
learning at York University
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research at York University ⓘ scholarly communication at York University ⓘ teaching at York University ⓘ |
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 Libraries Description of subject: York University Libraries is the library system of York University in Toronto, providing research resources, services, and study spaces to support the university’s academic programs and scholarly community.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science
subject linked to:
MCM/70 computer
linked to: York University Libraries