Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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The Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in physical, human, and environmental geography, as well as geographic information science.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3588935 — 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: Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Context triple: [College of Letters and Science (University of Wisconsin–Madison), hasAcademicUnit, Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison)]
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Department of Geography
The Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and related spatial sciences.
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Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies is an academic unit that focuses on the study of spatial relationships, human–environment interactions, and environmental issues within the broader context of the liberal arts and professional studies.
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Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in physical and human geography, spatial analysis, and related environmental and territorial studies.
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Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography is an academic division of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv specializing in geographical sciences, environmental studies, and related research and education.
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Department of Geography of the University of Zurich
The Department of Geography of the University of Zurich is a leading academic unit specializing in research and teaching on physical and human geography, spatial analysis, and environmental change.
- 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: Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Target entity description: The Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in physical, human, and environmental geography, as well as geographic information science.
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Department of Geography
The Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in human and physical geography, environmental change, and related spatial sciences.
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B.
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies is an academic unit that focuses on the study of spatial relationships, human–environment interactions, and environmental issues within the broader context of the liberal arts and professional studies.
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C.
Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in physical and human geography, spatial analysis, and related environmental and territorial studies.
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D.
Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography is an academic division of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv specializing in geographical sciences, environmental studies, and related research and education.
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E.
Department of Geography of the University of Zurich
The Department of Geography of the University of Zurich is a leading academic unit specializing in research and teaching on physical and human geography, spatial analysis, and environmental change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic department
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geography department ⓘ |
| affiliation | College of Letters and Science (University of Wisconsin–Madison) ⓘ |
| campus |
University of Wisconsin–Madison campus
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linked to:
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
geography faculty
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research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
GIScience
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cartography ⓘ environmental geography ⓘ geographic information science ⓘ geography ⓘ human geography ⓘ physical geography ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasType | public university department ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in geographic information science
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research in physical and human geography ⓘ strong tradition in cartography ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Madison, Wisconsin
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linked to:
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor’s degree in geography
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Doctoral degree in geography ⓘ Master’s degree in geography ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
GIS and cartography courses
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PhD program in geography ⓘ graduate programs in geography ⓘ master’s program in geography ⓘ undergraduate geography major ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of Wisconsin System ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
climatology
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cultural geography ⓘ environmental change ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ geospatial data science ⓘ human–environment interactions ⓘ land use and land cover change ⓘ political geography ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ spatial analysis ⓘ urban geography ⓘ |
| website | https://geography.wisc.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: Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Description of subject: The Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching in physical, human, and environmental geography, as well as geographic information science.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
College of Letters and Science (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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hasAcademicUnit
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Department of Geography (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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subject linked to:
College of Letters and Science