Super-Kamiokande Collaboration
E403651
The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration is an international team of physicists operating the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory in Japan, renowned for its groundbreaking discoveries in neutrino oscillations and particle physics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Super-Kamiokande Collaboration canonical | 2 |
| Super-Kamiokande experiment | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3995331 — 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: Super-Kamiokande Collaboration Context triple: [Fundamental Physics Prize, notableRecipient, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration]
-
A.
Kamiokande experiment
The Kamiokande experiment was a pioneering Japanese neutrino observatory that provided key evidence for solar and atmospheric neutrinos, contributing to the discovery of neutrino oscillations.
-
B.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive, cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector embedded deep in Antarctic ice, designed to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
-
C.
MINOS experiment
The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation project that studied how neutrinos change type as they travel from Fermilab to a distant underground detector.
-
D.
NOvA experiment
The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation project that studies how neutrinos change type as they travel from Fermilab to a distant detector in northern Minnesota.
-
E.
T2K
T2K is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan that studies how neutrinos change type as they travel from J-PARC to the Super-Kamiokande detector.
- 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: Super-Kamiokande Collaboration Target entity description: The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration is an international team of physicists operating the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory in Japan, renowned for its groundbreaking discoveries in neutrino oscillations and particle physics.
-
A.
Kamiokande experiment
The Kamiokande experiment was a pioneering Japanese neutrino observatory that provided key evidence for solar and atmospheric neutrinos, contributing to the discovery of neutrino oscillations.
-
B.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive, cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector embedded deep in Antarctic ice, designed to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
-
C.
MINOS experiment
The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation project that studied how neutrinos change type as they travel from Fermilab to a distant underground detector.
-
D.
NOvA experiment
The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation project that studies how neutrinos change type as they travel from Fermilab to a distant detector in northern Minnesota.
-
E.
T2K
T2K is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan that studies how neutrinos change type as they travel from J-PARC to the Super-Kamiokande detector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
physics collaboration
ⓘ
research collaboration ⓘ scientific collaboration ⓘ |
| associatedExperiment |
Super-Kamiokande experiment
ⓘ
linked to:
Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory
|
| associatedFacility | Kamioka mine ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
ⓘ
Kamioka Observatory ⓘ
linked to:
Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
|
| collaboratesWith |
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
ⓘ
Japanese research institutions ⓘ University of Tokyo ⓘ international universities ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
demonstrating that neutrinos have non-zero mass
ⓘ
establishing neutrino oscillations ⓘ |
| contributesTo | international neutrino physics community ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
global neutrino oscillation fits
ⓘ
searches for exotic physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ tests of lepton flavor conservation ⓘ |
| detectorLocatedAt | 1,000 meters underground ⓘ |
| detectorLocatedIn | Mozumi mine, Kamioka area ⓘ |
| detects | Cherenkov light from charged particles produced by neutrino interactions ⓘ |
| field |
astroparticle physics
ⓘ
neutrino physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| hasInternationalMembersFrom |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
other regions worldwide ⓘ |
| hasMemberCount | hundreds of scientists ⓘ |
| notableFor |
constraints on proton decay
ⓘ
evidence for atmospheric neutrino oscillations ⓘ precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters ⓘ searches for dark matter signatures via neutrinos ⓘ searches for supernova neutrinos ⓘ |
| operates |
Super-Kamiokande detector
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamiokande experiment
Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
atmospheric neutrinos
ⓘ
neutrino astronomy ⓘ neutrino mass and mixing ⓘ neutrino oscillations ⓘ proton decay ⓘ solar neutrinos ⓘ supernova neutrinos ⓘ |
| supports | education and training of graduate students in neutrino physics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century to 21st century ⓘ |
| usesDetectorType | water Cherenkov detector ⓘ |
| usesMedium | ultra-pure water ⓘ |
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: Super-Kamiokande Collaboration Description of subject: The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration is an international team of physicists operating the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory in Japan, renowned for its groundbreaking discoveries in neutrino oscillations and particle physics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Super-Kamiokande Collaboration
linked to: Super-Kamiokande Collaboration