Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
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The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta is an academic unit specializing in geology, geophysics, environmental earth sciences, and atmospheric sciences within the university’s Faculty of Science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6024239 — 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 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta Context triple: [Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, hasUnit, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta]
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Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (University of British Columbia)
The Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Earth systems, including geology, oceanography, atmospheric science, and related environmental fields.
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B.
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences is an MIT academic department focused on research and education in geology, geophysics, climate and atmospheric science, oceanography, and planetary science.
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of weather, climate, and ocean systems within the Faculty of Science.
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D.
Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences
The Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences is an academic and research unit at Savitribai Phule Pune University specializing in the study of Earth's atmosphere, weather, climate, and space-related phenomena.
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E.
Department of Earth Sciences (Western University)
The Department of Earth Sciences at Western University is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of geology, geophysics, and related Earth and planetary sciences.
- 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 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta Target entity description: The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta is an academic unit specializing in geology, geophysics, environmental earth sciences, and atmospheric sciences within the university’s Faculty of Science.
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A.
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (University of British Columbia)
The Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Earth systems, including geology, oceanography, atmospheric science, and related environmental fields.
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B.
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences is an MIT academic department focused on research and education in geology, geophysics, climate and atmospheric science, oceanography, and planetary science.
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C.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of weather, climate, and ocean systems within the Faculty of Science.
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D.
Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences
The Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences is an academic and research unit at Savitribai Phule Pune University specializing in the study of Earth's atmosphere, weather, climate, and space-related phenomena.
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E.
Department of Earth Sciences (Western University)
The Department of Earth Sciences at Western University is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of geology, geophysics, and related Earth and planetary sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| academicOrganizationType | science department ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Alberta ⓘ |
| city | Edmonton ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
atmospheric sciences
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earth sciences ⓘ environmental earth sciences ⓘ environmental science ⓘ geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
climatology
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environmental geoscience ⓘ geochemistry ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ hydrogeology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ petroleum geology ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberta
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Edmonton ⓘ North Campus, University of Alberta ⓘ
linked to:
North Campus (University of Alberta)
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| offersProgram |
graduate programs in atmospheric sciences
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graduate programs in earth sciences ⓘ graduate programs in environmental earth sciences ⓘ graduate programs in geology ⓘ graduate programs in geophysics ⓘ undergraduate degree in atmospheric sciences ⓘ undergraduate degree in environmental earth sciences ⓘ undergraduate degree in geology ⓘ undergraduate degree in geophysics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
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University of Alberta ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
ⓘ
University of Alberta ⓘ |
| provinceOrState | Alberta ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
atmospheric science research
ⓘ
environmental earth science research ⓘ geological research ⓘ geophysical research ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
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 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta Description of subject: The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta is an academic unit specializing in geology, geophysics, environmental earth sciences, and atmospheric sciences within the university’s Faculty of Science.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
→
hasUnit
→
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Faculty of Science