Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University
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The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University is an academic unit specializing in research and education in psychology and related behavioral sciences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University canonical | 1 |
| Program in Cognitive Sciences at Rice University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466173 — 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 Psychological Sciences at Rice University Context triple: [School of Social Sciences at Rice University, hasDepartment, Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University]
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Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
The Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University is a leading research and teaching department known for its strengths in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and interdisciplinary collaborations across fields such as computer science and human-computer interaction.
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Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute was an innovative research and training center in La Jolla, California, known for pioneering work in humanistic psychology, organizational development, and interdisciplinary social science.
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C.
Faculty of Psychology
The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to teaching, research, and professional training in psychological sciences within one of Cuba’s leading higher education institutions.
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D.
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
The MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is an interdisciplinary academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated to understanding the brain and mind through neuroscience, cognitive science, and computational approaches.
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E.
Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy
The Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy is a nonpartisan think tank at Rice University that conducts research and provides policy analysis on domestic and international issues to inform public debate and decision-making.
- 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 Psychological Sciences at Rice University Target entity description: The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University is an academic unit specializing in research and education in psychology and related behavioral sciences.
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Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
The Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University is a leading research and teaching department known for its strengths in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and interdisciplinary collaborations across fields such as computer science and human-computer interaction.
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B.
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute was an innovative research and training center in La Jolla, California, known for pioneering work in humanistic psychology, organizational development, and interdisciplinary social science.
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C.
Faculty of Psychology
The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Havana is an academic unit dedicated to teaching, research, and professional training in psychological sciences within one of Cuba’s leading higher education institutions.
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MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
The MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is an interdisciplinary academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dedicated to understanding the brain and mind through neuroscience, cognitive science, and computational approaches.
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Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy
The Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy is a nonpartisan think tank at Rice University that conducts research and provides policy analysis on domestic and international issues to inform public debate and decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
behavioral science
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cognitive psychology ⓘ health psychology ⓘ human factors ⓘ industrial-organizational psychology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| affiliation | School of Social Sciences at Rice University ⓘ |
| city | Houston ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
external research institutions
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other departments at Rice University ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalActivity |
teaching psychology
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training practitioners in psychology ⓘ training researchers ⓘ |
| employs |
administrative staff
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faculty members ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
behavioral sciences
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psychology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
application of psychology to real-world problems
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scientific study of behavior ⓘ scientific study of mental processes ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationType | research-intensive department ⓘ |
| hasParentInstitutionType | private research university ⓘ |
| hasStudentType |
doctoral students
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graduate students ⓘ master’s students ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| institutionalType | nonprofit educational institution unit ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedOnCampus |
Rice University campus
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linked to:
Rice University
|
| offersDegreeLevel |
bachelor’s degree
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doctoral degree ⓘ master’s degree ⓘ |
| offersProgramType |
graduate program
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undergraduate program ⓘ |
| partOf | Rice University ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
applied psychology research
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basic psychological science research ⓘ behavioral research ⓘ psychological research ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
qualitative research methods
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quantitative research methods ⓘ |
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 Psychological Sciences at Rice University Description of subject: The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University is an academic unit specializing in research and education in psychology and related behavioral sciences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Social Sciences at Rice University
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hasDepartment
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Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University
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subject linked to:
School of Social Sciences
School of Social Sciences at Rice University
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hasDepartment
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Program in Cognitive Sciences at Rice University
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subject linked to:
School of Social Sciences
linked to: Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University