Department of Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)
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The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley is an academic department renowned for research and teaching on the Earth, other planets, and the processes that shape them, spanning geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T459065 — 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 Planetary Science (UC Berkeley) Context triple: [Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (UC Berkeley L&S), hasPart, Department of Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)]
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Department of Astronomy (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley is a leading academic and research unit renowned for its contributions to observational and theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, and the training of future astronomers.
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Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences is a major academic division at the California Institute of Technology focused on research and education in Earth and planetary sciences.
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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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D.
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory is a research and monitoring center at UC Berkeley dedicated to studying earthquakes and Earth’s interior through seismology.
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E.
Department of Physics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Physics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
- 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 Planetary Science (UC Berkeley) Target entity description: The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley is an academic department renowned for research and teaching on the Earth, other planets, and the processes that shape them, spanning geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
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Department of Astronomy (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley is a leading academic and research unit renowned for its contributions to observational and theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, and the training of future astronomers.
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B.
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences is a major academic division at the California Institute of Technology focused on research and education in Earth and planetary sciences.
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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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Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory is a research and monitoring center at UC Berkeley dedicated to studying earthquakes and Earth’s interior through seismology.
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Department of Physics (UC Berkeley)
The Department of Physics at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its pioneering research and education in fundamental and applied physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EPS ⓘ |
| affiliation | College of Letters and Science (UC Berkeley) ⓘ |
| campus | UC Berkeley campus ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
faculty members
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lecturers ⓘ research scientists ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Earth science
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atmospheric science ⓘ climate science ⓘ geochemistry ⓘ geodynamics ⓘ geology ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ oceanography ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ planetary geology ⓘ planetary science ⓘ seismology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| hasCollaboration |
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ Space Sciences Laboratory (UC Berkeley) ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley
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| locatedInBuilding | McCone Hall (UC Berkeley) ⓘ |
| mission |
public outreach in Earth and planetary sciences
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research in Earth and planetary sciences ⓘ teaching in Earth and planetary sciences ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Arts in Earth and Planetary Science
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Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Planetary Science ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
PhD program in Earth and Planetary Science
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undergraduate major in Earth and Planetary Science ⓘ undergraduate minor in Earth and Planetary Science ⓘ |
| partOf | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Earth’s climate system
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Earth’s interior ⓘ Earth’s surface processes ⓘ planetary atmospheres ⓘ planetary interiors ⓘ planetary surfaces ⓘ processes that shape other planets ⓘ processes that shape the Earth ⓘ |
| website | https://eps.berkeley.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 Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley) Description of subject: The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley is an academic department renowned for research and teaching on the Earth, other planets, and the processes that shape them, spanning geology, geophysics, climate science, and planetary science.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (UC Berkeley L&S)
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hasPart
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)
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subject linked to:
McCone Hall (UC Berkeley)