Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University
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The Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in civil and environmental engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6714784 — 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 Civil Engineering, McMaster University Context triple: [Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University]
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A.
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as structural, environmental, geotechnical, transportation, and water resources engineering.
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B.
Department of Civil Engineering (UBC)
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia is a leading academic unit focused on education and research in areas such as structural, environmental, geotechnical, transportation, and water resources engineering.
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C.
Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers education and research programs in civil and environmental engineering disciplines.
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D.
Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
The Faculty of Engineering at McGill University is a leading Canadian engineering school offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and related disciplines, known for its strong research output and international reputation.
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E.
Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo is a leading Canadian engineering school renowned for its strong co-op programs, innovative research, and close ties to industry and entrepreneurship.
- 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 Civil Engineering, McMaster University Target entity description: The Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in civil and environmental engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
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A.
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as structural, environmental, geotechnical, transportation, and water resources engineering.
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B.
Department of Civil Engineering (UBC)
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia is a leading academic unit focused on education and research in areas such as structural, environmental, geotechnical, transportation, and water resources engineering.
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C.
Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers education and research programs in civil and environmental engineering disciplines.
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D.
Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
The Faculty of Engineering at McGill University is a leading Canadian engineering school offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and related disciplines, known for its strong research output and international reputation.
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E.
Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo is a leading Canadian engineering school renowned for its strong co-op programs, innovative research, and close ties to industry and entrepreneurship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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civil engineering department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
civil engineering
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engineering ⓘ environmental engineering ⓘ |
| affiliation | McMaster University ⓘ |
| campus | McMaster University main campus ⓘ |
| city |
Hamilton, Ontario
ⓘ
linked to:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
|
| conductsResearchIn |
civil engineering
ⓘ
environmental engineering ⓘ structural materials ⓘ sustainable infrastructure ⓘ transportation systems ⓘ water and wastewater treatment ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfInstitution | Canada ⓘ |
| educationLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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construction engineering ⓘ environmental engineering ⓘ geotechnical engineering ⓘ infrastructure engineering ⓘ structural engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ water resources engineering ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/civil-engineering ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Engineering
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Applied Science ⓘ Master of Engineering ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate civil engineering program
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graduate environmental engineering program ⓘ undergraduate civil engineering program ⓘ undergraduate environmental engineering program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
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linked to:
McMaster University Faculty of Engineering
McMaster University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
ⓘ
linked to:
McMaster University Faculty of Engineering
McMaster University ⓘ |
| sector | 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 Civil Engineering, McMaster University Description of subject: The Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in civil and environmental engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
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hasDepartment
→
Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Engineering