UW iSchool
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UW iSchool is the University of Washington’s Information School, a leading institution focused on the study and design of information, technology, and their impact on people and society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UW iSchool canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7068678 — 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: UW iSchool Context triple: [Information School (University of Washington), abbreviation, UW iSchool]
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A.
School of Information
The School of Information is an academic unit specializing in library and information science, data, and digital information studies within San Jose State University.
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B.
School of Information
The School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley is a graduate school focused on the study and design of information systems, data science, and technology’s impact on individuals and society.
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C.
School of Information
The School of Information at the University of Michigan is a graduate and undergraduate academic unit focused on the study and design of information, data, and technology systems and their impact on individuals and society.
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D.
iSchools consortium
The iSchools consortium is an international alliance of information schools dedicated to advancing the information field through research, education, and collaboration.
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E.
Graduate School of Information Sciences
The Graduate School of Information Sciences is a research and education institution at Tohoku University specializing in advanced studies in information science, computing, and related technologies.
- 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: UW iSchool Target entity description: UW iSchool is the University of Washington’s Information School, a leading institution focused on the study and design of information, technology, and their impact on people and society.
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A.
School of Information
The School of Information is an academic unit specializing in library and information science, data, and digital information studies within San Jose State University.
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B.
School of Information
The School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley is a graduate school focused on the study and design of information systems, data science, and technology’s impact on individuals and society.
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C.
School of Information
The School of Information at the University of Michigan is a graduate and undergraduate academic unit focused on the study and design of information, data, and technology systems and their impact on individuals and society.
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D.
iSchools consortium
The iSchools consortium is an international alliance of information schools dedicated to advancing the information field through research, education, and collaboration.
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E.
Graduate School of Information Sciences
The Graduate School of Information Sciences is a research and education institution at Tohoku University specializing in advanced studies in information science, computing, and related technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic unit
ⓘ
information school ⓘ school of the University of Washington ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
human-centered design
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informatics ⓘ information science ⓘ library and information science ⓘ |
| affiliation |
iSchools organization
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linked to:
iSchools consortium
|
| campus |
University of Washington Seattle campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Washington
|
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| emphasis |
equity and inclusion in information systems
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interdisciplinary education ⓘ social impact of technology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
information
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people ⓘ society ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| fullName | University of Washington Information School ⓘ |
| hasStrength |
professional education in information fields
ⓘ
research in information science ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| mission | to study and design information and technology for the benefit of people and society ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Science in Informatics
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Master of Library and Information Science ⓘ Master of Science in Information Management ⓘ PhD in Information Science ⓘ online MLIS program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of Washington ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Washington College-level units ⓘ |
| regionServed | global ⓘ |
| researchArea |
data science
ⓘ
digital youth ⓘ human-computer interaction ⓘ information behavior ⓘ information management ⓘ information policy ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ library and information science ⓘ sociotechnical systems ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| shortName | UW iSchool ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | public university school ⓘ |
| website | https://ischool.uw.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: UW iSchool Description of subject: UW iSchool is the University of Washington’s Information School, a leading institution focused on the study and design of information, technology, and their impact on people and society.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.