A*STAR, Singapore
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A*STAR, Singapore is the national research and development agency that drives scientific discovery and technological innovation to support Singapore’s economic and societal growth.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agency for Science, Technology and Research | 2 |
| A*STAR | 1 |
| A*STAR Research Attachment Programme | 1 |
| A*STAR, Singapore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7735161 — 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: A*STAR, Singapore Context triple: [Sydney Brenner, employer, A*STAR, Singapore]
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A.
Duke-NUS Medical School
Duke-NUS Medical School is a graduate medical school in Singapore formed through a collaboration between Duke University and the National University of Singapore, focusing on innovative medical education and research.
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B.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is one of Japan’s largest public research organizations, conducting cutting-edge R&D in fields such as materials, energy, information technology, and robotics to support industrial innovation and societal needs.
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C.
Energy Research Institute @ NTU
Energy Research Institute @ NTU is a research center at Nanyang Technological University focused on advancing sustainable energy technologies and solutions.
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D.
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University is a leading research-intensive public university in Singapore known for its strengths in engineering, technology, and innovation.
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E.
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is a leading global research-intensive university and Singapore’s flagship higher education institution, renowned for its strengths in science, engineering, medicine, and public policy.
- 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: A*STAR, Singapore Target entity description: A*STAR, Singapore is the national research and development agency that drives scientific discovery and technological innovation to support Singapore’s economic and societal growth.
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A.
Duke-NUS Medical School
Duke-NUS Medical School is a graduate medical school in Singapore formed through a collaboration between Duke University and the National University of Singapore, focusing on innovative medical education and research.
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B.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is one of Japan’s largest public research organizations, conducting cutting-edge R&D in fields such as materials, energy, information technology, and robotics to support industrial innovation and societal needs.
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C.
Energy Research Institute @ NTU
Energy Research Institute @ NTU is a research center at Nanyang Technological University focused on advancing sustainable energy technologies and solutions.
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D.
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University is a leading research-intensive public university in Singapore known for its strengths in engineering, technology, and innovation.
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E.
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is a leading global research-intensive university and Singapore’s flagship higher education institution, renowned for its strengths in science, engineering, medicine, and public policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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national research and development agency ⓘ statutory board ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
A*STAR
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linked to:
A*STAR, Singapore
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| city | Singapore ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Singapore public sector agencies
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Singapore universities ⓘ local enterprises ⓘ multinational corporations ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| field |
research and development
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science and technology ⓘ |
| focus |
industry-oriented research
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innovation and enterprise ⓘ public sector research ⓘ talent development in science and technology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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linked to:
A*STAR, Singapore
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| governingLaw | laws of Singapore ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
A*STAR Graduate Scholarship
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A*STAR Research Attachment Programme ⓘ
linked to:
A*STAR, Singapore
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| hasResearchInstitute |
Bioprocessing Technology Institute
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Data Storage Institute ⓘ Genome Institute of Singapore ⓘ Institute for Infocomm Research ⓘ Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences ⓘ Institute of High Performance Computing ⓘ Institute of Materials Research and Engineering ⓘ Institute of Microelectronics ⓘ Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology ⓘ Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences ⓘ Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Singapore ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of Singapore ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mission | advance science and develop innovative technology to further economic and societal benefits for Singapore ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) ⓘ |
| purpose |
drive scientific discovery
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drive technological innovation ⓘ support Singapore’s economic growth ⓘ support Singapore’s societal growth ⓘ |
| regionServed | Singapore ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| supports |
Singapore’s innovation ecosystem
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commercialisation of research outcomes ⓘ technology transfer to industry ⓘ |
| website | https://www.a-star.edu.sg/ ⓘ |
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: A*STAR, Singapore Description of subject: A*STAR, Singapore is the national research and development agency that drives scientific discovery and technological innovation to support Singapore’s economic and societal growth.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
A*STAR, Singapore
linked to: A*STAR, Singapore
subject linked to:
A*STAR, Singapore
linked to: A*STAR, Singapore
Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)
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subordinateAgency
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Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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linked to: A*STAR, Singapore