University of Maryland Department of Linguistics
E726989
The University of Maryland Department of Linguistics is a leading academic department known for its research and graduate training in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UMD Linguistics | 1 |
| University of Maryland Department of Linguistics canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8308553 — 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: University of Maryland Department of Linguistics Context triple: [Juan Uriagereka, workInstitution, University of Maryland Department of Linguistics]
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University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics
The University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics is a leading academic center for theoretical and empirical linguistics research and education, known for its influential contributions to syntax, phonology, sociolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
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B.
Stanford University Department of Linguistics
The Stanford University Department of Linguistics is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching across theoretical, computational, and sociolinguistics.
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C.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Zadar is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, offering teaching and research in areas such as theoretical, applied, and descriptive linguistics.
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D.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics is an academic unit at the University of Chile dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, use, and development.
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E.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Deccan College is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, history, and use.
- 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: University of Maryland Department of Linguistics Target entity description: The University of Maryland Department of Linguistics is a leading academic department known for its research and graduate training in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition.
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A.
University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics
The University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics is a leading academic center for theoretical and empirical linguistics research and education, known for its influential contributions to syntax, phonology, sociolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
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B.
Stanford University Department of Linguistics
The Stanford University Department of Linguistics is a leading academic department renowned for its research and teaching across theoretical, computational, and sociolinguistics.
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C.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Zadar is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, offering teaching and research in areas such as theoretical, applied, and descriptive linguistics.
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D.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Deccan College is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, history, and use.
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E.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics is an academic unit at the University of Chile dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, use, and development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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linguistics department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cognitive science
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ |
| admits |
graduate students in linguistics
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undergraduate students in linguistics ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of Maryland, College Park
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
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| campus |
University of Maryland College Park campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland campus core
|
| collaboratesWith |
Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland ⓘ Maryland Language Science Center ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employs | linguistics faculty ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computational linguistics
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language acquisition ⓘ linguistics ⓘ neurolinguistics ⓘ phonology ⓘ psycholinguistics ⓘ semantics ⓘ syntax ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | UMD Linguistics ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
acquisition labs
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linguistics laboratories ⓘ psycholinguistics labs ⓘ |
| hasRankingNote | considered a leading linguistics department in North America ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
bilingualism
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child language acquisition ⓘ language and cognition ⓘ morphology ⓘ prosody ⓘ sentence processing ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://ling.umd.edu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research in language acquisition
ⓘ
research in psycholinguistics ⓘ research in theoretical linguistics ⓘ strong graduate training programs ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | College Park, Maryland ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
MA in Linguistics
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PhD in Linguistics ⓘ undergraduate major in Linguistics ⓘ undergraduate minor in Linguistics ⓘ |
| partOf |
College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland
ⓘ
University of Maryland ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
developmental approaches to language acquisition
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experimental approaches to language processing ⓘ formal approaches to language ⓘ |
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: University of Maryland Department of Linguistics Description of subject: The University of Maryland Department of Linguistics is a leading academic department known for its research and graduate training in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: University of Maryland Department of Linguistics