Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
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The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences is an academic unit at Ithaca College focused on interdisciplinary education and research related to the environment, sustainability, and human–nature interactions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9333329 — 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 Environmental Studies and Sciences Context triple: [School of Humanities and Sciences (Ithaca College), hasDepartment, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences]
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A.
Department of Environmental Sciences
The Department of Environmental Sciences is an academic unit focused on studying environmental systems, human impacts on the environment, and solutions for sustainability within the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
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B.
Department of Environmental Science
The Department of Environmental Science is an academic unit at Savitribai Phule Pune University dedicated to teaching and research on environmental systems, sustainability, and ecological conservation.
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C.
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
The Department of Environmental Science and Policy is an academic unit focused on studying environmental systems and developing policies and management strategies to address environmental challenges.
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D.
Department of Natural Environmental Studies
The Department of Natural Environmental Studies is an academic unit focused on researching and teaching the scientific principles, dynamics, and conservation of natural environments and ecosystems.
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E.
Department of Ecosystem Studies
The Department of Ecosystem Studies is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture focused on researching and teaching the structure, function, and conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.
- 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 Environmental Studies and Sciences Target entity description: The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences is an academic unit at Ithaca College focused on interdisciplinary education and research related to the environment, sustainability, and human–nature interactions.
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A.
Department of Environmental Sciences
The Department of Environmental Sciences is an academic unit focused on studying environmental systems, human impacts on the environment, and solutions for sustainability within the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
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B.
Department of Environmental Science
The Department of Environmental Science is an academic unit at Savitribai Phule Pune University dedicated to teaching and research on environmental systems, sustainability, and ecological conservation.
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C.
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
The Department of Environmental Science and Policy is an academic unit focused on studying environmental systems and developing policies and management strategies to address environmental challenges.
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D.
Department of Natural Environmental Studies
The Department of Natural Environmental Studies is an academic unit focused on researching and teaching the scientific principles, dynamics, and conservation of natural environments and ecosystems.
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Department of Ecosystem Studies
The Department of Ecosystem Studies is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture focused on researching and teaching the structure, function, and conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
environmental science
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environmental studies ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | other departments at Ithaca College ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
interdisciplinary education
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interdisciplinary research ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
environmental science
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environmental studies ⓘ human–nature interactions ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| hasEducationalApproach |
community-engaged learning
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experiential learning ⓘ field-based learning ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-humanities-and-sciences/environmental-studies-and-sciences ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ithaca, New York
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linked to:
Ithaca, New York, United States
New York State ⓘ |
| offers |
environmental science major
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environmental studies major ⓘ minors related to environment and sustainability ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| partOf | Ithaca College ⓘ |
| researchArea |
climate change
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conservation ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental justice ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ human–environment relationships ⓘ sustainability studies ⓘ |
| 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 Environmental Studies and Sciences Description of subject: The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences is an academic unit at Ithaca College focused on interdisciplinary education and research related to the environment, sustainability, and human–nature interactions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Humanities and Sciences (Ithaca College)
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hasDepartment
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Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
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subject linked to:
School of Humanities and Sciences