Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University
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The Department of Civil Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs and conducts research in areas such as structural, environmental, transportation, and geotechnical engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9468190 — 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, McGill University Context triple: [Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University]
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A.
Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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, McGill University Target entity description: The Department of Civil Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs and conducts research in areas such as structural, environmental, transportation, and geotechnical engineering.
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A.
Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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civil engineering department ⓘ |
| academicLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| affiliation | Faculty of Engineering, McGill University ⓘ |
| campus | Downtown Montreal campus ⓘ |
| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfUniversity | Canada ⓘ |
| discipline | engineering ⓘ |
| employerType | public university department ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | civil engineering ⓘ |
| hasDegree |
BEng
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MEng ⓘ MScA ⓘ PhD ⓘ |
| hasParentOrganization |
McGill University Faculty of Engineering
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linked to:
Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
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| hasResearchFocus |
environmental sustainability in civil engineering
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geomechanics ⓘ structural reliability and mechanics ⓘ sustainable infrastructure ⓘ urban transportation systems ⓘ water resources and hydrology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| offers |
coursework-based graduate programs
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research-based graduate programs ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
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Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering ⓘ Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering ⓘ
linked to:
Master of Engineering
Master of Science (Applied) in Civil Engineering ⓘ undergraduate civil engineering program ⓘ |
| partOf | McGill University ⓘ |
| province |
Quebec
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linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| researchArea |
construction engineering
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environmental engineering ⓘ geotechnical engineering ⓘ infrastructure engineering ⓘ structural engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ water resources engineering ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mcgill.ca/civil/ ⓘ |
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, McGill University Description of subject: The Department of Civil Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs and conducts research in areas such as structural, environmental, transportation, and geotechnical engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
→
hasDepartment
→
Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University
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