Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9468192 — 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 Mechanical Engineering, McGill University Context triple: [Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University]
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the broader Faculty of Engineering.
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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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Department of Mechanical Engineering (UBC)
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as thermofluids, materials, mechatronics, and design within the Faculty of Applied Science.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in mechanical engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Saskatchewan)
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the College of Engineering.
- 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 Mechanical Engineering, McGill University Target entity description: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
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A.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the broader 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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Department of Mechanical Engineering (UBC)
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as thermofluids, materials, mechatronics, and design within the Faculty of Applied Science.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in mechanical engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Saskatchewan)
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the College of Engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| accreditedBy | Engineers Canada ⓘ |
| accreditedProgram | Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ |
| campus |
Downtown Campus, McGill University
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linked to:
Downtown Campus of McGill University
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| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
industry partners
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other departments in the Faculty of Engineering, McGill University ⓘ research institutes at McGill University ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
faculty members
ⓘ
research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | mechanical engineering ⓘ |
| governedBy | Senate of McGill University ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mcgill.ca/mechanical ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | Macdonald Engineering Building ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ Master of Science (Applied) in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Mechanical Engineering (BEng)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mechanical Engineering program, UNB
Mechanical Engineering (MEng) ⓘ
linked to:
Master of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (PhD) ⓘ |
| offersProgramType |
graduate program
ⓘ
undergraduate program ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
ⓘ
McGill University ⓘ |
| province |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| researchArea |
aerospace engineering
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biomechanics ⓘ controls ⓘ design ⓘ energy systems ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ materials ⓘ mechanics ⓘ robotics ⓘ thermofluids ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
applied mechanics
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fluid mechanics ⓘ materials engineering ⓘ mechanical design ⓘ mechatronics ⓘ thermal sciences ⓘ |
| usesAcademicCalendar | McGill University academic calendar ⓘ |
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 Mechanical Engineering, McGill University Description of subject: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
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hasDepartment
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
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