Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis)
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate education and research opportunities in physics and astronomy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis) canonical | 1 |
| UMSL Physics and Astronomy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9818274 — 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 Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis) Context triple: [College of Arts and Sciences (University of Missouri–St. Louis), hasUnit, Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis)]
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Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit at Ithaca College offering education and research opportunities in physics, astronomy, and related physical sciences.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit that conducts research and offers education in fundamental physics and astronomical sciences within the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (Purdue University)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University is an academic department known for research and education in fundamental physics and astrophysics, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
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D.
Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Utah)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah is an academic unit that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy.
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Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is a major academic division of Heidelberg University specializing in research and education in physics, astronomy, and related scientific fields.
- 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 Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis) Target entity description: The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate education and research opportunities in physics and astronomy.
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A.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit at Ithaca College offering education and research opportunities in physics, astronomy, and related physical sciences.
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B.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic unit that conducts research and offers education in fundamental physics and astronomical sciences within the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
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C.
University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy is an academic department at the University of Kansas that conducts research and offers degree programs in physics and astronomy.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (Purdue University)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University is an academic department known for research and education in fundamental physics and astrophysics, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Utah)
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Utah is an academic unit that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in physics and astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
astronomy
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physics ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Missouri System ⓘ |
| campus |
University of Missouri–St. Louis North Campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Missouri–St. Louis
|
| city |
St. Louis
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| country |
USA
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employs |
astronomy faculty
ⓘ
physics faculty ⓘ |
| fieldOfResearch |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ condensed matter physics ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | UMSL Physics and Astronomy ⓘ |
| hasStudentType |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Missouri
ⓘ
St. Louis ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Louis City
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| offersActivity |
graduate research opportunities
ⓘ
undergraduate research opportunities ⓘ |
| offersCourse |
advanced physics courses
ⓘ
astronomy courses ⓘ introductory physics courses ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor’s degree in physics
ⓘ
Master’s degree in physics ⓘ graduate research opportunities in astronomy ⓘ graduate research opportunities in physics ⓘ |
| offersFacility |
research laboratories
ⓘ
teaching laboratories ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate astronomy program
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graduate physics program ⓘ undergraduate astronomy program ⓘ undergraduate physics program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | College of Arts and Sciences (University of Missouri–St. Louis) ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Missouri–St. Louis ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| website | https://www.umsl.edu/~physics/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis) Description of subject: The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is an academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate education and research opportunities in physics and astronomy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
College of Arts and Sciences (University of Missouri–St. Louis)
→
hasUnit
→
Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis)
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subject linked to:
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis)
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hasAbbreviation
→
UMSL Physics and Astronomy
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linked to: Department of Physics and Astronomy (University of Missouri–St. Louis)