Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
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The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences is an academic unit at Skidmore College focused on interdisciplinary education and research related to environmental issues, sustainability, and human–environment 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 T10307074 — 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: [Skidmore College, hasSchool, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences]
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A.
Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
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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B.
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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C.
Department of Environmental Sciences
The Department of Environmental Sciences is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo’s College of Arts and Sciences focused on studying and addressing environmental systems, issues, and sustainability.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Skidmore College focused on interdisciplinary education and research related to environmental issues, sustainability, and human–environment interactions.
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A.
Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
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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B.
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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C.
Department of Environmental Sciences
The Department of Environmental Sciences is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo’s College of Arts and Sciences focused on studying and addressing environmental systems, issues, and sustainability.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
community organizations
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other departments at Skidmore College ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
experiential learning
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field-based learning ⓘ liberal arts approach to environmental problems ⓘ undergraduate research ⓘ |
| field |
environmental science
ⓘ
environmental studies ⓘ human–environment interactions ⓘ sustainability studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
environmental issues
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human–environment interactions ⓘ interdisciplinary education ⓘ interdisciplinary research ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
interdisciplinary
ⓘ
liberal arts–oriented ⓘ research-active ⓘ undergraduate-focused ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York (state)
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linked to:
New York
Saratoga Springs, New York ⓘ Skidmore College campus ⓘ
linked to:
Skidmore College
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| offers |
environmental science-related coursework
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environmental studies major ⓘ interdisciplinary curriculum ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| partOf | Skidmore College ⓘ |
| researchArea |
climate change
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conservation ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental education ⓘ environmental justice ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ natural resource management ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ urban environments ⓘ |
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 Skidmore College focused on interdisciplinary education and research related to environmental issues, sustainability, and human–environment interactions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.