Department of Politics
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The Department of Politics at the University of York is a leading UK centre for the study and research of politics, international relations, and related social sciences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Politics canonical | 2 |
| Department of Politics, University of York | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T734494 — 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 Politics Context triple: [University of York, hasNotableDepartment, Department of Politics]
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A.
MIT Department of Political Science
The MIT Department of Political Science is a leading academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in areas such as international relations, comparative politics, political economy, and security studies.
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B.
School of Public Affairs
The School of Public Affairs at American University is a leading academic division specializing in public policy, public administration, and justice-related studies.
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C.
Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University is an interdisciplinary academic unit that combines political science, philosophical inquiry and religious studies in both teaching and research.
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D.
Department of Political Science (McGill University)
The Department of Political Science at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching on political institutions, behavior, and international relations at undergraduate and graduate levels.
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E.
Institute of Politics
The Institute of Politics is a Harvard Kennedy School center that promotes public service and civic engagement by connecting students with political leaders, practitioners, and policy-focused programs.
- 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 Politics Target entity description: The Department of Politics at the University of York is a leading UK centre for the study and research of politics, international relations, and related social sciences.
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A.
MIT Department of Political Science
The MIT Department of Political Science is a leading academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in areas such as international relations, comparative politics, political economy, and security studies.
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B.
School of Public Affairs
The School of Public Affairs at American University is a leading academic division specializing in public policy, public administration, and justice-related studies.
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C.
Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University is an interdisciplinary academic unit that combines political science, philosophical inquiry and religious studies in both teaching and research.
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D.
Department of Political Science (McGill University)
The Department of Political Science at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching on political institutions, behavior, and international relations at undergraduate and graduate levels.
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E.
Institute of Politics
The Institute of Politics is a Harvard Kennedy School center that promotes public service and civic engagement by connecting students with political leaders, practitioners, and policy-focused programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| affiliation | Russell Group university environment (University of York is Russell Group) ⓘ |
| campus |
Heslington West Campus
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linked to:
Heslington West campus
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| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
academic staff
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professional services staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
European politics
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comparative politics ⓘ development studies ⓘ global governance ⓘ human rights ⓘ international relations ⓘ political theory ⓘ politics ⓘ public policy ⓘ security studies ⓘ |
| hasType | research-intensive department ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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York ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
BA
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BSc ⓘ MA ⓘ MSc ⓘ PhD ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
postgraduate research degrees
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postgraduate taught degrees ⓘ undergraduate degree in international relations ⓘ undergraduate degree in politics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Faculty of Social Sciences, University of York ⓘ |
| partOf | University of York ⓘ |
| reputation |
leading UK centre for related social sciences
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leading UK centre for the study of international relations ⓘ leading UK centre for the study of politics ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
governance and institutions research
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international relations research ⓘ political science research ⓘ public policy research ⓘ security and conflict research ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.york.ac.uk/politics/ ⓘ |
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 Politics Description of subject: The Department of Politics at the University of York is a leading UK centre for the study and research of politics, international relations, and related social sciences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of York
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hasPart
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Department of Politics, University of York
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Social Sciences
linked to: Department of Politics