King’s Buildings

E105989

engineering campus science campus university campus

King’s Buildings is the University of Edinburgh’s main science and engineering campus, housing many of its research institutes, laboratories, and related teaching facilities.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
King’s Buildings campus	2
James Clerk Maxwell Building	1
King’s Buildings canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T892989 — 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: King’s Buildings
Context triple: [University of Edinburgh, hasCampus, King’s Buildings]

A. St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.
B. Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers is a grand Victorian-era municipal building in Glasgow, Scotland, serving as the headquarters of the city council and a prominent symbol of the city's civic pride.
C. Palace Green Library
Palace Green Library is a historic academic library complex in Durham, England, housing special collections and archives of Durham University near Durham Cathedral.
D. University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is a leading public research university in Scotland, renowned for its historic campus, influential scholarship, and global academic reputation.
E. Foresterhill campus
Foresterhill campus is the University of Aberdeen’s major health sciences site, housing its medical school, teaching hospital, and key research facilities.
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: King’s Buildings
Target entity description: King’s Buildings is the University of Edinburgh’s main science and engineering campus, housing many of its research institutes, laboratories, and related teaching facilities.

A. St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.
B. Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers is a grand Victorian-era municipal building in Glasgow, Scotland, serving as the headquarters of the city council and a prominent symbol of the city's civic pride.
C. Palace Green Library
Palace Green Library is a historic academic library complex in Durham, England, housing special collections and archives of Durham University near Durham Cathedral.
D. University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is a leading public research university in Scotland, renowned for its historic campus, influential scholarship, and global academic reputation.
E. Foresterhill campus
Foresterhill campus is the University of Aberdeen’s major health sciences site, housing its medical school, teaching hospital, and key research facilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	engineering campus ⓘ science campus ⓘ university campus ⓘ
affiliation	University of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: University of Edinburgh College of Science and Engineering
campusOf	University of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: University of Edinburgh College of Science and Engineering
campusType	main science and engineering campus ⓘ
city	Edinburgh ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	biological sciences ⓘ chemistry ⓘ engineering ⓘ geosciences ⓘ informatics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ science ⓘ
hasAmenity	cafeteria ⓘ car parks ⓘ cycle parking ⓘ student union facilities ⓘ study spaces ⓘ
hasFacilityType	laboratory ⓘ research institute ⓘ teaching facility ⓘ
hasFunction	research ⓘ teaching ⓘ
hasPart	Alexander Graham Bell Building ⓘ Biology buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ Chemistry buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ Crew Building ⓘ Darwin Building ⓘ Engineering buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ Geosciences buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ Informatics buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ King’s Buildings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Clerk Maxwell Building Joseph Black Building ⓘ Edinburgh University Library ⓘ surface form: King’s Buildings Library King’s Buildings campus bus stops ⓘ Physics buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ mathematics buildings at King’s Buildings ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
operator	University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Edinburgh ⓘ
partOf	University of Edinburgh ⓘ
primaryUse	engineering teaching ⓘ science teaching ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
region	Scotland ⓘ
transportConnection	University shuttle bus to central campus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Edinburgh → hasCampus → King’s Buildings ⓘ

King’s Buildings → hasPart → King’s Buildings self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Clerk Maxwell Building

College of Science and Engineering → hasFacility → King’s Buildings ⓘ

subject surface form: College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh

this entity surface form: King’s Buildings campus

College of Science and Engineering → mainCampus → King’s Buildings ⓘ