School of Classics
E109731
The School of Classics is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in the study of ancient Greek and Roman language, literature, history, and culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| School of Classics canonical | 1 |
| School of Classics, University of St Andrews | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T925404 — 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: School of Classics Context triple: [University of St Andrews, hasSchool, School of Classics]
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A.
School of Letters
The School of Letters at Osaka University is a humanities faculty specializing in fields such as literature, linguistics, philosophy, history, and related cultural studies.
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Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
The Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities is a major curatorial division of the Louvre that oversees and displays the museum’s extensive collection of ancient Mediterranean art and artifacts from these classical civilizations.
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C.
School of History
The School of History is an academic faculty at Wuhan University dedicated to historical research and education across various periods and regions.
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Centre for the Greek Language
The Centre for the Greek Language is an official Greek institution responsible for promoting, supporting, and standardizing the Greek language in education, research, and public life.
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E.
Lyceum of Aristotle
The Lyceum of Aristotle was an influential philosophical school in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught and developed many foundational ideas in logic, science, and metaphysics.
- 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: School of Classics Target entity description: The School of Classics is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in the study of ancient Greek and Roman language, literature, history, and culture.
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A.
School of Letters
The School of Letters at Osaka University is a humanities faculty specializing in fields such as literature, linguistics, philosophy, history, and related cultural studies.
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B.
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
The Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities is a major curatorial division of the Louvre that oversees and displays the museum’s extensive collection of ancient Mediterranean art and artifacts from these classical civilizations.
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C.
School of History
The School of History is an academic faculty at Wuhan University dedicated to historical research and education across various periods and regions.
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D.
Centre for the Greek Language
The Centre for the Greek Language is an official Greek institution responsible for promoting, supporting, and standardizing the Greek language in education, research, and public life.
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E.
Lyceum of Aristotle
The Lyceum of Aristotle was an influential philosophical school in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught and developed many foundational ideas in logic, science, and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | humanities ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews
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surface form:
Faculty of Arts of the University of St Andrews
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| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs |
ancient historian
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classicist ⓘ lecturer ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Classics
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Latin ⓘ
surface form:
Latin language
Roman culture ⓘ Roman history ⓘ Roman literature ⓘ ancient Greek culture ⓘ ancient Greek history ⓘ ancient Greek language ⓘ ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
study of ancient Greece
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study of ancient Rome ⓘ study of classical antiquity ⓘ |
| hasType | School of the University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Scotland
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St Andrews ⓘ |
| offersCourse |
Latin
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ancient Greek ⓘ ancient history ⓘ classical civilization ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
postgraduate research degrees in Classics
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postgraduate taught degrees in Classics ⓘ undergraduate degree in Ancient History ⓘ undergraduate degree in Classics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| partOf | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| researchArea |
Greek and Roman drama
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Greek and Roman historiography ⓘ Greek and Roman philosophy ⓘ ancient history ⓘ ancient material culture ⓘ ancient religion ⓘ classical literature ⓘ classical reception ⓘ |
| website | https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: School of Classics Description of subject: The School of Classics is an academic department at the University of St Andrews specializing in the study of ancient Greek and Roman language, literature, history, and culture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews
this entity surface form:
School of Classics, University of St Andrews