Department of Human Development
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The Department of Human Development is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on the study of human growth, learning, and psychological development across the lifespan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Human Development canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1060512 — 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 Human Development Context triple: [Teachers College, Columbia University, hasAcademicUnit, Department of Human Development]
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A.
School of Human Sciences
The School of Human Sciences at Osaka University is an interdisciplinary faculty focused on studying human behavior, society, and well-being through fields such as psychology, sociology, and related social sciences.
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B.
Directorate of Human and Social Development
The Directorate of Human and Social Development is a key arm of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) responsible for advancing regional policies and programs in areas such as health, education, youth, gender, and social protection.
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C.
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development is George Washington University’s school dedicated to advanced study and research in education, human development, and related professional fields.
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D.
Department of Development Sociology
The Department of Development Sociology is an academic unit at Cornell University that focuses on the social dimensions of development, including issues such as inequality, globalization, and community change.
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E.
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is a major academic unit at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that prepares professionals in teaching, health, and human services through interdisciplinary programs and research.
- 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 Human Development Target entity description: The Department of Human Development is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on the study of human growth, learning, and psychological development across the lifespan.
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A.
School of Human Sciences
The School of Human Sciences at Osaka University is an interdisciplinary faculty focused on studying human behavior, society, and well-being through fields such as psychology, sociology, and related social sciences.
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B.
Directorate of Human and Social Development
The Directorate of Human and Social Development is a key arm of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) responsible for advancing regional policies and programs in areas such as health, education, youth, gender, and social protection.
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C.
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development is George Washington University’s school dedicated to advanced study and research in education, human development, and related professional fields.
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D.
Department of Development Sociology
The Department of Development Sociology is an academic unit at Cornell University that focuses on the social dimensions of development, including issues such as inequality, globalization, and community change.
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E.
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is a major academic unit at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that prepares professionals in teaching, health, and human services through interdisciplinary programs and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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organizational unit ⓘ |
| academicLevel | graduate ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Columbia University ⓘ |
| campus |
Morningside Heights campus
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surface form:
Morningside Heights
|
| collaboratesWith |
other departments at Teachers College
ⓘ
research centers at Teachers College ⓘ |
| conducts |
empirical research on human development
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longitudinal studies of development ⓘ research on learning in educational settings ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
faculty members
ⓘ
researchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cognitive development
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developmental psychology ⓘ educational psychology ⓘ human development ⓘ learning sciences ⓘ lifespan development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
education and development
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human growth across the lifespan ⓘ learning processes ⓘ psychological development ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
cognitive science
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education ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasFocusPopulation |
adolescents
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adults ⓘ children ⓘ older adults ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody | graduate students ⓘ |
| hasType | department of psychology and education ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
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New York City ⓘ Teachers College campus ⓘ |
| mission |
to advance understanding of human development and learning
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to prepare scholars and practitioners in human development ⓘ |
| offers |
doctoral degree programs
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graduate programs ⓘ master’s degree programs ⓘ research opportunities ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Teachers College, Columbia University ⓘ |
| partOf | Teachers College, Columbia University ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
global ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
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 Human Development Description of subject: The Department of Human Development is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on the study of human growth, learning, and psychological development across the lifespan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.