Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
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The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of weather, climate, and ocean systems within the Faculty of Science.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1260426 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (McGill University), hasDepartment, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)]
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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences is a leading academic and research institution specializing in the study of the Earth system, including geology, oceanography, climate, and atmospheric sciences.
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Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences is an MIT academic department focused on research and education in geology, geophysics, climate and atmospheric science, oceanography, and planetary science.
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Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading research center dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and climate system.
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Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto is the university’s largest academic division, encompassing a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences across its affiliated colleges.
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Faculty of Global Processes
The Faculty of Global Processes is an academic division of Moscow State University focused on studying international relations, global politics, and worldwide socio-economic and environmental processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University) Target entity description: The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of weather, climate, and ocean systems within the Faculty of Science.
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College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences is a leading academic and research institution specializing in the study of the Earth system, including geology, oceanography, climate, and atmospheric sciences.
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Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences is an MIT academic department focused on research and education in geology, geophysics, climate and atmospheric science, oceanography, and planetary science.
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Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading research center dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and climate system.
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Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto is the university’s largest academic division, encompassing a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences across its affiliated colleges.
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Faculty of Global Processes
The Faculty of Global Processes is an academic division of Moscow State University focused on studying international relations, global politics, and worldwide socio-economic and environmental processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| abbreviation | AOS ⓘ |
| academicLevel |
doctoral
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graduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ |
| affiliation |
U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities
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surface form:
U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities via McGill University
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| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
atmospheric chemistry
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atmospheric physics ⓘ atmospheric sciences ⓘ climate dynamics ⓘ climatology ⓘ hydrometeorology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ oceanic sciences ⓘ physical oceanography ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ |
| formerName |
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Department of Meteorology (McGill University)
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| hasFacility |
McGill weather observatory
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computational modeling laboratories ⓘ teaching laboratories ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downtown Montreal campus
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surface form:
Downtown Campus (McGill University)
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| offersProgram |
MSc program in atmospheric and oceanic sciences
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PhD program in atmospheric and oceanic sciences ⓘ undergraduate program in atmospheric sciences ⓘ undergraduate program in physical geography with atmospheric focus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
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McGill University ⓘ |
| province |
Quebec, Canada
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surface form:
Quebec
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| researchActivity |
air–sea interaction
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atmospheric dynamics ⓘ boundary layer meteorology ⓘ climate change modeling ⓘ climate research ⓘ climate variability ⓘ data assimilation in geosciences ⓘ extreme weather events ⓘ hydrology and climate interactions ⓘ large-scale atmospheric circulation ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ ocean systems research ⓘ polar and high-latitude climate ⓘ remote sensing of atmosphere and oceans ⓘ synoptic meteorology ⓘ weather research ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mcgill.ca/meteo/ ⓘ |
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 Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University) Description of subject: The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of weather, climate, and ocean systems within the Faculty of Science.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science
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hasDepartment
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Science (McGill University)
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
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formerName
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Department of Meteorology (McGill University)
Burnside Hall
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housesAcademicUnit
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (McGill University)
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this entity surface form:
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University