Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
E14771
The Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science is a leading research center at the University of Cambridge focused on understanding and treating metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T97378 — 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: Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Context triple: [School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, collaboratesWith, Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science]
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A.
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge Biomedical Campus is a major medical and life sciences hub in Cambridge, England, integrating leading hospitals, research institutes, and biotechnology companies.
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major NHS teaching and research hospital group in Cambridge, England, that provides specialist and general healthcare services in partnership with the University of Cambridge.
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C.
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
The School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge is the institution’s primary center for medical education, clinical training, and biomedical research.
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Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
The Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge is a major academic and clinical research department focused on advancing medical science and training healthcare professionals within the university’s School of Clinical Medicine.
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E.
Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish Laboratory is the University of Cambridge’s historic physics research center, renowned for groundbreaking discoveries such as the structure of DNA and the electron.
- 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: Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Target entity description: The Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science is a leading research center at the University of Cambridge focused on understanding and treating metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
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A.
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge Biomedical Campus is a major medical and life sciences hub in Cambridge, England, integrating leading hospitals, research institutes, and biotechnology companies.
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B.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major NHS teaching and research hospital group in Cambridge, England, that provides specialist and general healthcare services in partnership with the University of Cambridge.
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C.
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
The School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge is the institution’s primary center for medical education, clinical training, and biomedical research.
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Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
The Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge is a major academic and clinical research department focused on advancing medical science and training healthcare professionals within the university’s School of Clinical Medicine.
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Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish Laboratory is the University of Cambridge’s historic physics research center, renowned for groundbreaking discoveries such as the structure of DNA and the electron.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical research institute
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research institute ⓘ university research centre ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| collaboratesWith |
NHS hospitals in Cambridge
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international metabolic research centres ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs |
basic scientists
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clinical researchers ⓘ clinical trialists ⓘ epidemiologists ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
clinical research
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diabetes ⓘ endocrinology ⓘ metabolic disease ⓘ metabolism ⓘ obesity ⓘ translational research ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
appetite regulation
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cardiometabolic disease ⓘ childhood obesity ⓘ energy balance ⓘ human metabolic health ⓘ insulin resistance ⓘ type 2 diabetes ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Medical Research Council
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Wellcome Trust ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit
clinical research facilities ⓘ laboratory research facilities ⓘ |
| hasResearchObjective |
developing treatments for metabolic diseases
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improving prevention of metabolic disease ⓘ understanding diabetes ⓘ understanding metabolic diseases ⓘ understanding obesity ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge
England ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cambridge Biomedical Campus ⓘ |
| mission | to improve understanding and treatment of metabolic disease ⓘ |
| name | Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| researchOutput |
clinical trials in diabetes
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clinical trials in obesity ⓘ scientific publications on metabolic disease ⓘ |
| shortName | IMS ⓘ |
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: Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Description of subject: The Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science is a leading research center at the University of Cambridge focused on understanding and treating metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
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collaboratesWith
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Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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collaboratesWith
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Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
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this entity surface form:
Medical Research Council units in Cambridge
Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge
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collaboratesWith
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Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
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this entity surface form:
MRC research units at the University of Cambridge
Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
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name
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Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
self-link
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Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
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hasPart
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Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit