Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
E14878
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26998 — 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: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Context triple: [Barbara McClintock, employer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]
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Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
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B.
Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute is a renowned biomedical research center in Philadelphia known for its pioneering work in cancer, immunology, and vaccine development.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a U.S. government biomedical research organization that leads and funds research on the structure, function, and impact of the human genome.
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E.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is a U.S. government biomedical research institute that supports fundamental, non-disease-specific science and training to advance understanding of biological processes and lay the groundwork for medical advances.
- 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: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Target entity description: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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A.
Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
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B.
Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute is a renowned biomedical research center in Philadelphia known for its pioneering work in cancer, immunology, and vaccine development.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a U.S. government biomedical research organization that leads and funds research on the structure, function, and impact of the human genome.
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E.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is a U.S. government biomedical research institute that supports fundamental, non-disease-specific science and training to advance understanding of biological processes and lay the groundwork for medical advances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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private university laboratory ⓘ research institute ⓘ |
| awardedToAffiliates | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
graduate students
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postdoctoral researchers ⓘ research scientists ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bioinformatics
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cancer research ⓘ genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ plant biology ⓘ quantitative biology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
basic biological research
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genomics ⓘ systems biology ⓘ translational cancer research ⓘ |
| formerName |
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Biological Laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
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| foundedIn | 1890 ⓘ |
| hasAcademicProgram | PhD program in biological sciences ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Uplands Farm campus
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Woodbury Genome Research Center
main campus at Cold Spring Harbor ⓘ |
| hasChairperson | Marilyn Simons ⓘ |
| hasChancellor |
James Watson
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surface form:
James D. Watson
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| hasEducationalMission | science education for students and teachers ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Banbury Center
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DNA Learning Center ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Exploring biology, improving life ⓘ |
| hasOutreachProgram | public science education programs ⓘ |
| hasPresident | Bruce Stillman ⓘ |
| hosts |
advanced research courses
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scientific conferences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
DNA research
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pioneering work in cancer biology ⓘ pioneering work in molecular genetics ⓘ scientific meetings and courses ⓘ |
| legalStatus | independent nonprofit institution ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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Long Island ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
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| operates |
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Watson School of Biological Sciences ⓘ |
| publishes |
scientific books
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scientific journals ⓘ |
| regionServed | global scientific community ⓘ |
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: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Description of subject: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Barbara McClintock
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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formerName
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Biological Laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
this entity surface form:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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hasCampus
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Woodbury Genome Research Center
this entity surface form:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses Program
this entity surface form:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences
this entity surface form:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory campus