Information School
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The Information School at the University of Washington is an academic unit focused on the study and design of information systems, data, and technology in their social and organizational contexts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Information School canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1425779 — 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: Information School Context triple: [University of Washington, hasCollege, Information School]
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A.
Education Section
The Education Section is a division of the Ecological Society of America that focuses on advancing ecology education, outreach, and pedagogy within the scientific and broader communities.
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B.
Education Service
Education Service is a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that administers and manages education benefits programs for veterans, service members, and their families.
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C.
Lab Schools
Lab Schools is a renowned private day school in Chicago affiliated with the University of Chicago, known for its progressive education and strong academic programs from nursery through high school.
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D.
Student Learning Centre
The Student Learning Centre is a prominent, modern academic and study facility on the campus of Toronto Metropolitan University in downtown Toronto.
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E.
Education Library
The Education Library is a specialized branch of Queen's University Library that supports research and study in education and related fields.
- 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: Information School Target entity description: The Information School at the University of Washington is an academic unit focused on the study and design of information systems, data, and technology in their social and organizational contexts.
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A.
Education Section
The Education Section is a division of the Ecological Society of America that focuses on advancing ecology education, outreach, and pedagogy within the scientific and broader communities.
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B.
Education Service
Education Service is a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that administers and manages education benefits programs for veterans, service members, and their families.
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C.
Lab Schools
Lab Schools is a renowned private day school in Chicago affiliated with the University of Chicago, known for its progressive education and strong academic programs from nursery through high school.
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D.
Student Learning Centre
The Student Learning Centre is a prominent, modern academic and study facility on the campus of Toronto Metropolitan University in downtown Toronto.
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E.
Education Library
The Education Library is a specialized branch of Queen's University Library that supports research and study in education and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic unit
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information school ⓘ school ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UW iSchool ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
University of Washington
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surface form:
University of Washington Libraries
technology industry in Seattle region ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | University of Washington Information School ⓘ |
| campus |
University of Washington
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surface form:
University of Washington Seattle campus
|
| city | Seattle ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| emphasizes |
organizational contexts of information
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social contexts of information ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
data
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data science ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ informatics ⓘ information ⓘ information management ⓘ information policy ⓘ information systems ⓘ library and information science ⓘ socio-technical systems ⓘ technology ⓘ user experience design ⓘ |
| foundedBy | University of Washington ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle, Washington, United States
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surface form:
Seattle, Washington
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| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Science in Informatics
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Master of Library and Information Science ⓘ Master of Science in Information Management ⓘ Master of Science in Information Science ⓘ PhD in Information Science ⓘ |
| offersProgramLevel |
doctoral
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graduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Washington ⓘ |
| researchArea |
data science methods
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digital humanities ⓘ digital youth ⓘ health informatics ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ information behavior ⓘ information ethics ⓘ information policy and governance ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ socio-technical systems ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| website | https://ischool.uw.edu ⓘ |
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: Information School Description of subject: The Information School at the University of Washington is an academic unit focused on the study and design of information systems, data, and technology in their social and organizational contexts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.