Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran is the government body responsible for overseeing higher education, scientific research, and technological development across Iranian universities and research institutions.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658480 — 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: Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran Context triple: [University of Tehran, governedBy, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran]
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A.
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology is a leading Iranian public research university in Tehran, renowned for its rigorous engineering and science programs and highly competitive admissions.
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B.
Amirkabir University of Technology
Amirkabir University of Technology is one of Iran’s leading and oldest engineering and technical universities, renowned for its strong research output and rigorous academic programs.
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C.
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is a major public research university in Mashhad, Iran, recognized as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions.
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D.
Shahid Beheshti University
Shahid Beheshti University is a major public research university in Iran, recognized as one of the country’s leading institutions of higher education.
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E.
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran is Iran’s oldest and most prestigious public university, widely regarded as the country’s leading center for higher education 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: Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran Target entity description: The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran is the government body responsible for overseeing higher education, scientific research, and technological development across Iranian universities and research institutions.
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A.
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology is a leading Iranian public research university in Tehran, renowned for its rigorous engineering and science programs and highly competitive admissions.
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B.
Amirkabir University of Technology
Amirkabir University of Technology is one of Iran’s leading and oldest engineering and technical universities, renowned for its strong research output and rigorous academic programs.
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C.
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is a major public research university in Mashhad, Iran, recognized as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions.
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D.
Shahid Beheshti University
Shahid Beheshti University is a major public research university in Iran, recognized as one of the country’s leading institutions of higher education.
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E.
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran is Iran’s oldest and most prestigious public university, widely regarded as the country’s leading center for higher education and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
education ministry
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government ministry ⓘ research ministry ⓘ science ministry ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Iranian research institutes
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Iranian universities ⓘ Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| funds |
public research projects
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university research centers ⓘ |
| goal |
development of national scientific capacity
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improvement of quality of higher education ⓘ strengthening of research and innovation system ⓘ support of knowledge-based economy in Iran ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | Government of Iran ⓘ |
| headedBy |
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Minister of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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| jurisdiction |
Iran
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surface form:
Islamic Republic of Iran
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| languageOfOperation | Persian ⓘ |
| oversees |
higher education in Iran
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many private universities in Iran ⓘ public universities in Iran ⓘ research institutes in Iran ⓘ scientific research in Iran ⓘ technological development in Iran ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of Iran
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surface form:
Cabinet of Iran
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| promotes |
internationalization of Iranian universities
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scientific publications and conferences in Iran ⓘ |
| regulates |
academic degree standards in Iran
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research ethics guidelines in higher education ⓘ university governance frameworks in Iran ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
accreditation of higher education institutions
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allocation of research funding ⓘ coordination of national research programs ⓘ development of science and technology parks ⓘ international scientific cooperation policies ⓘ policy-making in higher education ⓘ policy-making in scientific research ⓘ policy-making in technology development ⓘ promotion of innovation and technology transfer ⓘ regulation of student admissions policies ⓘ regulation of universities ⓘ supervision of postgraduate education ⓘ support of academic research centers ⓘ |
| sector |
higher education
ⓘ
science and technology ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | public sector organization ⓘ |
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: Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran Description of subject: The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran is the government body responsible for overseeing higher education, scientific research, and technological development across Iranian universities and research institutions.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sharif University of Technology
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affiliation
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
ⓘ
Amirkabir University of Technology
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governedBy
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
ⓘ
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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headedBy
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Minister of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies
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governedBy
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran
subject surface form:
University of Tehran
Faculty of Law and Political Science
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governedBy
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran
subject surface form:
Sharif University of Technology
this entity surface form:
Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology system
Faculty of Textile Engineering
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affiliatedWith
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
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governedBy
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology
Faculty of Literature and Humanities
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affiliation
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran
subject surface form:
College of Science, University of Tehran
this entity surface form:
Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
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affiliation
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Shahid Beheshti University
subject surface form:
Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University
subject surface form:
Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University
Imam Khomeini International University
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governedBy
→
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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this entity surface form:
Ministry of Science Research and Technology of Iran