Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
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The Department of Earth Science at Tohoku University is an academic unit specializing in research and education on the Earth’s structure, processes, and history, including geology, geophysics, and related earth and planetary sciences.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2428011 — 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 Earth Science, Tohoku University Context triple: [Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, hasPart, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University]
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Kyushu University is an academic unit dedicated to research and education on the origin, structure, and evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Science is an academic unit dedicated to research and education on the origin, structure, dynamics, and evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Kyoto University is an academic unit specializing in research and education on the origin, structure, and evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research center dedicated to the scientific study of earthquakes, volcanoes, and related geophysical phenomena.
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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.
- 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 Earth Science, Tohoku University Target entity description: The Department of Earth Science at Tohoku University is an academic unit specializing in research and education on the Earth’s structure, processes, and history, including geology, geophysics, and related earth and planetary sciences.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Kyushu University is an academic unit dedicated to research and education on the origin, structure, and evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
The Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Science is an academic unit dedicated to research and education on the origin, structure, dynamics, and evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Kyoto University is an academic unit specializing in research and education on the origin, structure, and evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
The Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research center dedicated to the scientific study of earthquakes, volcanoes, and related geophysical phenomena.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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earth science department ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Tohoku University ⓘ |
| campus | Aobayama Campus, Tohoku University ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
international universities and research organizations
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national research institutes in Japan ⓘ other departments of Tohoku University ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| educationalObjective |
training professionals in geoscience-related fields
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training researchers in earth science ⓘ |
| employs | faculty members in earth and planetary sciences ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
earth science
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geochemistry ⓘ geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ mineralogy ⓘ paleontology ⓘ petrology ⓘ planetary science ⓘ sedimentology ⓘ seismology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
geology division, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
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Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
geophysics division, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
planetary science division, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
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| languageOfInstruction |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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surface form:
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
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| offersProgram |
doctoral program in earth science
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graduate program in earth science ⓘ master’s program in earth science ⓘ undergraduate program in earth science ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
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Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
research on Earth’s history
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research on Earth’s internal processes ⓘ research on Earth’s structure ⓘ research on crustal dynamics ⓘ research on earthquakes ⓘ research on environmental geology ⓘ research on geophysical exploration ⓘ research on mineral resources ⓘ research on planetary interiors ⓘ research on plate tectonics ⓘ research on volcanoes ⓘ |
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 Earth Science, Tohoku University Description of subject: The Department of Earth Science at Tohoku University is an academic unit specializing in research and education on the Earth’s structure, processes, and history, including geology, geophysics, and related earth and planetary sciences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
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hasUnit
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Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
geophysics division, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
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hasUnit
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Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
planetary science division, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University