Faculty of Applied Sciences
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The Faculty of Applied Sciences at Simon Fraser University is an academic division focused on engineering, computing science, and related technological disciplines that combine theoretical foundations with practical, real-world applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Faculty of Applied Sciences canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2769125 — 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: Faculty of Applied Sciences Context triple: [Simon Fraser University, hasFaculty, Faculty of Applied Sciences]
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A.
Faculty of Applied Sciences
The Faculty of Applied Sciences at Boğaziçi University is an academic unit focused on practice-oriented education and research in fields that translate scientific knowledge into real-world applications.
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B.
Faculty of Applied Sciences
The Faculty of Applied Sciences is an academic division of the Royal Military Academy in Belgium that provides engineering and technical education and research tailored to military and defense applications.
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C.
Faculty of Applied Science
The Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia is an academic division that encompasses engineering, nursing, architecture, and related professional programs focused on practical, research-driven innovation.
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D.
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is an academic division of Ontario Tech University offering engineering and technology-focused programs and research.
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E.
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is Queen's University at Kingston's engineering school, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and related applied science disciplines.
- 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: Faculty of Applied Sciences Target entity description: The Faculty of Applied Sciences at Simon Fraser University is an academic division focused on engineering, computing science, and related technological disciplines that combine theoretical foundations with practical, real-world applications.
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A.
Faculty of Applied Sciences
The Faculty of Applied Sciences is an academic division of the Royal Military Academy in Belgium that provides engineering and technical education and research tailored to military and defense applications.
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B.
Faculty of Applied Sciences
The Faculty of Applied Sciences at Boğaziçi University is an academic unit focused on practice-oriented education and research in fields that translate scientific knowledge into real-world applications.
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C.
Faculty of Applied Science
The Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia is an academic division that encompasses engineering, nursing, architecture, and related professional programs focused on practical, research-driven innovation.
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D.
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is an academic division of Ontario Tech University offering engineering and technology-focused programs and research.
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E.
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is Queen's University at Kingston's engineering school, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and related applied science disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
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faculty ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FAS ⓘ |
| affiliation | public university system of British Columbia ⓘ |
| campus |
Burnaby campus
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Surrey campus ⓘ Vancouver campus ⓘ |
| city | Burnaby ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
combination of theory and practice
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real-world applications ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
applied sciences
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computer engineering ⓘ computing science ⓘ electronic systems engineering ⓘ engineering ⓘ mechatronic systems engineering ⓘ software systems ⓘ technological disciplines ⓘ |
| hasDepartment |
School of Computing Science
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School of Engineering Science ⓘ Department of Mechatronics Engineering ⓘ
surface form:
School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
School of Sustainable Energy Engineering ⓘ |
| hasType |
computing faculty
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engineering faculty ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Burnaby
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surface form:
Burnaby, British Columbia
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| offers |
graduate programs
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research opportunities ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Applied Sciences
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Bachelor of Science ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Applied Science ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| partOf | Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| regionServed | British Columbia ⓘ |
| researchArea |
communications systems
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computer science ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ mechatronics ⓘ software engineering ⓘ sustainable energy ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sfu.ca/fas.html ⓘ |
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: Faculty of Applied Sciences Description of subject: The Faculty of Applied Sciences at Simon Fraser University is an academic division focused on engineering, computing science, and related technological disciplines that combine theoretical foundations with practical, real-world applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.