Department of Biology (York University)
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The Department of Biology at York University is an academic unit specializing in biological sciences education and research, offering undergraduate and graduate programs within the university’s Faculty of Science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Biology (York University) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3346971 — 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: Department of Biology (York University) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (York University), hasDepartment, Department of Biology (York University)]
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Department of Biology (McGill University)
The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
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Department of Biology
The Department of Biology at MIT is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to genetics and systems biology.
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C.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at Acadia University that offers education and research opportunities in the biological sciences.
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D.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá dedicated to teaching and research in the biological sciences.
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E.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at Tor Vergata University of Rome dedicated to research and higher education in the biological sciences.
- 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: Department of Biology (York University) Target entity description: The Department of Biology at York University is an academic unit specializing in biological sciences education and research, offering undergraduate and graduate programs within the university’s Faculty of Science.
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A.
Department of Biology (McGill University)
The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
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B.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology at MIT is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to genetics and systems biology.
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C.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at Acadia University that offers education and research opportunities in the biological sciences.
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D.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá dedicated to teaching and research in the biological sciences.
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E.
Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is an academic unit at Tor Vergata University of Rome dedicated to research and higher education in the biological sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
ⓘ
university department ⓘ |
| academicLevel |
graduate
ⓘ
undergraduate ⓘ |
| affiliation | York University Faculty of Graduate Studies ⓘ |
| conductsResearchIn |
ecology and evolution
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molecular and cellular biology ⓘ physiology and neuroscience ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
faculty members
ⓘ
laboratory staff ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biological sciences
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biology ⓘ cell biology ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental biology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biological research
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biological sciences education ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
classrooms
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research laboratories ⓘ seminar rooms ⓘ teaching laboratories ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.yorku.ca/science/biology/ ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Keele campus of York University
ⓘ
surface form:
Keele Campus (York University)
Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ |
| offers |
field courses
ⓘ
laboratory courses ⓘ lecture courses ⓘ research opportunities for students ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Science in Biology
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Doctor of Philosophy in Biology ⓘ Honours Bachelor of Science in Biology ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ
surface form:
Master of Science in Biology
Undergraduate biology major ⓘ Undergraduate biology minor ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Faculty of Science (York University)
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York University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Science (York University)
ⓘ
York University ⓘ |
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 Biology (York University) Description of subject: The Department of Biology at York University is an academic unit specializing in biological sciences education and research, offering undergraduate and graduate programs within the university’s Faculty of Science.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Science (York University)