Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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The Department of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a major academic unit known for its comprehensive programs in literature, rhetoric, composition, and creative writing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3588924 — 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 English (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Context triple: [College of Letters and Science (University of Wisconsin–Madison), hasAcademicUnit, Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)]
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A.
Department of English
The Department of English at Jadavpur University is a prominent academic unit known for its rigorous programs in English literature, language, and cultural studies.
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B.
Department of English
The Department of English at Dibrugarh University is an academic unit dedicated to the study and teaching of English language, literature, and related humanities disciplines.
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C.
Department of English
The Department of English is an academic unit that focuses on the study and teaching of literature, language, and related cultural texts within the humanities.
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D.
Department of English
The Department of English at Presidency College, Kolkata is an academic unit specializing in the study and teaching of English language and literature.
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E.
Department of English
The Department of English at Gauhati University is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in English language, literature, and related humanities 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: Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Target entity description: The Department of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a major academic unit known for its comprehensive programs in literature, rhetoric, composition, and creative writing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
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A.
Department of English
The Department of English at Jadavpur University is a prominent academic unit known for its rigorous programs in English literature, language, and cultural studies.
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B.
Department of English
The Department of English at Dibrugarh University is an academic unit dedicated to the study and teaching of English language, literature, and related humanities disciplines.
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C.
Department of English
The Department of English is an academic unit that focuses on the study and teaching of literature, language, and related cultural texts within the humanities.
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D.
Department of English
The Department of English at Presidency College, Kolkata is an academic unit specializing in the study and teaching of English language and literature.
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E.
Department of English
The Department of English at Gauhati University is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in English language, literature, and related humanities disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English department
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university academic department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | humanities ⓘ |
| academicLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Association of Departments of English
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Modern Language Association ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Language Association of America
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| campus |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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surface form:
University of Wisconsin–Madison campus
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employerOf |
creative writing faculty
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faculty in English literature ⓘ faculty in rhetoric and composition ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English studies
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composition studies ⓘ creative writing ⓘ literary studies ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| hasStudentOrganization |
English undergraduate student organizations at UW–Madison
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creative writing student groups at UW–Madison ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Composition and Rhetoric Program (UW–Madison English)
Creative Writing Program (UW–Madison English) ⓘ Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
First-Year Writing Program (UW–Madison English)
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Literature Program (UW–Madison English)
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| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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surface form:
Madison, Wisconsin
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| mediumOfPublication | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive English studies curriculum
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research in rhetoric and composition ⓘ strong creative writing program ⓘ |
| offersCourse |
courses in American literature
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courses in British literature ⓘ courses in composition ⓘ courses in creative writing ⓘ courses in cultural studies ⓘ courses in literary theory ⓘ courses in rhetoric ⓘ courses in world literature in English ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
MA program in English
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MFA program in creative writing ⓘ PhD program in English ⓘ graduate program in English ⓘ undergraduate English major ⓘ undergraduate English minor ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | College of Letters and Science (University of Wisconsin–Madison) ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| usesWritingCenter |
UW
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surface form:
UW–Madison Writing Center
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| website | https://english.wisc.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: Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Description of subject: The Department of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a major academic unit known for its comprehensive programs in literature, rhetoric, composition, and creative writing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
College of Letters and Science
→
hasAcademicUnit
→
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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subject surface form:
College of Letters and Science (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
→
hasUnit
→
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
First-Year Writing Program (UW–Madison English)
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
→
hasUnit
→
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Composition and Rhetoric Program (UW–Madison English)
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
→
hasUnit
→
Department of English (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Literature Program (UW–Madison English)