Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota)
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The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and geosystems engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3744990 — 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 Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota) Context triple: [College of Science and Engineering (University of Minnesota), hasDepartment, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota)]
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Michigan)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan is an academic department that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, environmental sustainability, and water resources.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure design, construction, and environmental protection within the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through education and research.
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E.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, water resources, and environmental protection within the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
- 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 Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota) Target entity description: The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and geosystems engineering.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Michigan)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan is an academic department that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, environmental sustainability, and water resources.
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B.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering.
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C.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure design, construction, and environmental protection within the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.
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D.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through education and research.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, water resources, and environmental protection within the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| affiliation |
American Geophysical Union
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American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ American Society for Engineering Education ⓘ
surface form:
American Society of Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers ⓘ |
| campus |
University of Minnesota East Bank
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surface form:
East Bank campus (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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environmental engineering ⓘ environmental systems ⓘ geoengineering ⓘ geosystems engineering ⓘ infrastructure systems ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
education in civil engineering
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education in environmental engineering ⓘ education in geoengineering ⓘ research in environmental systems ⓘ research in geosystems engineering ⓘ research in infrastructure systems ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
construction engineering and management
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environmental fluid mechanics ⓘ environmental remediation ⓘ geomechanics ⓘ geotechnical engineering ⓘ hydraulics ⓘ hydrology ⓘ pavement engineering ⓘ structural engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ water resources engineering ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minneapolis
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surface form:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| offersProgram |
graduate programs in civil engineering
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graduate programs in environmental engineering ⓘ graduate programs in geoengineering ⓘ undergraduate programs in civil engineering ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | College of Science and Engineering (University of Minnesota) ⓘ |
| partOf |
College of Science and Engineering (University of Minnesota)
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University of Minnesota ⓘ
surface form:
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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| researchArea |
air quality and environmental health
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climate change impacts on infrastructure ⓘ geohazards and risk assessment ⓘ smart and resilient cities ⓘ sustainable infrastructure ⓘ transportation systems ⓘ water resources management ⓘ |
| website | https://cse.umn.edu/cege ⓘ |
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 Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota) Description of subject: The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and geosystems engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
College of Science and Engineering
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hasDepartment
→
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (University of Minnesota)
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subject surface form:
College of Science and Engineering (University of Minnesota)