Nicholas School of the Environment
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The Nicholas School of the Environment is Duke University’s graduate and professional school dedicated to environmental science, policy, and management education and research.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T352612 — 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: Nicholas School of the Environment Context triple: [Duke University, hasSchool, Nicholas School of the Environment]
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A.
Doerr School of Sustainability
The Doerr School of Sustainability is Stanford University's academic school dedicated to research and education on climate, environmental science, and sustainable solutions for the planet.
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B.
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
The Wiess School of Natural Sciences is Rice University's academic division dedicated to research and education in core scientific fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, and related disciplines.
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College of Natural Resources
The College of Natural Resources is UC Berkeley’s environmental and life sciences college, focusing on ecology, conservation, sustainable resource management, and related social and biological sciences.
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is Harvard University's engineering and applied sciences school, known for interdisciplinary research and education at the intersection of technology, science, and society.
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E.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo is a leading interdisciplinary graduate institution offering advanced research and education across the humanities, social sciences, and natural 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: Nicholas School of the Environment Target entity description: The Nicholas School of the Environment is Duke University’s graduate and professional school dedicated to environmental science, policy, and management education and research.
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A.
Doerr School of Sustainability
The Doerr School of Sustainability is Stanford University's academic school dedicated to research and education on climate, environmental science, and sustainable solutions for the planet.
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B.
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
The Wiess School of Natural Sciences is Rice University's academic division dedicated to research and education in core scientific fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, and related disciplines.
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C.
College of Natural Resources
The College of Natural Resources is UC Berkeley’s environmental and life sciences college, focusing on ecology, conservation, sustainable resource management, and related social and biological sciences.
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is Harvard University's engineering and applied sciences school, known for interdisciplinary research and education at the intersection of technology, science, and society.
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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo is a leading interdisciplinary graduate institution offering advanced research and education across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
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graduate school ⓘ professional school ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Duke University Marine Lab ⓘ |
| campus | Duke University West Campus ⓘ |
| city | Durham, North Carolina ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Fuqua School of Business
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Pratt School of Engineering ⓘ Sanford School of Public Policy ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| establishedFrom |
Duke University Marine Lab
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surface form:
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Nicholas School of the Environment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Duke University
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| focusesOn |
earth and ocean sciences
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environmental management ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ environmental science ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
earth sciences
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environmental science ⓘ forestry ⓘ marine science ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Environment Hall
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Levine Science Research Center (LSRC) ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Duke University Marine Lab
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surface form:
Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina
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| hasResearchArea |
climate change
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conservation biology ⓘ earth and climate sciences ⓘ ecosystem science ⓘ energy and environment ⓘ environmental economics and policy ⓘ marine science and conservation ⓘ |
| hasType | environmental school ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Durham, North Carolina
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surface form:
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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| namedAfter | Peter M. Nicholas ⓘ |
| offersCertificate |
Community-Based Environmental Management
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Energy and Environment ⓘ Environmental Innovation and Entrepreneurship ⓘ Geospatial Analysis ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Master of Environmental Management
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Master of Forestry ⓘ PhD in Earth and Ocean Sciences ⓘ PhD in Environment ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
undergraduate major in earth and ocean sciences
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undergraduate major in environmental sciences and policy ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Duke University
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surface form:
Duke University Graduate School
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| partOf | Duke University ⓘ |
| website | https://nicholas.duke.edu/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Nicholas School of the Environment Description of subject: The Nicholas School of the Environment is Duke University’s graduate and professional school dedicated to environmental science, policy, and management education and research.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
Nicholas School of the Environment
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establishedFrom
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Nicholas School of the Environment
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Duke University
this entity surface form:
Duke Nicholas School of the Environment
subject surface form:
Levine Science Research Center
this entity surface form:
Nicholas School of the Environment facilities