Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research department specializing in genetics, genomics, and related biological sciences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T438181 — 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 Genetics, University of Cambridge Context triple: [School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, hasPart, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge]
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge is a leading research and teaching center focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of life, spanning areas such as structural biology, cell biology, and systems biology.
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School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
The School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge is a major academic division that encompasses the university’s teaching and research in areas such as biology, biochemistry, genetics, neuroscience, and related life sciences.
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Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
The Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge is an academic and research unit specializing in the biochemical basis of disease, diagnostics, and translational medicine within the clinical sciences.
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D.
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research department focused on plant biology, ecology, and related environmental sciences.
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E.
Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
The Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge is a major academic and clinical research department focused on advancing medical science and training healthcare professionals within the university’s School of Clinical Medicine.
- 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 Genetics, University of Cambridge Target entity description: The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research department specializing in genetics, genomics, and related biological sciences.
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge is a leading research and teaching center focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of life, spanning areas such as structural biology, cell biology, and systems biology.
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B.
School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
The School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge is a major academic division that encompasses the university’s teaching and research in areas such as biology, biochemistry, genetics, neuroscience, and related life sciences.
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C.
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
The Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge is an academic and research unit specializing in the biochemical basis of disease, diagnostics, and translational medicine within the clinical sciences.
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D.
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
The Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research department focused on plant biology, ecology, and related environmental sciences.
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E.
Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
The Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge is a major academic and clinical research department focused on advancing medical science and training healthcare professionals within the university’s School of Clinical Medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
research institution
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biological sciences
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life sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
external research institutes
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other departments of the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs |
academic staff
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research staff ⓘ support staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cell biology
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developmental biology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ genetic epidemiology ⓘ genetics ⓘ genomics ⓘ microbial genetics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ plant genetics ⓘ population genetics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
administrative offices
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research groups ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ teaching laboratories ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge
England ⓘ |
| mission | research and teaching in genetics and related disciplines ⓘ |
| offers |
MPhil programmes in genetics-related fields
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PhD programmes in genetics ⓘ postgraduate research programmes ⓘ undergraduate teaching in genetics-related subjects ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| partOf |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| researchFocus |
developmental genetics
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epigenetics ⓘ evolution of genomes ⓘ fundamental mechanisms of heredity ⓘ gene regulation ⓘ genetic basis of disease ⓘ genome stability ⓘ host–pathogen interactions ⓘ quantitative genetics ⓘ systems biology approaches to genetics ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/ ⓘ |
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 Genetics, University of Cambridge Description of subject: The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic and research department specializing in genetics, genomics, and related biological sciences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
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hasPart
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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