Department of Political Science at Rice University
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The Department of Political Science at Rice University is an academic unit known for its research and teaching on American politics, comparative politics, and international relations within a small, highly selective private university in Houston, Texas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Political Science at Rice University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466171 — 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 Political Science at Rice University Context triple: [School of Social Sciences at Rice University, hasDepartment, Department of Political Science at Rice University]
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MIT Department of Political Science
The MIT Department of Political Science is a leading academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in areas such as international relations, comparative politics, political economy, and security studies.
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Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy
The Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy is a nonpartisan think tank at Rice University that conducts research and provides policy analysis on domestic and international issues to inform public debate and decision-making.
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C.
Harvard University Department of Government
The Harvard University Department of Government is a leading political science department renowned for its research and teaching on politics, governance, and public policy.
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D.
Graduate School of Public Policy
The Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo is a professional graduate school specializing in training future leaders and experts in public policy, international affairs, and related fields.
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E.
Sanford School of Public Policy
The Sanford School of Public Policy is Duke University's professional school dedicated to educating leaders and conducting research in public policy, governance, and international affairs.
- 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 Political Science at Rice University Target entity description: The Department of Political Science at Rice University is an academic unit known for its research and teaching on American politics, comparative politics, and international relations within a small, highly selective private university in Houston, Texas.
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A.
MIT Department of Political Science
The MIT Department of Political Science is a leading academic department that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in areas such as international relations, comparative politics, political economy, and security studies.
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B.
Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy
The Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy is a nonpartisan think tank at Rice University that conducts research and provides policy analysis on domestic and international issues to inform public debate and decision-making.
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C.
Harvard University Department of Government
The Harvard University Department of Government is a leading political science department renowned for its research and teaching on politics, governance, and public policy.
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D.
Graduate School of Public Policy
The Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo is a professional graduate school specializing in training future leaders and experts in public policy, international affairs, and related fields.
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E.
Sanford School of Public Policy
The Sanford School of Public Policy is Duke University's professional school dedicated to educating leaders and conducting research in public policy, governance, and international affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | political science ⓘ |
| affiliation | Rice University ⓘ |
| campus |
Rice University
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surface form:
Rice University campus in Houston
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| city | Houston ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employerOf | political science faculty at Rice University ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
American politics
ⓘ
comparative politics ⓘ international relations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research in American politics
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research in comparative politics ⓘ research in international relations ⓘ selective admissions ⓘ small program size ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| offers |
graduate programs in political science
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undergraduate programs in political science ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | School of Social Sciences at Rice University ⓘ |
| partOf | Rice University ⓘ |
| region | Texas ⓘ |
| researchArea |
comparative political institutions
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international security ⓘ political behavior ⓘ political institutions ⓘ public opinion ⓘ |
| sector | private higher education ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | research-oriented department ⓘ |
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: Department of Political Science at Rice University Description of subject: The Department of Political Science at Rice University is an academic unit known for its research and teaching on American politics, comparative politics, and international relations within a small, highly selective private university in Houston, Texas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
School of Social Sciences at Rice University