Human Genome Project
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The Human Genome Project was an international scientific research initiative that successfully mapped and sequenced the entire human DNA genome, revolutionizing genetics and biomedical research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Human Genome Project canonical | 5 |
| Human Genome Project sequencing centers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T503671 — 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: Human Genome Project Context triple: [Francis Collins, knownFor, Human Genome Project]
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A.
National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a U.S. government biomedical research organization that leads and funds research on the structure, function, and impact of the human genome.
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B.
Center for Applied Genomics
The Center for Applied Genomics is a major pediatric genomics research institute specializing in identifying genetic factors underlying childhood diseases and advancing precision medicine.
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C.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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E.
Francis Collins
Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- 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: Human Genome Project Target entity description: The Human Genome Project was an international scientific research initiative that successfully mapped and sequenced the entire human DNA genome, revolutionizing genetics and biomedical research.
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A.
National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a U.S. government biomedical research organization that leads and funds research on the structure, function, and impact of the human genome.
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B.
Center for Applied Genomics
The Center for Applied Genomics is a major pediatric genomics research institute specializing in identifying genetic factors underlying childhood diseases and advancing precision medicine.
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C.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
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D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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E.
Francis Collins
Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genomics research project
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international scientific collaboration ⓘ large-scale sequencing project ⓘ |
| announcedDraftGenomeYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Celera Genomics human genome project ⓘ |
| completionYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy |
U.S. Department of Energy
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National Human Genome Research Institute ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute
Wellcome Sanger Institute ⓘ
surface form:
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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| countryInvolved |
Canada
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China ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dataAccessPolicy | open access ⓘ |
| dataReleasePrinciple | Bermuda Principles ⓘ |
| declaredCompleteChromosomeSequenceYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| declaredEssentiallyCompleteYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| estimatedGenomeSizeBasePairs | approximately 3 billion ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfGenes | 20000–25000 ⓘ |
| field |
bioinformatics
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genetics ⓘ genomics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
U.S. Department of Energy
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National Institutes of Health ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Institutes of Health
Wellcome Trust ⓘ international government agencies ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Division of Genomics and Society
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surface form:
Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications program
human genome sequencing ⓘ model organism genome projects ⓘ |
| impact |
accelerated biomedical research
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advanced understanding of human evolution ⓘ enabled genome-wide association studies ⓘ facilitated personalized medicine ⓘ influenced ethical and policy debates on genetic information ⓘ revolutionized genetics research ⓘ stimulated development of high-throughput sequencing technologies ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Francis Collins
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surface form:
Francis S. Collins
James Watson ⓘ
surface form:
James D. Watson
John Sulston ⓘ |
| objective |
address ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics
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determine the sequence of the human genome ⓘ develop bioinformatics tools for genome analysis ⓘ develop new sequencing technologies ⓘ identify all human genes ⓘ make sequence data freely available to the scientific community ⓘ |
| produced |
catalogs of human genetic variation
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genetic and physical maps of human chromosomes ⓘ public genomic databases ⓘ reference human genome sequence ⓘ |
| sequencingStrategy | hierarchical shotgun sequencing ⓘ |
| startYear | 1990 ⓘ |
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: Human Genome Project Description of subject: The Human Genome Project was an international scientific research initiative that successfully mapped and sequenced the entire human DNA genome, revolutionizing genetics and biomedical research.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
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hasNotableLaureates
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Human Genome Project
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this entity surface form:
Human Genome Project sequencing centers