Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo
E693318
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied knowledge across the life sciences.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7781755 — 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 Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo Context triple: [Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, hasDepartment, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo]
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A.
Department of Biological Sciences, Kyoto University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Kyoto University is a major academic unit dedicated to research and education in biological and life sciences within the university’s Faculty of Science.
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Department of Biological Sciences, Osaka University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Osaka University is a major academic and research unit focused on advancing knowledge in life sciences, including molecular biology, genetics, ecology, and related fields.
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Department of Biological Sciences, Hokkaido University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Hokkaido University is an academic unit dedicated to research and education in the biological sciences, encompassing areas such as molecular biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
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Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
The Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic division renowned for its foundational education and research across the natural sciences.
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E.
Department of Biological Sciences, Kyushu University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Kyushu University is an academic unit dedicated to education and research in the biological sciences, ranging from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolutionary biology.
- 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 Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo Target entity description: The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied knowledge across the life sciences.
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A.
Department of Biological Sciences, Kyoto University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Kyoto University is a major academic unit dedicated to research and education in biological and life sciences within the university’s Faculty of Science.
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B.
Department of Biological Sciences, Osaka University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Osaka University is a major academic and research unit focused on advancing knowledge in life sciences, including molecular biology, genetics, ecology, and related fields.
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C.
Department of Biological Sciences, Hokkaido University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Hokkaido University is an academic unit dedicated to research and education in the biological sciences, encompassing areas such as molecular biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
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Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
The Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic division renowned for its foundational education and research across the natural sciences.
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E.
Department of Biological Sciences, Kyushu University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Kyushu University is an academic unit dedicated to education and research in the biological sciences, ranging from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolutionary biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | university department ⓘ |
| affiliation | The University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| emphasis |
applied biological research
ⓘ
fundamental biological research ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
ⓘ
bioinformatics ⓘ biology ⓘ cell biology ⓘ developmental biology ⓘ ecology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ life sciences ⓘ microbiology ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ plant biology ⓘ structural biology ⓘ systems biology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bunkyo, Tokyo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Science
ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate program in biological sciences
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undergraduate program in biological sciences ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
field research
ⓘ
interdisciplinary life science research ⓘ laboratory research ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
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 Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo Description of subject: The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing fundamental and applied knowledge across the life sciences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
→
hasDepartment
→
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo
ⓘ
Department of Biological Sciences
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academicDivision
→
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
this entity surface form:
Division of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo