Department of Political Science (McGill University)
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The Department of Political Science at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching on political institutions, behavior, and international relations at undergraduate and graduate levels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Political Science (McGill University) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T716493 — 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 (McGill University) Context triple: [Faculty of Arts (McGill University), hasDepartment, Department of Political Science (McGill 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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Department of Political Science at Rice University
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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School of Public Affairs
The School of Public Affairs at American University is a leading academic division specializing in public policy, public administration, and justice-related studies.
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D.
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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Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University is an interdisciplinary academic unit that combines political science, philosophical inquiry and religious studies in both teaching and research.
- 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 (McGill University) Target entity description: The Department of Political Science at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching on political institutions, behavior, and international relations at undergraduate and graduate levels.
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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.
Department of Political Science at Rice University
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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C.
School of Public Affairs
The School of Public Affairs at American University is a leading academic division specializing in public policy, public administration, and justice-related studies.
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D.
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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Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University is an interdisciplinary academic unit that combines political science, philosophical inquiry and religious studies in both teaching and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | social sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | McGill University ⓘ |
| campus |
Downtown Montreal campus
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surface form:
Downtown Campus (McGill University)
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| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| emphasis |
comparative study of political institutions
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study of international politics ⓘ study of political behavior ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Canadian politics
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comparative politics ⓘ international relations ⓘ political behavior ⓘ political science ⓘ political theory ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| hasAcademicLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
graduate training in political science
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research on international relations ⓘ research on political behavior ⓘ research on political institutions ⓘ undergraduate teaching in political science ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Faculty of Arts (McGill University)
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surface form:
McGill Faculty of Arts
Montreal ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
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| offersDegree |
BA
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MA ⓘ PhD ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
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Honours in Political Science ⓘ Major in Political Science ⓘ Master of Arts in Political Science ⓘ Minor in Political Science ⓘ PhD in Political Science ⓘ |
| organizationType | public university department ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Faculty of Arts (McGill University) ⓘ |
| partOf | McGill University ⓘ |
| province |
Quebec, Canada
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surface form:
Quebec
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| researchActivity |
empirical political analysis
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theoretical political analysis ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/ ⓘ |
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 Political Science (McGill University) Description of subject: The Department of Political Science at McGill University is a leading academic unit known for its research and teaching on political institutions, behavior, and international relations at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Arts (McGill University)
Faculty of Arts (McGill University)
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department
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Department of Political Science (McGill University)
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