Center of Science and Industry
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The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) is a large, hands-on science and technology museum in Columbus, Ohio, known for interactive exhibits and educational programs for all ages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Center of Science and Industry canonical | 4 |
| Center of Science and Industry (original location) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11101534 — 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: Center of Science and Industry Context triple: [280 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, formerOccupant, Center of Science and Industry]
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A.
Discovery Center of Science and Technology
Discovery Center of Science and Technology was the original name of the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology, a hands-on science and technology museum in Syracuse, New York.
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Western Science Center
The Western Science Center is a regional museum in Hemet, California, known for its extensive paleontology collections and exhibits on local natural and cultural history.
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C.
New York Hall of Science
The New York Hall of Science is an interactive science and technology museum in Queens, New York City, featuring hands-on exhibits and educational programs for children and adults.
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Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum
Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum is an interactive, hands-on science and learning museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, designed to engage children and families through playful exploration and educational exhibits.
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E.
California Science Center
The California Science Center is a major hands-on science museum and educational institution in Los Angeles, best known for exhibits like the Space Shuttle Endeavour and its interactive STEM displays.
- 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: Center of Science and Industry Target entity description: The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) is a large, hands-on science and technology museum in Columbus, Ohio, known for interactive exhibits and educational programs for all ages.
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A.
Discovery Center of Science and Technology
Discovery Center of Science and Technology was the original name of the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology, a hands-on science and technology museum in Syracuse, New York.
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B.
Western Science Center
The Western Science Center is a regional museum in Hemet, California, known for its extensive paleontology collections and exhibits on local natural and cultural history.
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C.
New York Hall of Science
The New York Hall of Science is an interactive science and technology museum in Queens, New York City, featuring hands-on exhibits and educational programs for children and adults.
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D.
Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum
Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum is an interactive, hands-on science and learning museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, designed to engage children and families through playful exploration and educational exhibits.
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E.
California Science Center
The California Science Center is a major hands-on science museum and educational institution in Los Angeles, best known for exhibits like the Space Shuttle Endeavour and its interactive STEM displays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
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nonprofit organization ⓘ science museum ⓘ technology museum ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
STEM education
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science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
family-friendly
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hands-on ⓘ interactive ⓘ |
| hasEducationalRole | informal science education center ⓘ |
| hasExhibitType |
hands-on exhibits
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permanent exhibits ⓘ traveling exhibits ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
cafe
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classrooms ⓘ gift shop ⓘ laboratories ⓘ planetarium ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| hasType |
hands-on museum
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interactive museum ⓘ |
| isLocatedInCity | Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedInNeighborhood | downtown Columbus ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Columbus, Ohio
NERFINISHED
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Franklin County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mission |
to inspire interest in science and technology
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to provide engaging science education experiences ⓘ |
| offers |
educational programs
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field trip programs ⓘ interactive exhibits ⓘ live demonstrations ⓘ outreach programs ⓘ public events ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Central Ohio
NERFINISHED
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Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| sector |
education sector
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museum sector ⓘ |
| servesAudience |
children
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families ⓘ school groups ⓘ |
| shortName | COSI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAgeRange | all ages ⓘ |
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: Center of Science and Industry Description of subject: The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) is a large, hands-on science and technology museum in Columbus, Ohio, known for interactive exhibits and educational programs for all ages.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Center of Science and Industry (original location)