MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
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The MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of science and technology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society canonical | 1 |
| MIT STS | 1 |
| science and technology studies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T50310 — 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: MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society Context triple: [School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT, hasDepartment, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society]
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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT is the institute’s academic division dedicated to disciplines such as literature, history, economics, linguistics, philosophy, and the arts, integrating humanistic and social inquiry with MIT’s strong science and engineering culture.
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Schwarzman College of Computing
Schwarzman College of Computing is MIT’s interdisciplinary hub for computer science, artificial intelligence, and computing-related research and education across the institute.
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MIT School of Science
The MIT School of Science is one of the core academic units of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, encompassing fundamental scientific disciplines such as physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and earth sciences.
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MIT Media Lab
The MIT Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology known for pioneering work at the intersection of technology, design, media, and human-computer interaction.
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Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is MIT’s premier research lab for computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields, known for pioneering work in areas such as robotics, machine learning, and systems.
- 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: MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society Target entity description: The MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of science and technology.
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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT is the institute’s academic division dedicated to disciplines such as literature, history, economics, linguistics, philosophy, and the arts, integrating humanistic and social inquiry with MIT’s strong science and engineering culture.
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B.
Schwarzman College of Computing
Schwarzman College of Computing is MIT’s interdisciplinary hub for computer science, artificial intelligence, and computing-related research and education across the institute.
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C.
MIT School of Science
The MIT School of Science is one of the core academic units of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, encompassing fundamental scientific disciplines such as physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and earth sciences.
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MIT Media Lab
The MIT Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology known for pioneering work at the intersection of technology, design, media, and human-computer interaction.
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Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is MIT’s premier research lab for computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields, known for pioneering work in areas such as robotics, machine learning, and systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic program
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interdisciplinary program ⓘ science, technology, and society program ⓘ |
| affiliation | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT ⓘ |
| approach |
anthropological
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cultural ⓘ historical ⓘ sociological ⓘ |
| campus |
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
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surface form:
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| disciplineType | interdisciplinary ⓘ |
| field |
cultural studies of science and technology
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history of science and technology ⓘ history of technology ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ sociology of science ⓘ |
| focus |
cultural dimensions of science
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cultural dimensions of technology ⓘ historical dimensions of science ⓘ historical dimensions of technology ⓘ social dimensions of science ⓘ social dimensions of technology ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| mission | to examine how science and technology shape and are shaped by their social, historical, and cultural contexts ⓘ |
| offers |
PhD in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society
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doctoral program ⓘ graduate subjects ⓘ undergraduate subjects ⓘ |
| partOf | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| researchArea |
environment, energy, and society
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ethics of science and technology ⓘ expertise and publics ⓘ globalization of science and technology ⓘ governance of science and technology ⓘ health, medicine, and society ⓘ innovation and society ⓘ |
| shortName |
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MIT STS
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| studyObject |
interaction between science, technology, and society
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science as a social practice ⓘ technology as a social practice ⓘ |
| teachingLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| website | https://sts-program.mit.edu/ ⓘ |
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: MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society Description of subject: The MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of science and technology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
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hasDepartment
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MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
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MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
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shortName
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MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
MIT STS
this entity surface form:
science and technology studies