Big Red

E136572

college athletic program nickname sports team nickname

Big Red is the traditional nickname for Cornell University's athletic teams, especially its football program, symbolizing the school's identity and spirit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Big Red canonical	32
Touchdown (Big Red bear)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197372 — 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: Big Red
Context triple: [Cornell Big Red football, nickname, Big Red]

A. Big Red
Big Red is the nickname of the former St. Louis Cardinals NFL franchise, known for its red uniforms and long, often struggling history before relocating and becoming the Arizona Cardinals.
B. Big Red
Big Red is the costumed cardinal bird who serves as the energetic and recognizable mascot for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.
C. The Reds
The Reds is the common nickname for Toronto FC, a professional soccer club based in Toronto that competes in Major League Soccer.
D. The Reds
The Reds is the widely used nickname for Liverpool Football Club, one of England’s most successful and historically significant football teams.
E. Reds
Reds is a Roman chariot racing faction known for competing in venues such as the Circus Maximus.
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: Big Red
Target entity description: Big Red is the traditional nickname for Cornell University's athletic teams, especially its football program, symbolizing the school's identity and spirit.

A. Big Red
Big Red is the nickname of the former St. Louis Cardinals NFL franchise, known for its red uniforms and long, often struggling history before relocating and becoming the Arizona Cardinals.
B. Big Red
Big Red is the costumed cardinal bird who serves as the energetic and recognizable mascot for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.
C. The Reds
The Reds is the common nickname for Toronto FC, a professional soccer club based in Toronto that competes in Major League Soccer.
D. The Reds
The Reds is the widely used nickname for Liverpool Football Club, one of England’s most successful and historically significant football teams.
E. Reds
Reds is a Roman chariot racing faction known for competing in venues such as the Circus Maximus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college athletic program nickname ⓘ sports team nickname ⓘ
associatedWith	Cornell University ⓘ
athleticAssociation	NCAA Division I ⓘ NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
campus	Ithaca, New York ⓘ linked to: Ithaca, New York, United States
color	red ⓘ
conference	Ivy League ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fanBase	Cornell alumni ⓘ Cornell faculty and staff ⓘ Cornell students ⓘ
gender	coeducational ⓘ
governingBody	Cornell University Department of Athletics and Physical Education ⓘ
hasRivalryWith	Harvard Crimson football ⓘ linked to: Harvard Crimson Princeton Tigers football ⓘ Yale Bulldogs football ⓘ linked to: Yale Bulldogs
institutionType	university athletics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
league	Ivy League ⓘ
nicknameOf	Cornell Big Red baseball team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red baseball program Cornell Big Red football team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red football Cornell Big Red men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red men’s basketball Cornell Big Red men’s ice hockey team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey Cornell Big Red men’s lacrosse team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red men’s lacrosse Cornell Big Red rowing teams ⓘ linked to: Cornell University rowing teams Cornell Big Red softball team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red softball Cornell Big Red track and field teams ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red track and field Cornell Big Red women’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red women’s basketball Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey Cornell Big Red women’s lacrosse team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red women’s lacrosse Cornell Big Red wrestling team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red wrestling
notableSport	basketball ⓘ football ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
refersTo	Cornell University athletic teams ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red athletics Cornell University football program ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red football
represents	Cornell University school spirit ⓘ
shortNameFor	Cornell Big Red athletics ⓘ Cornell Big Red football ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
studentSection	Cornell University students and fans ⓘ
symbolizes	Cornell University identity ⓘ
tradition	represents Cornell’s traditional school colors ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red athletics
university	Cornell University ⓘ
usedFor	Cornell University football team ⓘ linked to: Cornell Big Red football Cornell University varsity sports teams ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornell Big Red football → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell University → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red wrestling → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men's basketball → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

subject linked to: Cornell Big Red men’s basketball

Cornell Big Red track and field → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red track and field → athleticNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

subject linked to: Cornell Big Red men’s lacrosse

Cornell Big Red women’s basketball → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men's soccer team → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red athletics → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell University rowing teams → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red → hasNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red softball → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red softball → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s lacrosse → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s lacrosse → mascot → Touchdown (Big Red bear) ⓘ

linked to: Big Red

Cornell Big Red men’s cross country → teamNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red field hockey → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s squash program → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s cross country program → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Hoy Field → hasHomeTeamNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men’s swimming and diving program → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men’s swimming and diving program → athleticNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s tennis program → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red fencing program → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red gymnastics program → teamNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red Marching Band → associatedWithMascot → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s swimming and diving program → teamName → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red men’s squash program → nickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red women’s soccer program → teamNickname → Big Red ⓘ

Cornell Big Red volleyball program → teamNickname → Big Red ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

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