Sammy Spartan
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Sammy Spartan is the costumed warrior mascot representing San José State University’s athletic teams and school spirit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sammy Spartan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1224415 — 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: Sammy Spartan Context triple: [San Jose State University, hasMascot, Sammy Spartan]
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A.
Bullet Rogan
Bullet Rogan was a legendary two-way star of Negro league baseball, renowned as both a dominant pitcher and powerful hitter in the early 20th century.
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B.
June Havoc
June Havoc was a Canadian-American actress, dancer, and director best known for her work on stage and screen and as the younger sister of famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee.
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C.
Dan Osborn
Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
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D.
Bug Jack Barron
Bug Jack Barron is a controversial science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores media manipulation, political corruption, and immortality through the story of a hard-hitting talk show host.
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E.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
- 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: Sammy Spartan Target entity description: Sammy Spartan is the costumed warrior mascot representing San José State University’s athletic teams and school spirit.
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A.
Bullet Rogan
Bullet Rogan was a legendary two-way star of Negro league baseball, renowned as both a dominant pitcher and powerful hitter in the early 20th century.
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B.
June Havoc
June Havoc was a Canadian-American actress, dancer, and director best known for her work on stage and screen and as the younger sister of famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee.
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C.
Dan Osborn
Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
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D.
Bug Jack Barron
Bug Jack Barron is a controversial science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores media manipulation, political corruption, and immortality through the story of a hard-hitting talk show host.
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E.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
costumed character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ university mascot ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Mountain West Conference (through SJSU)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain West Conference
|
| appearsAt |
San José State University athletic events
ⓘ
San José State University community events ⓘ San José State University home games ⓘ San José State University pep rallies ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
San Jose State Spartans baseball
ⓘ
linked to:
San José State Spartans athletics
San Jose State Spartans basketball ⓘ
linked to:
San José State Spartans athletics
San Jose State Spartans football ⓘ San Jose State Spartans volleyball ⓘ San José State University athletics ⓘ
linked to:
San José State Spartans athletics
|
| category |
College mascots in the United States
ⓘ
San José State Spartans ⓘ |
| characterType | Spartan warrior ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationInstitution |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
|
| genre | sports mascot ⓘ |
| hasGender | male-coded character ⓘ |
| language | English (performance context) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
San José, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose
|
| represents |
San Jose State Spartans
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
San José State University ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
|
| role |
entertain fans
ⓘ
lead cheers ⓘ promote school spirit ⓘ |
| shortName | Sammy ⓘ |
| sport | college athletics ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
San José State University pride
ⓘ
Spartan warrior tradition ⓘ school spirit ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
San José State University alumni
ⓘ
San José State University sports fans ⓘ San José State University students ⓘ |
| teamColor |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| university |
San José State University
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose State University
|
| uses |
shield (prop)
ⓘ
sword (prop) ⓘ |
| wears |
San José State University colors
ⓘ
Spartan armor ⓘ Spartan helmet ⓘ |
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: Sammy Spartan Description of subject: Sammy Spartan is the costumed warrior mascot representing San José State University’s athletic teams and school spirit.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.