Portland LumberJax
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The Portland LumberJax were a professional box lacrosse team that competed in the National Lacrosse League from 2006 to 2009, based in Portland, Oregon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portland LumberJax canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1299801 — 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: Portland LumberJax Context triple: [Memorial Coliseum, homeVenueOf, Portland LumberJax]
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A.
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are a Minor League Baseball team based in Jacksonville, Florida, serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins.
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B.
Tampa Tarpons
The Tampa Tarpons are a Minor League Baseball team and Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees based in Tampa, Florida.
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C.
Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in Portland, Maine.
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D.
Oakland Oaks
The Oakland Oaks were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Oakland, California, that competed in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s.
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E.
Cleveland Rebels
The Cleveland Rebels were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, that competed in the Basketball Association of America during the league's inaugural season.
- 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: Portland LumberJax Target entity description: The Portland LumberJax were a professional box lacrosse team that competed in the National Lacrosse League from 2006 to 2009, based in Portland, Oregon.
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A.
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are a Minor League Baseball team based in Jacksonville, Florida, serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins.
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B.
Tampa Tarpons
The Tampa Tarpons are a Minor League Baseball team and Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees based in Tampa, Florida.
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C.
Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in Portland, Maine.
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D.
Oakland Oaks
The Oakland Oaks were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Oakland, California, that competed in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s.
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E.
Cleveland Rebels
The Cleveland Rebels were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, that competed in the Basketball Association of America during the league's inaugural season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports team
ⓘ
professional box lacrosse team ⓘ |
| activeSeasonsEnd | 2009 ⓘ |
| activeSeasonsStart | 2006 ⓘ |
| basedInMetropolitanArea | Portland metropolitan area ⓘ |
| cityFirstNLLFranchiseOf |
Portland, Oregon
ⓘ
linked to:
Portland
|
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| conference | Western ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolved | 2009 ⓘ |
| division | West Division ⓘ |
| foundedAsExpansionTeamIn | National Lacrosse League ⓘ |
| governingLeague | National Lacrosse League ⓘ |
| homeArena |
Rose Garden
ⓘ
Rose Garden Arena ⓘ |
| homeCity | Portland ⓘ |
| homeState | Oregon ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| league | National Lacrosse League ⓘ |
| location |
Portland, Oregon
ⓘ
linked to:
Portland
|
| madePlayoffsInSeason | 2006 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Lacrosse League franchise system ⓘ |
| playedHomeGamesAt | Rose Garden Arena ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| shortName | LumberJax ⓘ |
| sport | box lacrosse ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ white ⓘ |
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: Portland LumberJax Description of subject: The Portland LumberJax were a professional box lacrosse team that competed in the National Lacrosse League from 2006 to 2009, based in Portland, Oregon.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
2008 NLL championship
subject linked to:
2008 NLL championship
subject linked to:
2008 NLL championship