Silverdome
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The Silverdome was a large multi-purpose stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, best known as the former home of the NFL's Detroit Lions and host to major sporting and entertainment events.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pontiac Silverdome | 11 |
| Pontiac Silverdome (former stadium) | 1 |
| Silverdome canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1501065 — 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: Silverdome Context triple: [Detroit Pistons, previousArena, Silverdome]
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Houston Astrodome
The Houston Astrodome is a historic domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas, famed for hosting major events such as the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
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RCA Dome
The RCA Dome was a large indoor stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, best known for hosting NFL games and major sporting events before its demolition.
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C.
Superior Dome
Superior Dome is a large indoor athletic stadium in Marquette, Michigan, known for its distinctive domed roof and use as a multi-purpose sports facility.
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D.
Chicago Stadium
Chicago Stadium was a historic indoor sports arena in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks before its demolition in the 1990s.
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Louisiana Superdome
The Louisiana Superdome, now known as the Caesars Superdome, is a massive multi-purpose domed stadium in New Orleans best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and host of numerous major sporting and entertainment events.
- 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: Silverdome Target entity description: The Silverdome was a large multi-purpose stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, best known as the former home of the NFL's Detroit Lions and host to major sporting and entertainment events.
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A.
Houston Astrodome
The Houston Astrodome is a historic domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas, famed for hosting major events such as the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
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B.
RCA Dome
The RCA Dome was a large indoor stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, best known for hosting NFL games and major sporting events before its demolition.
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C.
Superior Dome
Superior Dome is a large indoor athletic stadium in Marquette, Michigan, known for its distinctive domed roof and use as a multi-purpose sports facility.
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D.
Chicago Stadium
Chicago Stadium was a historic indoor sports arena in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks before its demolition in the 1990s.
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E.
Louisiana Superdome
The Louisiana Superdome, now known as the Caesars Superdome, is a massive multi-purpose domed stadium in New Orleans best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and host of numerous major sporting and entertainment events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports venue
ⓘ
multi-purpose stadium ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pontiac Silverdome
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linked to:
Silverdome
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| architecturalStyle | domed stadium ⓘ |
| city | Pontiac ⓘ |
| closed | 2013 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demolished | 2018 ⓘ |
| demolitionStartDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| distanceFromDetroit | approximately 30 miles north of downtown Detroit ⓘ |
| formerHomeLeague | National Football League ⓘ |
| formerHomeTeam | Detroit Lions ⓘ |
| formerName | Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium (planning phase) ⓘ |
| hostedConcert |
Led Zeppelin concerts
ⓘ
Michael Jackson concerts ⓘ Pink Floyd concerts ⓘ
linked to:
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones concerts ⓘ U2 concerts ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
FIFA World Cup 1994 matches
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NBA games for Detroit Pistons (temporary) ⓘ Super Bowl XVI ⓘ WrestleMania III ⓘ |
| hostedLeague | National Football League games ⓘ |
| hostedPromotion | World Wrestling Federation events ⓘ |
| hostedSport |
American football
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association football (soccer) ⓘ basketball ⓘ motorsports (indoor) ⓘ |
| hostedTeam | Detroit Lions home games ⓘ |
| location | Pontiac, Michigan ⓘ |
| notableRecord | site of one of the largest indoor crowds for a wrestling event (WrestleMania III) ⓘ |
| opened | 1975 ⓘ |
| owner |
City of Pontiac (historical)
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linked to:
Pontiac, Michigan
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| region | Oakland County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofType | air-supported dome ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 80000+ ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityAmericanFootball | around 80000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityConcerts | over 90000 ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
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linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
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| surfaceType | artificial turf (various eras) ⓘ |
| tenant |
Detroit Lions (1975–2001)
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linked to:
Detroit Lions
Detroit Pistons (part of late 1970s–1980s) ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit Pistons
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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: Silverdome Description of subject: The Silverdome was a large multi-purpose stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, best known as the former home of the NFL's Detroit Lions and host to major sporting and entertainment events.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons
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