Trojans
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The Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in collegiate sports.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trojans canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1539887 — 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: Trojans Context triple: [University of Southern California, hasNickname, Trojans]
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A.
Trojan cycle
The Trojan cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that narrate the full saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is told in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
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B.
Trovo
Trovo is a live-streaming platform focused on gaming and interactive content, positioned as an alternative to Twitch.
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C.
Troy
Troy is a small city in southeastern Alabama known for being the home of Troy University and its vibrant college-town atmosphere.
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D.
Troy
Troy is the legendary ancient city in Asia Minor that was the focal point of the Trojan War in Greek and Roman mythology.
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E.
Troy
Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film loosely based on Homer's Iliad, depicting the legendary conflict between the Greeks and Trojans.
- 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: Trojans Target entity description: The Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in collegiate sports.
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A.
Trojan cycle
The Trojan cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that narrate the full saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is told in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
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B.
Trovo
Trovo is a live-streaming platform focused on gaming and interactive content, positioned as an alternative to Twitch.
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C.
Troy
Troy is a small city in southeastern Alabama known for being the home of Troy University and its vibrant college-town atmosphere.
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D.
Troy
Troy is the legendary ancient city in Asia Minor that was the focal point of the Trojan War in Greek and Roman mythology.
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E.
Troy
Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film loosely based on Homer's Iliad, depicting the legendary conflict between the Greeks and Trojans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I athletics program
ⓘ
college athletic program ⓘ university athletic team nickname ⓘ |
| association | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| campus |
University Park campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University Park
|
| city | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| conferenceMembership | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| fightSong | Fight On ⓘ |
| formerConferenceMembership |
Athletic Association of Western Universities
ⓘ
Pac-12 Conference ⓘ Pacific Coast Conference ⓘ Pacific-10 Conference ⓘ
linked to:
Pac-12 Conference
Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ |
| foundedBy | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| governingBody |
University of Southern California Department of Athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Southern California
|
| homeArenaBasketball | Galen Center ⓘ |
| homeFieldBaseball | Dedeaux Field ⓘ |
| homeStadiumFootball | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ⓘ |
| liveMascotRiderCharacter | Tommy Trojan ⓘ |
| mascot | Traveler ⓘ |
| mascotType | white horse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
numerous NCAA team championships
ⓘ
producing Olympic athletes ⓘ successful football program ⓘ |
| represents | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| rival |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
ⓘ
UCLA Bruins ⓘ |
| rivalryGame |
USC–Notre Dame rivalry
ⓘ
linked to:
Notre Dame–USC football rivalry
USC–UCLA rivalry ⓘ
linked to:
UCLA–USC football rivalry
|
| schoolColors |
cardinal
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| shortName |
USC Trojans
ⓘ
linked to:
USC Trojans football team
|
| sportSponsored |
baseball
ⓘ
beach volleyball ⓘ cross country ⓘ football ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ men's golf ⓘ men's swimming and diving ⓘ men's tennis ⓘ men's track and field ⓘ men's water polo ⓘ soccer ⓘ softball ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's golf ⓘ women's swimming and diving ⓘ women's tennis ⓘ women's track and field ⓘ women's volleyball ⓘ women's water polo ⓘ |
| subdivision | Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ |
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: Trojans Description of subject: The Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in collegiate sports.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.