Salem State Vikings men's basketball team
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The Salem State Vikings men's basketball team is the collegiate basketball program of Salem State University in Massachusetts, known for its strong Division III tradition and for having produced NBA coach Tom Thibodeau as a former player.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Salem State Vikings basketball | 1 |
| Salem State Vikings men's basketball | 1 |
| Salem State Vikings men's basketball team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1599628 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Salem State Vikings men's basketball team Context triple: [Tom Thibodeau, memberOfSportsTeam, Salem State Vikings men's basketball team]
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Portland State Vikings men’s basketball
The Portland State Vikings men’s basketball team represents Portland State University in NCAA Division I competition, primarily as a member of the Big Sky Conference.
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Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball
Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball is the NCAA Division II men's basketball program of Winston-Salem State University, historically renowned for its success under coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines and Hall of Famer Earl Monroe.
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Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
Northeastern Huskies men's basketball is the NCAA Division I program of Northeastern University in Boston, best known for producing standout guard Reggie Lewis, who went on to star for the Boston Celtics.
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Portland State Vikings women’s basketball
The Portland State Vikings women’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program representing Portland State University in the Big Sky Conference.
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Dartmouth Big Green men’s basketball
Dartmouth Big Green men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of Dartmouth College, competing in the Ivy League and known for its historic conference titles and rivalry games.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Salem State Vikings men's basketball team Target entity description: The Salem State Vikings men's basketball team is the collegiate basketball program of Salem State University in Massachusetts, known for its strong Division III tradition and for having produced NBA coach Tom Thibodeau as a former player.
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Portland State Vikings men’s basketball
The Portland State Vikings men’s basketball team represents Portland State University in NCAA Division I competition, primarily as a member of the Big Sky Conference.
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B.
Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball
Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball is the NCAA Division II men's basketball program of Winston-Salem State University, historically renowned for its success under coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines and Hall of Famer Earl Monroe.
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Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
Northeastern Huskies men's basketball is the NCAA Division I program of Northeastern University in Boston, best known for producing standout guard Reggie Lewis, who went on to star for the Boston Celtics.
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Portland State Vikings women’s basketball
The Portland State Vikings women’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program representing Portland State University in the Big Sky Conference.
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Dartmouth Big Green men’s basketball
Dartmouth Big Green men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of Dartmouth College, competing in the Ivy League and known for its historic conference titles and rivalry games.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Salem State Vikings men's basketball team Description of subject: The Salem State Vikings men's basketball team is the collegiate basketball program of Salem State University in Massachusetts, known for its strong Division III tradition and for having produced NBA coach Tom Thibodeau as a former player.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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