Under Armour
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Under Armour is an American sportswear and athletic footwear company known for its performance apparel and innovative moisture-wicking fabrics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Under Armour canonical | 32 |
| Under Armour, Inc. | 4 |
| Under Armour global headquarters | 1 |
| Under Armour outlet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T181072 — 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: Under Armour Context triple: [Adidas, competitor, Under Armour]
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A.
Adidas
Adidas is a global sportswear and equipment company known for its iconic three-stripe branding and production of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories.
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B.
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a multinational corporation best known as one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and distributors of athletic footwear, apparel, and sports equipment.
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C.
Columbia Sportswear
Columbia Sportswear is a major American outdoor apparel and footwear company known for its performance-oriented clothing, gear, and accessories for activities like hiking, skiing, and camping.
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D.
Puma
Puma is a major German sportswear and athletic footwear brand known for its performance-oriented shoes, apparel, and collaborations with high-profile athletes and designers.
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E.
Peregrine Sports LLC
Peregrine Sports LLC is a sports ownership and management company best known for formerly owning Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Timbers.
- 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: Under Armour Target entity description: Under Armour is an American sportswear and athletic footwear company known for its performance apparel and innovative moisture-wicking fabrics.
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A.
Adidas
Adidas is a global sportswear and equipment company known for its iconic three-stripe branding and production of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories.
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B.
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a multinational corporation best known as one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and distributors of athletic footwear, apparel, and sports equipment.
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C.
Columbia Sportswear
Columbia Sportswear is a major American outdoor apparel and footwear company known for its performance-oriented clothing, gear, and accessories for activities like hiking, skiing, and camping.
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D.
Puma
Puma is a major German sportswear and athletic footwear brand known for its performance-oriented shoes, apparel, and collaborations with high-profile athletes and designers.
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E.
Peregrine Sports LLC
Peregrine Sports LLC is a sports ownership and management company best known for formerly owning Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Timbers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athletic footwear company
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company ⓘ public company ⓘ sportswear company ⓘ |
| brand | Under Armour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy | Kevin Plank ⓘ |
| founder | Kevin Plank ⓘ |
| hasBrandCharacteristic |
athletic performance innovation
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compression technology ⓘ moisture-wicking fabrics ⓘ performance-focused design ⓘ |
| hasColor |
black
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white ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
David Bergman
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Kevin Plank ⓘ Patrik Frisk ⓘ |
| hasLogo | Under Armour stylized UA logo ⓘ |
| hasMarketingRole | sports sponsorships ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Baltimore
ⓘ
Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore
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| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| industry |
accessories
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athletic footwear ⓘ sportswear ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Maryland ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
compression wear
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hoodies ⓘ leggings ⓘ moisture-wicking performance shirts ⓘ running shoes ⓘ sports bras ⓘ training shoes ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.underarmour.com ⓘ |
| productOrMaterialProduced |
accessories
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athletic footwear ⓘ performance apparel ⓘ sports equipment ⓘ |
| slogan |
I Will
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Protect This House ⓘ |
| sponsors |
college sports teams
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professional athletes ⓘ professional sports teams ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
athletes
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fitness enthusiasts ⓘ sports teams ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
UA
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UAA ⓘ |
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: Under Armour Description of subject: Under Armour is an American sportswear and athletic footwear company known for its performance apparel and innovative moisture-wicking fabrics.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Under Armour
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linked to: Under Armour
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oversees company-wide financial strategy at Under Armour
subject linked to:
oversees company-wide financial strategy at Under Armour
subject linked to:
Notre Dame Fighting Irish volleyball team
linked to: Under Armour