Yale Whale
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Yale Whale is the popular nickname for Ingalls Rink, the distinctive, arch-roofed ice hockey arena at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yale Whale canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2164091 — 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: Yale Whale Context triple: [Ingalls Rink, nickname, Yale Whale]
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A.
Walnut Whales
Walnut Whales is an early self-released demo album by singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom that showcases her distinctive harp-based folk style before her official debut.
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B.
Wellfleet
Wellfleet is a coastal town on outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its oysters, beaches, and protected seashore.
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C.
The Whiting
The Whiting is a prominent performing arts center in Flint, Michigan, hosting concerts, theater productions, and other live cultural events.
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D.
Cranch
Cranch refers to the early U.S. Supreme Court case reports compiled by William Cranch, which form part of the nominative reports later integrated into the United States Reports.
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E.
Bigelow
Bigelow is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
- 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: Yale Whale Target entity description: Yale Whale is the popular nickname for Ingalls Rink, the distinctive, arch-roofed ice hockey arena at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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A.
Walnut Whales
Walnut Whales is an early self-released demo album by singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom that showcases her distinctive harp-based folk style before her official debut.
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B.
Wellfleet
Wellfleet is a coastal town on outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its oysters, beaches, and protected seashore.
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C.
The Whiting
The Whiting is a prominent performing arts center in Flint, Michigan, hosting concerts, theater productions, and other live cultural events.
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D.
Cranch
Cranch refers to the early U.S. Supreme Court case reports compiled by William Cranch, which form part of the nominative reports later integrated into the United States Reports.
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E.
Bigelow
Bigelow is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice hockey arena
ⓘ
ice hockey arena ⓘ sports venue nickname ⓘ |
| affiliation | Yale University ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature | arch-roofed design ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| campus | Yale University campus ⓘ |
| category |
College ice hockey venues in the United States
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Sports venues in New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| city |
New Haven
ⓘ
linked to:
New Haven, Connecticut
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| homeTeam |
Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
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Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive curved roof
ⓘ
iconic profile resembling a whale ⓘ |
| league |
ECAC Hockey
ⓘ
NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Haven, Connecticut
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| nickname | Yale Whale ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
intimate seating bowl
ⓘ
sweeping reinforced-concrete roof ⓘ |
| officialName | Ingalls Rink ⓘ |
| operator | Yale University ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
| tenant |
Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
ⓘ
Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey ⓘ |
| usedFor | ice hockey ⓘ |
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: Yale Whale Description of subject: Yale Whale is the popular nickname for Ingalls Rink, the distinctive, arch-roofed ice hockey arena at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Yale Whale