Floyd of Rosedale
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Floyd of Rosedale is a bronze pig trophy awarded annually to the winner of the college football rivalry game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Floyd of Rosedale canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2997872 — 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: Floyd of Rosedale Context triple: [Minnesota Golden Gophers, footballTrophyGame, Floyd of Rosedale]
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A.
Rufus
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B.
Rufus
Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”
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C.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
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D.
Prancer
Prancer is one of Santa Claus's legendary flying reindeer, traditionally depicted as helping pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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E.
Sunny Jim
Sunny Jim was the popular nickname of James Rolph, a prominent early 20th-century California politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and later governor of California.
- 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: Floyd of Rosedale Target entity description: Floyd of Rosedale is a bronze pig trophy awarded annually to the winner of the college football rivalry game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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A.
Rufus
Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”
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B.
Rufus
Rufus is the given first name of American actor and director Alan Hale Sr., known for his prolific work in early Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
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D.
Prancer
Prancer is one of Santa Claus's legendary flying reindeer, traditionally depicted as helping pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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E.
Sunny Jim
Sunny Jim was the popular nickname of James Rolph, a prominent early 20th-century California politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and later governor of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
ⓘ
college football rivalry trophy ⓘ sports trophy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Big Ten Conference
ⓘ
college football trophies in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithTeam |
Iowa Hawkeyes football
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa Hawkeyes
Minnesota Golden Gophers football ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers
|
| awardedFor | winner of the Minnesota–Iowa college football game ⓘ |
| competition | Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Iowa Hawkeyes football game ⓘ |
| competitionClass |
NCAA Division I FBS
ⓘ
linked to:
Football Bowl Subdivision
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedBySource | college football historical records ⓘ |
| follows | live pig bet tradition between Minnesota and Iowa governors ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | college football rivalry trophy ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
one of the notable rivalry trophies in college football
ⓘ
symbol of the Minnesota–Iowa border rivalry ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | Floyd of Rosedale ⓘ |
| hasPart | bronze pig statue ⓘ |
| hasRivalryName | Minnesota–Iowa football rivalry ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
commemoration of a historic wager involving a live pig
ⓘ
good sportsmanship between Minnesota and Iowa ⓘ |
| hasUse | symbol of victory in Minnesota–Iowa football game ⓘ |
| imageDepicts | a pig ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | a real prize hog named Floyd ⓘ |
| league |
Big Ten Conference football
ⓘ
linked to:
Big Ten football season
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Iowa
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Floyd the pig
ⓘ
Rosedale Farms ⓘ |
| partOf | Minnesota–Iowa football rivalry ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
University of Iowa
ⓘ
University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first awarded after the 1935 Minnesota–Iowa game ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| traditionallyDisplayedBy | current trophy holder’s athletic department ⓘ |
| winnerReceives |
Iowa Hawkeyes football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa Hawkeyes
Minnesota Golden Gophers football team ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Floyd of Rosedale Description of subject: Floyd of Rosedale is a bronze pig trophy awarded annually to the winner of the college football rivalry game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.