NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse
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NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of men’s lacrosse in the United States, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance between athletics and academics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse canonical | 2 |
| NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse teams | 1 |
| Trine Thunder men's lacrosse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3575112 — 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)
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Target entity: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse Context triple: [NCAA men’s lacrosse, includesDivision, NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse]
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NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse
NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse is the intermediate tier of U.S. college men’s lacrosse competition, featuring scholarship-granting programs that balance athletic performance with academic priorities between the Division I and III levels.
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NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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C.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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D.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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NCAA Division II women's lacrosse
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse is the intermediate level of U.S. college women's lacrosse competition, featuring schools that balance athletic scholarships with a strong emphasis on academics and regional play.
- 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: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse Target entity description: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of men’s lacrosse in the United States, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance between athletics and academics.
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A.
NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse
NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse is the intermediate tier of U.S. college men’s lacrosse competition, featuring scholarship-granting programs that balance athletic performance with academic priorities between the Division I and III levels.
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B.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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C.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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D.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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E.
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse is the intermediate level of U.S. college women's lacrosse competition, featuring schools that balance athletic scholarships with a strong emphasis on academics and regional play.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college sports competition level
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men’s lacrosse division ⓘ |
| ageCategory | adult ⓘ |
| allowsMultiSportAthletes | true ⓘ |
| athleticScholarshipsAllowed | false ⓘ |
| ballType | hard rubber lacrosse ball ⓘ |
| championshipOrganizer |
NCAA
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linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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| competitionFormat | intercollegiate varsity competition ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Division III ⓘ |
| competitionScope | national championship structure ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibilityRulesSource | NCAA Division III Manual ⓘ |
| emphasis | balance between athletics and academics ⓘ |
| equipment |
gloves and protective pads
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helmet with face mask ⓘ lacrosse stick ⓘ |
| fieldType | outdoor field ⓘ |
| financialAidBasis |
need-based aid
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non-athletic merit aid ⓘ |
| focus |
academic success
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broad participation opportunities ⓘ student-athlete experience ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governedBy | NCAA Division III bylaws ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasPostseasonTournament | true ⓘ |
| includes |
NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship
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conference tournaments ⓘ regular season ⓘ |
| levelComparedToOtherDivisions |
below NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse
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below NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse ⓘ |
| participantType | college students ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCAA Division III
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NCAA men’s lacrosse ⓘ |
| philosophy |
integration of athletics into educational mission
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no athletics-based financial aid ⓘ |
| primaryRecruitingPool |
club lacrosse players
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high school lacrosse players ⓘ |
| regulates |
amateurism of participants
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eligibility of student-athletes ⓘ playing rules compliance ⓘ |
| scholarshipPolicy | non-scholarship ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | spring sports season ⓘ |
| sport | lacrosse ⓘ |
| typicalGameFormat | four quarters ⓘ |
| typicalInstitutionSize | small colleges and universities ⓘ |
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: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse Description of subject: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of men’s lacrosse in the United States, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance between athletics and academics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship
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participantType
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NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse teams
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linked to: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse
linked to: NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse