Bates Bobcats
E383630
The Bates Bobcats are the varsity athletic teams representing Bates College in NCAA Division III competition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bates Bobcats canonical | 1 |
| Bates College Department of Athletics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3749177 — 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: Bates Bobcats Context triple: [Bates College, athleticsBrand, Bates Bobcats]
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A.
Babson Beavers
The Babson Beavers are the athletic teams representing Babson College, competing in NCAA Division III and known especially for their strong business-school-backed sports programs and regional rivalries.
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B.
CSM Bulldogs
CSM Bulldogs is the nickname for the College of San Mateo’s football program, a prominent junior college team in California community college athletics.
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C.
Dartmouth Big Green
Dartmouth Big Green is the collective name for the varsity athletic teams representing Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I competition.
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D.
George Washington Colonials
The George Washington Colonials are the former name of the George Washington University athletic teams that compete in NCAA Division I sports.
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E.
Boston University Terriers
The Boston University Terriers are the athletic teams that represent Boston University in NCAA Division I sports.
- 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: Bates Bobcats Target entity description: The Bates Bobcats are the varsity athletic teams representing Bates College in NCAA Division III competition.
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A.
Babson Beavers
The Babson Beavers are the athletic teams representing Babson College, competing in NCAA Division III and known especially for their strong business-school-backed sports programs and regional rivalries.
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B.
CSM Bulldogs
CSM Bulldogs is the nickname for the College of San Mateo’s football program, a prominent junior college team in California community college athletics.
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C.
Dartmouth Big Green
Dartmouth Big Green is the collective name for the varsity athletic teams representing Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I competition.
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D.
George Washington Colonials
The George Washington Colonials are the former name of the George Washington University athletic teams that compete in NCAA Division I sports.
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E.
Boston University Terriers
The Boston University Terriers are the athletic teams that represent Boston University in NCAA Division I sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division III athletics program
ⓘ
college athletic program ⓘ |
| associatedCollege |
Bates College
ⓘ
linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
|
| athleticAssociation | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Bates College Director of Athletics ⓘ |
| campus |
Bates College
ⓘ
linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
|
| colors |
maroon
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| competesIn | New England Small College Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| conferenceAbbreviation | NESCAC ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| governingBody |
Bates College Department of Athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
Bates Bobcats
|
| hasGender |
coeducational teams
ⓘ
men's teams ⓘ women's teams ⓘ |
| location | Lewiston, Maine ⓘ |
| mascot | Bobcat ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NCAA Division III
ⓘ
New England Small College Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| nickname | Bobcats ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| represents |
Bates College
ⓘ
linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
|
| rival |
Bowdoin Polar Bears
ⓘ
Colby Mules ⓘ |
| shortName | Bates ⓘ |
| sport |
baseball
ⓘ
football ⓘ golf ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ men's cross country ⓘ men's lacrosse ⓘ men's rowing ⓘ men's soccer ⓘ men's swimming and diving ⓘ men's tennis ⓘ men's track and field ⓘ softball ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's cross country ⓘ women's lacrosse ⓘ women's rowing ⓘ women's soccer ⓘ women's swimming and diving ⓘ women's tennis ⓘ women's track and field ⓘ |
| sportLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| university |
Bates College
ⓘ
linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
|
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: Bates Bobcats Description of subject: The Bates Bobcats are the varsity athletic teams representing Bates College in NCAA Division III competition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
linked to: Bates Bobcats