Rice Stadium
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Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rice Stadium canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162184 — 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: Rice Stadium Context triple: [Rice Owls, homeStadiumFootball, Rice Stadium]
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A.
SHI Stadium
SHI Stadium is a college football stadium that serves as the home field for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.
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B.
Reser Stadium
Reser Stadium is the primary football stadium and home field of the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon.
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C.
Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, now primarily used by Boston University athletics and formerly an early home venue for the New England Patriots (then Boston Patriots).
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D.
Tindall Field
Tindall Field is an athletic and recreational sports field complex located on the campus of Queen's University at Kingston in Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is the primary football stadium of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, known for hosting the Illinois Fighting Illini home games.
- 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: Rice Stadium Target entity description: Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
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A.
SHI Stadium
SHI Stadium is a college football stadium that serves as the home field for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.
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B.
Reser Stadium
Reser Stadium is the primary football stadium and home field of the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon.
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C.
Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, now primarily used by Boston University athletics and formerly an early home venue for the New England Patriots (then Boston Patriots).
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D.
Tindall Field
Tindall Field is an athletic and recreational sports field complex located on the campus of Queen's University at Kingston in Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is the primary football stadium of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, known for hosting the Illinois Fighting Illini home games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college football stadium
ⓘ
outdoor stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architect |
Hermon Lloyd & W. B. Morgan
ⓘ
Lloyd, Morgan & Jones ⓘ |
| category |
College football venues in the United States
ⓘ
Rice Owls football ⓘ
linked to:
Rice Owls
Sports venues in Houston ⓘ |
| city | Houston ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAccessibility | served by Houston public transit ⓘ |
| hasFieldOrientation | north–south ⓘ |
| hasLighting | stadium lights for night games ⓘ |
| hasParking | yes ⓘ |
| hasPressBox | yes ⓘ |
| hasRenovation |
renovations in early 21st century
ⓘ
renovations in late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | yes ⓘ |
| hasTenants |
Rice University athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
Rice University Department of Athletics
|
| hasType | open-air stadium ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commencement ceremonies
ⓘ
community events ⓘ concerts ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | associated with U.S. space program rhetoric ⓘ |
| homeTeam |
Rice Owls football
ⓘ
linked to:
Rice Owls
|
| locatedOn | campus of Rice University ⓘ |
| location |
Houston, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| namedFor | Rice University ⓘ |
| near |
Houston Museum District
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston Museum District area
Texas Medical Center ⓘ |
| notableEvent | John F. Kennedy Moon speech ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | September 12, 1962 ⓘ |
| notableFor | site of John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Moon speech ⓘ |
| opened | 1950 ⓘ |
| openingDate | September 30, 1950 ⓘ |
| operator | Rice University ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rice University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rice University campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Rice University
|
| primaryTenant |
Rice Owls football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Rice Owls
|
| region |
Harris County, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Harris County
|
| seatingCapacity | 70000 ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| surface | natural grass ⓘ |
| usedFor |
college football games
ⓘ
high school football games ⓘ large public events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rice Stadium Description of subject: Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.