Duke blue
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Duke blue is the distinctive deep royal blue shade associated with Duke University’s branding and athletic teams.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke blue canonical | 6 |
| Duke royal blue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T352635 — 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: Duke blue Context triple: [Duke University, colors, Duke blue]
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A.
Yale Blue
Yale Blue is a deep, rich shade of blue traditionally associated with academic institutions and collegiate branding.
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B.
Oxford blue
Oxford blue is a dark, rich shade of navy traditionally associated with the University of Oxford and its sports teams.
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C.
Tiffany Blue
Tiffany Blue is the distinctive light robin’s-egg blue color trademarked and famously used by the luxury jewelry brand Tiffany & Co.
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D.
Blue
Blue is a critically acclaimed 1971 folk album by Joni Mitchell, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential records in popular music history.
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E.
JBLU
JBLU is the stock ticker symbol for JetBlue Airways, a major U.S.-based low-cost airline.
- 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: Duke blue Target entity description: Duke blue is the distinctive deep royal blue shade associated with Duke University’s branding and athletic teams.
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A.
Yale Blue
Yale Blue is a deep, rich shade of blue traditionally associated with academic institutions and collegiate branding.
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B.
Oxford blue
Oxford blue is a dark, rich shade of navy traditionally associated with the University of Oxford and its sports teams.
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C.
Tiffany Blue
Tiffany Blue is the distinctive light robin’s-egg blue color trademarked and famously used by the luxury jewelry brand Tiffany & Co.
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D.
Blue
Blue is a critically acclaimed 1971 folk album by Joni Mitchell, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential records in popular music history.
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E.
JBLU
JBLU is the stock ticker symbol for JetBlue Airways, a major U.S.-based low-cost airline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand color
ⓘ
color ⓘ school color ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Duke University ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Duke Blue Devils
ⓘ
Duke University athletics ⓘ
linked to:
Duke University
|
| contrastedWith |
black
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs |
dark blue
ⓘ
deep royal blue ⓘ |
| followsGuidelineOf | Duke University Office of Communication Services ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Duke royal blue
ⓘ
linked to:
Duke blue
|
| hasCMYK | 100,85,5,36 ⓘ |
| hasHexCode | #012169 ⓘ |
| hasPantone |
Pantone 280 C
ⓘ
Pantone 287 C ⓘ |
| hasRGB | 0,33,105 ⓘ |
| hasRole |
identity color for Duke athletics
ⓘ
primary color for Duke University ⓘ |
| isShadeOf |
blue
ⓘ
royal blue ⓘ |
| partOf | Duke University official color palette ⓘ |
| region | Durham, North Carolina ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Duke Blue Devils tradition
ⓘ
Duke University spirit ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Duke Blue Devils football team
ⓘ
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team ⓘ Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team ⓘ Duke University athletic teams ⓘ
linked to:
Duke University
Duke University digital properties ⓘ Duke University marketing materials ⓘ Duke University merchandise ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Duke University branding
ⓘ
Duke University visual identity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Duke University athletics logo
ⓘ
Duke University seal ⓘ
linked to:
Duke University
Duke University wordmark ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
NCAA athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
college sports ⓘ higher education branding ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Duke Blue Devils uniforms
ⓘ
Duke University academic branding ⓘ Duke University athletic branding ⓘ Duke University logos ⓘ |
| usedSince | 20th century ⓘ |
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: Duke blue Description of subject: Duke blue is the distinctive deep royal blue shade associated with Duke University’s branding and athletic teams.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Duke blue