Big Blue
E450049
Big Blue is the lion mascot of Old Dominion University, representing the school's athletic teams and campus spirit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Blue canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4526236 — 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: Big Blue Context triple: [Old Dominion University, hasMascot, Big Blue]
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A.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the widely used nickname for the New York Giants, a professional American football team in the NFL.
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B.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the costumed mascot character representing Bluefield State University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the popular nickname of the Canadian Football League team the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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D.
The Big Blue
The Big Blue is a 1988 French film by Luc Besson that follows the intense rivalry and friendship between two champion free divers against the backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
Mr. Blue Sky
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a 1977 upbeat, orchestral rock song by Electric Light Orchestra, widely recognized as one of the band’s signature and most enduring hits.
- 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: Big Blue Target entity description: Big Blue is the lion mascot of Old Dominion University, representing the school's athletic teams and campus spirit.
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A.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the widely used nickname for the New York Giants, a professional American football team in the NFL.
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B.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the costumed mascot character representing Bluefield State University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the popular nickname of the Canadian Football League team the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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D.
The Big Blue
The Big Blue is a 1988 French film by Luc Besson that follows the intense rivalry and friendship between two champion free divers against the backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
Mr. Blue Sky
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a 1977 upbeat, orchestral rock song by Electric Light Orchestra, widely recognized as one of the band’s signature and most enduring hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional lion
ⓘ
university mascot ⓘ |
| appearsAt |
Old Dominion Monarchs baseball games
ⓘ
Old Dominion Monarchs basketball games ⓘ Old Dominion Monarchs football games ⓘ
linked to:
ODU Monarchs
Old Dominion Monarchs soccer games ⓘ Old Dominion University community events ⓘ Old Dominion University pep rallies ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Conference USA
ⓘ
NCAA Division I athletics ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division I
Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
energetic
ⓘ
friendly ⓘ school-spirited ⓘ |
| locatedInOrganization |
Old Dominion University Athletics Department
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Dominion Monarchs athletics
|
| mascotOf | Old Dominion University ⓘ |
| represents |
Old Dominion Monarchs athletic teams
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Dominion Monarchs athletics
Old Dominion University campus community ⓘ Old Dominion University school spirit ⓘ |
| role |
athletics mascot
ⓘ
spirit leader ⓘ |
| species | lion ⓘ |
| sportContext |
college baseball
ⓘ
college basketball ⓘ college football ⓘ college soccer ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Monarch pride
ⓘ
Old Dominion University traditions ⓘ school spirit ⓘ team pride ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Hampton Roads community
ⓘ
Old Dominion Monarchs fans ⓘ Old Dominion University alumni ⓘ Old Dominion University students ⓘ |
| university | Old Dominion University ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community outreach
ⓘ
fan engagement ⓘ game-day entertainment ⓘ marketing and promotions ⓘ |
| wears |
Old Dominion Monarchs team colors
ⓘ
Old Dominion University athletic jerseys ⓘ |
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: Big Blue Description of subject: Big Blue is the lion mascot of Old Dominion University, representing the school's athletic teams and campus spirit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.