MDA
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MDA is the common abbreviation for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a former National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MDA canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4714234 — 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: MDA Context triple: [Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, abbreviation, MDA]
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A.
MDA
MDA is the United States Missile Defense Agency, a Department of Defense organization responsible for developing and deploying systems to defend the U.S. and its allies against ballistic missile threats.
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B.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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C.
MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
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D.
MDA
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
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E.
MDA
MDA is a Canadian space technology company known for developing advanced satellite systems, robotics, and Earth observation solutions.
- 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: MDA Target entity description: MDA is the common abbreviation for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a former National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California.
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A.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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B.
MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
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C.
MDA
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
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D.
MDA
MDA is a Canadian space technology company known for developing advanced satellite systems, robotics, and Earth observation solutions.
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E.
MDA
MDA is the United States Missile Defense Agency, a Department of Defense organization responsible for developing and deploying systems to defend the U.S. and its allies against ballistic missile threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct National Hockey League team
ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MDA ⓘ |
| city | Anaheim ⓘ |
| conference | Western Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| division | Pacific Division ⓘ |
| divisionRival |
Los Angeles Kings
ⓘ
San Jose Sharks ⓘ |
| firstSeason | 1993–94 NHL season ⓘ |
| founded | 1993 ⓘ |
| homeArena |
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
ⓘ
Honda Center ⓘ |
| jerseyColor |
eggplant
ⓘ
jade ⓘ white ⓘ |
| league | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| location |
Anaheim, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Anaheim
|
| logoFeature | duck-bill goalie mask ⓘ |
| madeStanleyCupFinals | 2003 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
The Mighty Ducks (1992 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Mighty Ducks
|
| notablePlayer |
Guy Hebert
ⓘ
Paul Kariya ⓘ Teemu Selänne ⓘ |
| owner | The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | Anaheim Ducks ⓘ |
| rebrandYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Anaheim Ducks ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| status | defunct name; franchise continues as Anaheim Ducks ⓘ |
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: MDA Description of subject: MDA is the common abbreviation for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a former National Hockey League team based in Anaheim, California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
MDA