Arizona State University marching band
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The Arizona State University marching band is the university’s high-energy, student-led ensemble that performs at athletic events, campus celebrations, and regional showcases, often featuring the school’s mascot Sparky the Sun Devil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band | 1 |
| Arizona State University marching band canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5865800 — 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: Arizona State University marching band Context triple: [Sparky the Sun Devil, associatedWith, Arizona State University marching band]
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A.
The Pride of Arizona Marching Band
The Pride of Arizona Marching Band is the University of Arizona’s renowned marching ensemble, known for its high-energy performances at collegiate events and historic appearances at major national spectacles like the first Super Bowl.
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B.
UCLA Bruin Marching Band
The UCLA Bruin Marching Band is the official marching band of the University of California, Los Angeles, known for its high-energy performances at athletic events, parades, and university ceremonies.
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C.
Oregon Marching Band
The Oregon Marching Band is the official marching ensemble of the University of Oregon, known for performing at Ducks athletic events and other university functions.
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D.
Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band
The Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band is the university’s renowned collegiate marching ensemble known for its high-energy performances, precision drill, and prominent role at Spartan athletic events and ceremonies.
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E.
Michigan Marching Band
The Michigan Marching Band is the University of Michigan’s renowned collegiate marching ensemble, known for its elaborate halftime shows, precision formations, and central role in the game-day atmosphere at Michigan Stadium.
- 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: Arizona State University marching band Target entity description: The Arizona State University marching band is the university’s high-energy, student-led ensemble that performs at athletic events, campus celebrations, and regional showcases, often featuring the school’s mascot Sparky the Sun Devil.
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A.
The Pride of Arizona Marching Band
The Pride of Arizona Marching Band is the University of Arizona’s renowned marching ensemble, known for its high-energy performances at collegiate events and historic appearances at major national spectacles like the first Super Bowl.
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B.
UCLA Bruin Marching Band
The UCLA Bruin Marching Band is the official marching band of the University of California, Los Angeles, known for its high-energy performances at athletic events, parades, and university ceremonies.
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C.
Oregon Marching Band
The Oregon Marching Band is the official marching ensemble of the University of Oregon, known for performing at Ducks athletic events and other university functions.
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D.
Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band
The Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band is the university’s renowned collegiate marching ensemble known for its high-energy performances, precision drill, and prominent role at Spartan athletic events and ceremonies.
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Michigan Marching Band
The Michigan Marching Band is the University of Michigan’s renowned collegiate marching ensemble, known for its elaborate halftime shows, precision formations, and central role in the game-day atmosphere at Michigan Stadium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | university marching band ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Arizona State University ⓘ |
| associatedWithNickname | Sun Devils ⓘ |
| associatedWithSport | college football ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs |
high-energy ensemble
ⓘ
student-led ensemble ⓘ |
| ensembleType | marching band ⓘ |
| featuresMascot | Sparky the Sun Devil ⓘ |
| genre | marching band music ⓘ |
| homeStadiumPerformances | Sun Devil Stadium ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tempe, Arizona
ⓘ
linked to:
Tempe, Arizona, USA
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| membership | Arizona State University students ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | student leadership positions ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
field shows
ⓘ
parade marching ⓘ stands tunes ⓘ |
| performs |
popular music arrangements
ⓘ
school fight songs ⓘ traditional marching band repertoire ⓘ |
| performsAt |
Arizona State University athletic events
ⓘ
campus celebrations at Arizona State University ⓘ regional showcases in Arizona ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
provide musical entertainment at sporting events
ⓘ
represent Arizona State University at regional events ⓘ support school spirit ⓘ |
| supportsTeam |
Arizona State Sun Devils basketball teams
ⓘ
linked to:
Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
Arizona State Sun Devils football team ⓘ |
| usesSchoolColors | maroon and gold ⓘ |
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: Arizona State University marching band Description of subject: The Arizona State University marching band is the university’s high-energy, student-led ensemble that performs at athletic events, campus celebrations, and regional showcases, often featuring the school’s mascot Sparky the Sun Devil.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arizona State University marching band