Blue Band
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Blue Band is the renowned marching band of Pennsylvania State University, known for its performances at football games and university events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Band canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8417519 — 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: Blue Band Context triple: [Penn State Blue Band, shortName, Blue Band]
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A.
Lt. Dan Band
Lt. Dan Band is a rock cover band founded by actor Gary Sinise that frequently performs for U.S. troops, veterans, and charitable causes.
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B.
Pride of the Southland Band
Pride of the Southland Band is the University of Tennessee’s renowned marching band, famous for its spirited performances at Volunteers athletic events and traditional pregame shows.
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C.
The Stripes
The Stripes is the popular nickname of Polish football club Cracovia, one of the country’s oldest and most historic teams.
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D.
Drumline
Drumline is a 2002 American comedy-drama film about a talented but cocky young drummer who joins a college marching band at a fictional historically Black university and must learn discipline and teamwork.
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E.
Longhorn Band
The Longhorn Band is the University of Texas at Austin’s renowned marching band, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and school traditions.
- 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: Blue Band Target entity description: Blue Band is the renowned marching band of Pennsylvania State University, known for its performances at football games and university events.
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A.
Lt. Dan Band
Lt. Dan Band is a rock cover band founded by actor Gary Sinise that frequently performs for U.S. troops, veterans, and charitable causes.
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B.
Pride of the Southland Band
Pride of the Southland Band is the University of Tennessee’s renowned marching band, famous for its spirited performances at Volunteers athletic events and traditional pregame shows.
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C.
The Stripes
The Stripes is the popular nickname of Polish football club Cracovia, one of the country’s oldest and most historic teams.
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D.
Drumline
Drumline is a 2002 American comedy-drama film about a talented but cocky young drummer who joins a college marching band at a fictional historically Black university and must learn discipline and teamwork.
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E.
Longhorn Band
The Longhorn Band is the University of Texas at Austin’s renowned marching band, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and school traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | marching band ⓘ |
| activityType | collegiate athletics support ⓘ |
| affiliation | Pennsylvania State University ⓘ |
| associatedColor |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| associatedTeam |
Penn State Nittany Lions football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Penn State Nittany Lions football
|
| associatedWith |
Penn State alumni community
ⓘ
Penn State student life ⓘ |
| associatedWithSport | American football ⓘ |
| campus | University Park campus ⓘ |
| campusRole | symbol of Penn State pride ⓘ |
| city | University Park ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalAspect | musical training for student musicians ⓘ |
| genre | marching band music ⓘ |
| hasRole |
entertainment at athletic events
ⓘ
representing Penn State at external events ⓘ |
| hasSection |
brass section
ⓘ
color guard ⓘ majorettes ⓘ percussion section ⓘ woodwind section ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
participation in homecoming events
ⓘ
performing at every home football game ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| membership | Penn State students ⓘ |
| name | Penn State Blue Band ⓘ |
| notableFor |
field drill formations
ⓘ
pregame traditions ⓘ supporting Penn State school spirit ⓘ |
| organizationType | student organization ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Penn State Athletic Bands
ⓘ
linked to:
Penn State Blue Band
Pennsylvania State University School of Music ⓘ
linked to:
Penn State School of Music
|
| performanceSetting |
college football halftime shows
ⓘ
pregame shows ⓘ |
| performsAt |
Beaver Stadium
ⓘ
Penn State Nittany Lions football games ⓘ Pennsylvania State University events ⓘ parades ⓘ pep rallies ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | marching band for Penn State football games ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | audition ⓘ |
| shortName |
PSU Blue Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Penn State Blue Band
|
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| wears | Penn State blue and white uniforms ⓘ |
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: Blue Band Description of subject: Blue Band is the renowned marching band of Pennsylvania State University, known for its performances at football games and university events.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.