Centre Praying Colonels football team
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The Centre Praying Colonels football team was the celebrated early-20th-century college football program of Centre College in Kentucky, known for its remarkable upsets and national prominence in the 1910s and 1920s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Centre Praying Colonels football team canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9986656 — 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)
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Target entity: Centre Praying Colonels football team Context triple: [1922 Dixie Classic, awayTeam, Centre Praying Colonels football team]
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A.
Belmont F.C.
Belmont F.C. was the early name of the English football club that later became known as Tranmere Rovers F.C.
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B.
Cavalry Football Club
Cavalry Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Calgary, Alberta, competing in the Canadian Premier League.
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C.
Valour Football Club
Valour Football Club is a professional Canadian soccer team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
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D.
Philadelphia Brigade
The Philadelphia Brigade was a Union Army infantry formation in the American Civil War, composed largely of regiments from Philadelphia and noted for its fierce fighting at battles such as Antietam and Gettysburg.
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E.
Black Knight Football Club
Black Knight Football Club is the American-led ownership group, fronted by Bill Foley, that controls English Premier League side AFC Bournemouth.
- 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: Centre Praying Colonels football team Target entity description: The Centre Praying Colonels football team was the celebrated early-20th-century college football program of Centre College in Kentucky, known for its remarkable upsets and national prominence in the 1910s and 1920s.
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A.
Belmont F.C.
Belmont F.C. was the early name of the English football club that later became known as Tranmere Rovers F.C.
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B.
Cavalry Football Club
Cavalry Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Calgary, Alberta, competing in the Canadian Premier League.
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C.
Valour Football Club
Valour Football Club is a professional Canadian soccer team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
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D.
Philadelphia Brigade
The Philadelphia Brigade was a Union Army infantry formation in the American Civil War, composed largely of regiments from Philadelphia and noted for its fierce fighting at battles such as Antietam and Gettysburg.
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E.
Black Knight Football Club
Black Knight Football Club is the American-led ownership group, fronted by Bill Foley, that controls English Premier League side AFC Bournemouth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football team
ⓘ
college football team ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Centre College athletics
ⓘ
Southern football tradition ⓘ |
| college | Centre College ⓘ |
| color |
gold
ⓘ
maroon ⓘ white ⓘ |
| conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| eraOfProminence |
1910s
ⓘ
1920s ⓘ |
| governingBody |
NCAA
ⓘ
linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
|
| historicalStatus | defunct major college football power ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Farris Stadium ⓘ |
| knownFor |
national prominence in early 20th century college football
ⓘ
upset victory over Harvard in 1921 ⓘ |
| legacy | one of the most famous small-college football teams in U.S. history ⓘ |
| level | college ⓘ |
| location | Danville, Kentucky ⓘ |
| nickname | Praying Colonels ⓘ |
| notableGame | 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game ⓘ |
| notableSeason | 1921 college football season ⓘ |
| region | Southern United States ⓘ |
| represented |
Centre College in intercollegiate football
ⓘ
linked to:
Centre College
|
| reputation | giant-killer in college football ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
| status | historical football program ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Centre Praying Colonels football team Description of subject: The Centre Praying Colonels football team was the celebrated early-20th-century college football program of Centre College in Kentucky, known for its remarkable upsets and national prominence in the 1910s and 1920s.
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