United States national lacrosse team
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The United States national lacrosse team is the country’s top men’s field lacrosse squad, historically dominant in international competition and governed by USA Lacrosse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Team USA men's lacrosse | 1 |
| United States national lacrosse team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10935315 — 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: United States national lacrosse team Context triple: [United States national teams, include, United States national lacrosse team]
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A.
United States men's national ice hockey team
The United States men's national ice hockey team is the senior national squad representing the U.S. in international ice hockey competitions such as the IIHF World Championships and the Olympic Games.
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B.
Lacrosse Canada
Lacrosse Canada is the national governing organization responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of lacrosse across Canada, including its rules, competitions, and player development.
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C.
USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse is the national governing body for the sport of lacrosse in the United States, overseeing rules, development, and promotion of the game at all levels.
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D.
United States women’s national ice hockey team
The United States women’s national ice hockey team is one of the world’s elite women’s hockey programs, renowned for its multiple Olympic and World Championship titles and its long-standing rivalry with Canada.
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E.
United States national teams
The United States national teams are the official representative squads that compete for the U.S. in international sports competitions such as the Olympics and World Championships.
- 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: United States national lacrosse team Target entity description: The United States national lacrosse team is the country’s top men’s field lacrosse squad, historically dominant in international competition and governed by USA Lacrosse.
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A.
United States men's national ice hockey team
The United States men's national ice hockey team is the senior national squad representing the U.S. in international ice hockey competitions such as the IIHF World Championships and the Olympic Games.
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B.
Lacrosse Canada
Lacrosse Canada is the national governing organization responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of lacrosse across Canada, including its rules, competitions, and player development.
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C.
USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse is the national governing body for the sport of lacrosse in the United States, overseeing rules, development, and promotion of the game at all levels.
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D.
United States women’s national ice hockey team
The United States women’s national ice hockey team is one of the world’s elite women’s hockey programs, renowned for its multiple Olympic and World Championship titles and its long-standing rivalry with Canada.
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E.
United States national teams
The United States national teams are the official representative squads that compete for the U.S. in international sports competitions such as the Olympics and World Championships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
men's national lacrosse team
ⓘ
national sports team ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Team USA men's lacrosse
ⓘ
linked to:
United States national lacrosse team
|
| category |
Lacrosse in the United States
ⓘ
National lacrosse teams ⓘ United States national sports teams ⓘ
linked to:
United States national teams
|
| code | USA ⓘ |
| competition |
World Games (lacrosse)
ⓘ
linked to:
World Games
World Lacrosse Championship ⓘ
linked to:
World Lacrosse
|
| confederation | World Lacrosse ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dominantEra |
20th century
ⓘ
early 21st century ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| governingBody | USA Lacrosse ⓘ |
| governingBodyFormerName |
US Lacrosse
ⓘ
linked to:
USA Lacrosse
United States Lacrosse Association ⓘ
linked to:
USA Lacrosse
|
| governingBodyHeadquarters | Sparks, Maryland ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquartersRegion |
Baltimore metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
|
| governingBodyType | national governing body for lacrosse ⓘ |
| governingBodyWebsite | https://www.usalacrosse.com ⓘ |
| historicalDominance | yes ⓘ |
| homeCountryCode | USA ⓘ |
| homeRegion | United States East Coast ⓘ |
| internationalStatus | senior national team ⓘ |
| level | senior ⓘ |
| nationalAnthem | The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ |
| plays | outdoor lacrosse ⓘ |
| playsOn |
artificial turf field
ⓘ
grass field ⓘ |
| primaryColor |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
ⓘ
World Lacrosse ⓘ |
| represents |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| representsIn | international lacrosse competitions ⓘ |
| ruleset | field lacrosse rules ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | players selected by USA Lacrosse ⓘ |
| sport | field lacrosse ⓘ |
| sportFamily | stick-and-ball games ⓘ |
| sportType | team sport ⓘ |
| sportVariant | men's field lacrosse ⓘ |
| usesEquipment |
lacrosse ball
ⓘ
lacrosse stick ⓘ protective gear ⓘ |
| usesNationalFlag |
Flag of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
|
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: United States national lacrosse team Description of subject: The United States national lacrosse team is the country’s top men’s field lacrosse squad, historically dominant in international competition and governed by USA Lacrosse.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: United States national lacrosse team