Pirates
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Pirates is the mascot representing Modesto Junior College’s athletic teams and school spirit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pirates canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11107529 — 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: Pirates Context triple: [Modesto Junior College, hasMascot, Pirates]
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A.
Pirates
Pirates are seafaring outlaws who historically attacked and plundered ships and coastal settlements, often romanticized in popular culture for their rebellious and adventurous image.
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B.
Pirates
Pirates is the athletic nickname and mascot for Hampton University’s sports teams, representing the school in intercollegiate competition.
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C.
The Pirate
The Pirate is a romantic musical comedy film best known for its vibrant Technicolor production and the iconic pairing of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
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D.
The Pirate
The Pirate is an 1822 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, blending romance, adventure, and local folklore around the figure of a mysterious seafarer.
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E.
The Pirate
"The Pirate" is the colorful nickname of Mike Leach, the innovative and outspoken American college football coach known for his prolific Air Raid offense and fascination with pirate lore.
- 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: Pirates Target entity description: Pirates is the mascot representing Modesto Junior College’s athletic teams and school spirit.
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A.
Pirates
Pirates are seafaring outlaws who historically attacked and plundered ships and coastal settlements, often romanticized in popular culture for their rebellious and adventurous image.
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B.
Pirates
Pirates is the athletic nickname and mascot for Hampton University’s sports teams, representing the school in intercollegiate competition.
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C.
The Pirate
The Pirate is a romantic musical comedy film best known for its vibrant Technicolor production and the iconic pairing of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
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D.
The Pirate
The Pirate is an 1822 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, blending romance, adventure, and local folklore around the figure of a mysterious seafarer.
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E.
The Pirate
"The Pirate" is the colorful nickname of Mike Leach, the innovative and outspoken American college football coach known for his prolific Air Raid offense and fascination with pirate lore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college sports team mascot
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school mascot ⓘ |
| affiliation | public community college ⓘ |
| associatedColorScheme | Modesto Junior College school colors ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Modesto Junior College ⓘ |
| category |
American college sports mascot
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college mascot in California ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationLevel | junior college ⓘ |
| hasFanBase |
Modesto Junior College alumni
ⓘ
Modesto Junior College students ⓘ Modesto Junior College supporters ⓘ |
| hasType | mascot ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Modesto, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Modesto
|
| represents |
Modesto Junior College
ⓘ
Modesto Junior College athletic teams ⓘ Modesto Junior College school spirit ⓘ |
| representsInstitutionType | community college ⓘ |
| representsTeamsIn |
men’s sports at Modesto Junior College
ⓘ
women’s sports at Modesto Junior College ⓘ |
| sportContext | college athletics ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
athletic identity of Modesto Junior College
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school pride of Modesto Junior College ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Modesto Junior College athletics department
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linked to:
Modesto Junior College
Modesto Junior College sports teams ⓘ
linked to:
Modesto Junior College
|
| usedFor |
athletic events at Modesto Junior College
ⓘ
marketing and branding of Modesto Junior College athletics ⓘ school spirit events at Modesto Junior College ⓘ |
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: Pirates Description of subject: Pirates is the mascot representing Modesto Junior College’s athletic teams and school spirit.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.