Michigan State Spartans cross country program
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The Michigan State Spartans cross country program is the collegiate men's and women's distance running team representing Michigan State University in NCAA competition.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michigan State Spartans cross country program canonical | 2 |
| MSU cross country | 1 |
| Michigan State Spartans men's cross country | 1 |
| Michigan State Spartans women's cross country | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11734779 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Michigan State Spartans cross country program Context triple: [Michigan State University Athletic Department, manages, Michigan State Spartans cross country program]
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A.
Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans football is the collegiate football program of Michigan State University, known for its rich history in the Big Ten Conference and intense in-state rivalry with the University of Michigan.
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B.
Michigan State University Athletic Department
The Michigan State University Athletic Department is the administrative organization that oversees and manages all varsity sports programs at Michigan State University, including the Spartans football team.
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C.
Michigan State Spartans athletic teams
The Michigan State Spartans athletic teams are the intercollegiate sports programs of Michigan State University, competing in the NCAA Division I and best known for their successful football and basketball traditions.
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D.
Michigan State Spartans men's soccer
Michigan State Spartans men's soccer is the NCAA Division I men's soccer program of Michigan State University, competing in the Big Ten Conference and known for its strong collegiate soccer tradition.
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E.
Michigan State Spartans women's soccer
Michigan State Spartans women's soccer is the NCAA Division I women's soccer program representing Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Michigan State Spartans cross country program Target entity description: The Michigan State Spartans cross country program is the collegiate men's and women's distance running team representing Michigan State University in NCAA competition.
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A.
Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans football is the collegiate football program of Michigan State University, known for its rich history in the Big Ten Conference and intense in-state rivalry with the University of Michigan.
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B.
Michigan State University Athletic Department
The Michigan State University Athletic Department is the administrative organization that oversees and manages all varsity sports programs at Michigan State University, including the Spartans football team.
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C.
Michigan State Spartans athletic teams
The Michigan State Spartans athletic teams are the intercollegiate sports programs of Michigan State University, competing in the NCAA Division I and best known for their successful football and basketball traditions.
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D.
Michigan State Spartans men's soccer
Michigan State Spartans men's soccer is the NCAA Division I men's soccer program of Michigan State University, competing in the Big Ten Conference and known for its strong collegiate soccer tradition.
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E.
Michigan State Spartans women's soccer
Michigan State Spartans women's soccer is the NCAA Division I women's soccer program representing Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I cross country team
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college cross country program ⓘ |
| association |
NCAA
ⓘ
linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
|
| athletesAre | student-athletes ⓘ |
| athleticBrand | Michigan State Spartans ⓘ |
| athleticDivision | Big Ten cross country ⓘ |
| campus |
East Lansing, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
East Lansing
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| competitionFormat | team scoring based on individual finishes ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| competitionType |
collegiate athletics
ⓘ
intercollegiate cross country ⓘ |
| conference | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| distanceCategory | long-distance running ⓘ |
| gender |
men's teams
ⓘ
women's teams ⓘ |
| governedBy | Michigan State University athletic department ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governsDiscipline | distance running ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | MSU cross country ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRequirement | NCAA eligibility rules ⓘ |
| hasMascot | Sparty (via Michigan State Spartans) ⓘ |
| hasRival |
Michigan Wolverines cross country program
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linked to:
Michigan Wolverines athletics
|
| hasTeam |
Michigan State Spartans men's cross country
ⓘ
Michigan State Spartans women's cross country ⓘ |
| homeUniversityCity | East Lansing ⓘ |
| homeUniversityCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| homeUniversityState | Michigan ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Michigan State Spartans athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan State Spartans athletic teams
Michigan State University athletic department ⓘ |
| languageOfProgram | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| primaryCompetitionSeason | fall ⓘ |
| recruitsFrom | high school distance runners ⓘ |
| recruitsInternationally | true ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| represents | Michigan State University ⓘ |
| sponsor | Michigan State University ⓘ |
| sport | cross country running ⓘ |
| subjectToRulesOf |
Big Ten Conference regulations
ⓘ
NCAA cross country rules ⓘ |
| teamColors |
green
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| trainingSeason | fall ⓘ |
| university | Michigan State University ⓘ |
| usesFacilitiesOf | Michigan State University ⓘ |
| usesNickname | Spartans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Michigan State Spartans cross country program Description of subject: The Michigan State Spartans cross country program is the collegiate men's and women's distance running team representing Michigan State University in NCAA competition.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Michigan State University Athletic Department
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manages
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Michigan State Spartans cross country program
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Michigan State Spartans track and field program
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associatedProgram
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Michigan State Spartans cross country program
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Michigan State Spartans cross country program
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hasTeam
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Michigan State Spartans men's cross country
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linked to: Michigan State Spartans cross country program
Michigan State Spartans cross country program
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hasTeam
→
Michigan State Spartans women's cross country
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linked to: Michigan State Spartans cross country program
linked to: Michigan State Spartans cross country program