Lions of Teranga
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The Lions of Teranga are the Senegal national football team, renowned in African and world football for their passionate play, strong defensive organization, and memorable World Cup performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lions of Teranga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12990088 — 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: Lions of Teranga Context triple: [Senegal national football team, nickname, Lions of Teranga]
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A.
Giants of Africa
Giants of Africa is a basketball-focused non-profit organization that uses the sport to empower and develop youth across the African continent.
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B.
Tail of Lions
Tail of Lions is a studio album by British singer-songwriter Alex Clare that blends soulful vocals with electronic and rock-influenced production.
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C.
Die Löwen
Die Löwen is the traditional nickname of German football club TSV 1860 Munich, reflecting the lion emblem on the club’s crest and its historic identity.
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D.
Camelot of Africa
Camelot of Africa is a romantic nickname for Gondar, a historic Ethiopian city famed for its medieval castles and royal enclosure.
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E.
In Dahomey
"In Dahomey" is a landmark 1903 musical comedy widely recognized as the first full-length Broadway show written and performed by African Americans.
- 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: Lions of Teranga Target entity description: The Lions of Teranga are the Senegal national football team, renowned in African and world football for their passionate play, strong defensive organization, and memorable World Cup performances.
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A.
Giants of Africa
Giants of Africa is a basketball-focused non-profit organization that uses the sport to empower and develop youth across the African continent.
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B.
Tail of Lions
Tail of Lions is a studio album by British singer-songwriter Alex Clare that blends soulful vocals with electronic and rock-influenced production.
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C.
Die Löwen
Die Löwen is the traditional nickname of German football club TSV 1860 Munich, reflecting the lion emblem on the club’s crest and its historic identity.
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D.
Camelot of Africa
Camelot of Africa is a romantic nickname for Gondar, a historic Ethiopian city famed for its medieval castles and royal enclosure.
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E.
In Dahomey
"In Dahomey" is a landmark 1903 musical comedy widely recognized as the first full-length Broadway show written and performed by African Americans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
men's national football team
ⓘ
national association football team ⓘ |
| afconAppearances | more than 15 ⓘ |
| afconRunnersUp |
2002
ⓘ
2019 ⓘ |
| afconTitles | 2 ⓘ |
| afconTitleYear |
2021
ⓘ
2023 ⓘ |
| awayKitColor | green ⓘ |
| bestWorldCupResult | quarter-finals ⓘ |
| bestWorldCupResultYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| captain | Kalidou Koulibaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coach | Aliou Cissé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachSince | 2015 ⓘ |
| confederation | CAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentalConfederation | Confederation of African Football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fifaMemberSince | 1962 ⓘ |
| fifaTrigramme | SEN ⓘ |
| firstInternationalMatch | Senegal 2–3 Dahomey ⓘ |
| firstInternationalMatchDate | 1961-12-31 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Senegalese Football Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeKitColor | white ⓘ |
| homeStadium |
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stade Me Abdoulaye Wade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
memorable World Cup performances
ⓘ
passionate play ⓘ |
| nickname | Lions of Teranga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
El Hadji Diouf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henri Camara NERFINISHED ⓘ Idrissa Gana Gueye NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalidou Koulibaly NERFINISHED ⓘ Khalilou Fadiga NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadio Mané NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Sylva NERFINISHED ⓘ Édouard Mendy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorldCupMatch | Senegal 1–0 France (2002 FIFA World Cup opening match) GENERATED ⓘ |
| playsIn |
Africa Cup of Nations qualification
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| regionalTournament | Africa Cup of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Gambia national football team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guinea national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
direct attacking transitions
ⓘ
high intensity pressing ⓘ strong defensive organization ⓘ |
| subConfederation | WAFU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldCupAppearances | 3 ⓘ |
| worldCupDebut | 2002 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lions of Teranga Description of subject: The Lions of Teranga are the Senegal national football team, renowned in African and world football for their passionate play, strong defensive organization, and memorable World Cup performances.
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