York Lions men's ice hockey team
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The York Lions men's ice hockey team is the varsity ice hockey program of York University in Toronto, competing in Canadian university athletics and known for its regional rivalries and competitive history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| York Lions men's ice hockey team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13031363 — 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: York Lions men's ice hockey team Context triple: [Toronto Metropolitan University Bold men's ice hockey team, hasRival, York Lions men's ice hockey team]
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A.
BC Eagles men's ice hockey
BC Eagles men's ice hockey is the Boston College varsity ice hockey program, one of the most successful and storied teams in NCAA Division I college hockey.
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B.
Toronto Northmen
The Toronto Northmen were a short-lived professional American football team originally based in Toronto that became part of the mid-1970s World Football League.
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C.
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program of St. Lawrence University, known for its long history, passionate fan base, and competition in the ECAC.
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D.
Windsor Spitfires
The Windsor Spitfires are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League known for developing NHL talent and winning multiple Memorial Cup championships.
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E.
Toronto Huskies
The Toronto Huskies were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Toronto that competed in the inaugural season of what would later become the NBA.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: York Lions men's ice hockey team Target entity description: The York Lions men's ice hockey team is the varsity ice hockey program of York University in Toronto, competing in Canadian university athletics and known for its regional rivalries and competitive history.
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A.
BC Eagles men's ice hockey
BC Eagles men's ice hockey is the Boston College varsity ice hockey program, one of the most successful and storied teams in NCAA Division I college hockey.
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B.
Toronto Northmen
The Toronto Northmen were a short-lived professional American football team originally based in Toronto that became part of the mid-1970s World Football League.
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C.
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program of St. Lawrence University, known for its long history, passionate fan base, and competition in the ECAC.
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D.
Windsor Spitfires
The Windsor Spitfires are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League known for developing NHL talent and winning multiple Memorial Cup championships.
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E.
Toronto Huskies
The Toronto Huskies were a short-lived professional basketball team based in Toronto that competed in the inaugural season of what would later become the NBA.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
university men's ice hockey team
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varsity sports team ⓘ |
| affiliation | York Lions athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticBrand | York Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Keele Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Toronto ⓘ |
| competition | Canadian university athletics ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | U Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionScope |
national
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provincial ⓘ |
| conference | Ontario University Athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryCompetition | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryLeagueSystem | Canadian university ice hockey ⓘ |
| formerName | York Yeomen men's ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Ontario University Athletics
NERFINISHED
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U Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHomeInstitutionType | public research university ⓘ |
| hasRivalryType | regional rivalry ⓘ |
| league | Ontario University Athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsForInstitution | York University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Ontario ⓘ |
| region | Ontario University Athletics West Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | York University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representsCity | Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Guelph Gryphons men's ice hockey team
NERFINISHED
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Ryerson Rams men's ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Mustangs men's ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| sportType | ice hockey ⓘ |
| teamColours |
red
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white ⓘ |
| teamName | York Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamNickname | Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| university | York University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: York Lions men's ice hockey team Description of subject: The York Lions men's ice hockey team is the varsity ice hockey program of York University in Toronto, competing in Canadian university athletics and known for its regional rivalries and competitive history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Toronto Metropolitan University Bold men's ice hockey team
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hasRival
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York Lions men's ice hockey team
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