Utah Utes football
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Utah Utes football is the University of Utah's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, known for its strong defenses, successful bowl game record, and transition from the Mountain West to Power Five competition.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Utah Utes football canonical | 13 |
| Utah Utes football team | 7 |
| Utah Utes | 3 |
| University of Utah Utes football team | 1 |
| Utah Utes soccer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1192611 — 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: Utah Utes football Context triple: [Pac-12 South Division, hasMember, Utah Utes football]
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A.
Boise State Broncos
The Boise State Broncos are the athletic teams of Boise State University, best known for their successful football program and iconic blue turf field.
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B.
BYU Cougars men's basketball
BYU Cougars men's basketball is the NCAA Division I basketball program of Brigham Young University, known for its passionate fan base, high-scoring offenses, and prominent role in Western college basketball.
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C.
San Diego State Aztecs football
San Diego State Aztecs football is the collegiate football program of San Diego State University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players and competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
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D.
San Diego State Aztecs
The San Diego State Aztecs are the athletic teams representing San Diego State University, competing in NCAA Division I and known especially for their strong football and basketball programs.
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E.
Arizona Wildcats football team
The Arizona Wildcats football team is the University of Arizona's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, competing in the Pac-12 Conference and known for producing notable NFL players such as Rob Gronkowski.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Utah Utes football Target entity description: Utah Utes football is the University of Utah's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, known for its strong defenses, successful bowl game record, and transition from the Mountain West to Power Five competition.
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A.
Boise State Broncos
The Boise State Broncos are the athletic teams of Boise State University, best known for their successful football program and iconic blue turf field.
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B.
BYU Cougars men's basketball
BYU Cougars men's basketball is the NCAA Division I basketball program of Brigham Young University, known for its passionate fan base, high-scoring offenses, and prominent role in Western college basketball.
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C.
San Diego State Aztecs football
San Diego State Aztecs football is the collegiate football program of San Diego State University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players and competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
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D.
San Diego State Aztecs
The San Diego State Aztecs are the athletic teams representing San Diego State University, competing in NCAA Division I and known especially for their strong football and basketball programs.
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E.
Arizona Wildcats football team
The Arizona Wildcats football team is the University of Arizona's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, competing in the Pac-12 Conference and known for producing notable NFL players such as Rob Gronkowski.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I FBS team
ⓘ
college football team ⓘ |
| BCSappearance |
Fiesta Bowl
ⓘ
surface form:
2005 Fiesta Bowl
2009 Sugar Bowl ⓘ |
| bowlGameRecord | winning record ⓘ |
| city | Salt Lake City ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Ute Indian Tribe on name and imagery use ⓘ |
| color |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| conference | Big 12 Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| established | 1892 ⓘ |
| fightSong | Utah Man ⓘ |
| formerConference |
Mountain West Conference
ⓘ
Pac-12 Conference ⓘ Western Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| hasTradition | drum and feather logo association with Ute Tribe ⓘ |
| headCoach | Kyle Whittingham ⓘ |
| homeCapacity | Rice–Eccles Stadium approximately 51,000 ⓘ |
| homeField |
Rice-Eccles Stadium
ⓘ
surface form:
Rice–Eccles Stadium
|
| homeSurface | artificial turf ⓘ |
| joinedConference |
Big 12 Conference in 2024
ⓘ
Pac-12 Conference in 2011 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
strong defenses
ⓘ
successful bowl game record ⓘ |
| league |
Football Bowl Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
|
| location |
Salt Lake City
ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
| mascot | Swoop ⓘ |
| NCAAdivision |
Football Bowl Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
Division I FBS
|
| nickname | Utes ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first BCS buster from a non-automatic qualifying conference in 2004 ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Kyle Whittingham
ⓘ
Urban Meyer ⓘ |
| notableSeason |
2004 undefeated season
ⓘ
2008 undefeated season ⓘ |
| playsIn |
Power Five
ⓘ
surface form:
Power Five conference competition
|
| region |
Intermountain West
ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain West
|
| represents | University of Utah ⓘ |
| rival |
Brigham Young Cougars football team
ⓘ
surface form:
BYU Cougars football
Colorado Buffaloes football ⓘ Utah State Aggies football ⓘ |
| rivalry | Holy War ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadium |
Rice-Eccles Stadium
ⓘ
surface form:
Rice–Eccles Stadium
|
| state | Utah ⓘ |
| teamName | Utes ⓘ |
| university | University of Utah ⓘ |
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: Utah Utes football Description of subject: Utah Utes football is the University of Utah's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, known for its strong defenses, successful bowl game record, and transition from the Mountain West to Power Five competition.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes football team
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes football team
this entity surface form:
University of Utah Utes football team
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes football team
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes football team
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes football team
subject surface form:
University of Utah
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes
this entity surface form:
Utah Utes football team