The Pit (basketball arena)
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The Pit is a renowned college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, famous for its sunken design, intense atmosphere, and role as the longtime home of the New Mexico Lobos.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Pit (basketball arena) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1440819 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pit (basketball arena) Context triple: [University of New Mexico Athletics Department, homeVenueFor, The Pit (basketball arena)]
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Louis Brown Athletic Center
The Louis Brown Athletic Center, commonly known as the RAC, is an indoor arena on Rutgers University's campus that long served as the primary venue for the school's basketball programs and other major athletic and campus events.
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Agganis Arena
Agganis Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Boston, Massachusetts, best known as the home rink of Boston University’s hockey programs.
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ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sacramento, California, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
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PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Sprint Center
Sprint Center is a major indoor arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, known for hosting concerts, sporting events, and other large-scale entertainment before being renamed T-Mobile Center.
- 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: The Pit (basketball arena) Target entity description: The Pit is a renowned college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, famous for its sunken design, intense atmosphere, and role as the longtime home of the New Mexico Lobos.
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A.
Louis Brown Athletic Center
The Louis Brown Athletic Center, commonly known as the RAC, is an indoor arena on Rutgers University's campus that long served as the primary venue for the school's basketball programs and other major athletic and campus events.
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B.
Agganis Arena
Agganis Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Boston, Massachusetts, best known as the home rink of Boston University’s hockey programs.
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C.
ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sacramento, California, best known as the longtime home venue of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
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D.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Sprint Center
Sprint Center is a major indoor arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, known for hosting concerts, sporting events, and other large-scale entertainment before being renamed T-Mobile Center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball arena
ⓘ
college basketball venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | University Arena ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature |
bowl-style seating
ⓘ
sunken playing floor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New Mexico Lobos athletics tradition ⓘ |
| city | Albuquerque ⓘ |
| climateControl | heated and air-conditioned ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasAccessibility | multiple concourse entrances ⓘ |
| hasConcessions | multiple concession stands ⓘ |
| hasDesign | partially below ground level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
enclosed bowl design
ⓘ
steep seating angles ⓘ |
| hasNickname | The Pit ⓘ |
| hasParking | adjacent surface parking lots ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | major renovation in the 2000s ⓘ |
| hasRestrooms | public restrooms on concourses ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasSeatingType | fixed arena seating ⓘ |
| hasSport | basketball ⓘ |
| hasTenant | New Mexico Lobos ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
New Mexico Lobos men’s basketball
ⓘ
surface form:
New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team
New Mexico Lobos ⓘ
surface form:
New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team
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| hosts | NCAA Division I basketball games ⓘ |
| isVenueFor | Mountain West Conference games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high fan noise levels
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intense game atmosphere ⓘ strong home-court advantage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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surface form:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| opened | 1966 ⓘ |
| operator | University of New Mexico ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of New Mexico ⓘ |
| partOf |
University of New Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
University of New Mexico South Campus
|
| primaryUse | college basketball games ⓘ |
| region |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
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| safetyFeature | indoor enclosed structure ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 15,000 ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| surfaceType | hardwood court ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concerts
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graduation ceremonies ⓘ other large indoor events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Pit (basketball arena) Description of subject: The Pit is a renowned college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, famous for its sunken design, intense atmosphere, and role as the longtime home of the New Mexico Lobos.
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