York Yeomen
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York Yeomen was the former name of the varsity athletic teams representing York University in Toronto, Canada, before they were rebranded as the York Lions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| York Yeomen canonical | 3 |
| Yeomen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1683673 — 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: York Yeomen Context triple: [York Lions, formerName, York Yeomen]
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A.
Yeomen and Yeowomen
Yeomen and Yeowomen are the athletic teams and mascots representing Oberlin College in intercollegiate sports.
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B.
Royal Company of Archers
The Royal Company of Archers is a historic ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign’s Bodyguard in Scotland.
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C.
Nevill
Nevill is a given name most notably borne by British physicist and Nobel laureate Sir Nevill Mott.
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D.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are the legendary band of outlaws who accompany Robin Hood in English folklore, known for robbing the rich to aid the poor.
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E.
Vassall
Vassall is an English surname historically associated with notable figures in British public life and espionage.
- 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: York Yeomen Target entity description: York Yeomen was the former name of the varsity athletic teams representing York University in Toronto, Canada, before they were rebranded as the York Lions.
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A.
Yeomen and Yeowomen
Yeomen and Yeowomen are the athletic teams and mascots representing Oberlin College in intercollegiate sports.
-
B.
Royal Company of Archers
The Royal Company of Archers is a historic ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign’s Bodyguard in Scotland.
-
C.
Nevill
Nevill is a given name most notably borne by British physicist and Nobel laureate Sir Nevill Mott.
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D.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are the legendary band of outlaws who accompany Robin Hood in English folklore, known for robbing the rich to aid the poor.
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E.
Vassall
Vassall is an English surname historically associated with notable figures in British public life and espionage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports team name
ⓘ
university athletic program name ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | York University ⓘ |
| athleticAssociation |
Ontario University Athletics
ⓘ
U Sports ⓘ |
| campus | Keele Campus ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Canadian university sports ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerName | York Yeomen self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | men's teams ⓘ |
| hasFormerAthleticName | York Yeomen self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| homeCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Toronto
ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
| nameElement |
York Yeomen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yeomen
|
| rebrandedAs | York Lions ⓘ |
| region | Ontario ⓘ |
| represented | York University ⓘ |
| represents | York University varsity athletic teams ⓘ |
| sport |
basketball
ⓘ
cross country ⓘ football ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ soccer ⓘ swimming ⓘ tennis ⓘ track and field ⓘ volleyball ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| sportLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| status | retired name ⓘ |
| successor | York Lions varsity teams ⓘ |
| teamType | multi-sport program ⓘ |
| university | York University ⓘ |
| usedBy | York University men's varsity teams ⓘ |
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 Yeomen Description of subject: York Yeomen was the former name of the varsity athletic teams representing York University in Toronto, Canada, before they were rebranded as the York Lions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
York Lions
this entity surface form:
Yeomen
subject surface form:
York University