Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse
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Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse is the University of Maryland's storied NCAA Division I men's lacrosse program, known for its national championships and historic prominence in college lacrosse.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse canonical | 3 |
| Maryland Terrapins men’s lacrosse | 2 |
| Maryland Terrapins lacrosse teams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2104441 — 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: Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse Context triple: [Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, rival, Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse]
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Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I program of the University of Maryland, known for its passionate fan base, competitive play in major conferences, and a national championship title in 2002.
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B.
Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball
The Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball team is the University of Maryland’s NCAA Division I program, known for its strong national presence, multiple conference titles, and a 2006 national championship.
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Princeton Tigers men’s lacrosse
Princeton Tigers men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program of Princeton University, historically one of the sport’s elite teams with multiple national championships and a prominent Ivy League presence.
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University of Virginia men's lacrosse team
The University of Virginia men's lacrosse team is a prominent NCAA Division I program known for its multiple national championships and status as one of the sport’s traditional powerhouses.
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Maryland State College football team
The Maryland State College football team was the collegiate football program of Maryland State College, a historically Black institution that later became part of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and is notable for having saxophonist Clarence Clemons as one of its former players.
- 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: Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse Target entity description: Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse is the University of Maryland's storied NCAA Division I men's lacrosse program, known for its national championships and historic prominence in college lacrosse.
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A.
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I program of the University of Maryland, known for its passionate fan base, competitive play in major conferences, and a national championship title in 2002.
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B.
Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball
The Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball team is the University of Maryland’s NCAA Division I program, known for its strong national presence, multiple conference titles, and a 2006 national championship.
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C.
Princeton Tigers men’s lacrosse
Princeton Tigers men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program of Princeton University, historically one of the sport’s elite teams with multiple national championships and a prominent Ivy League presence.
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University of Virginia men's lacrosse team
The University of Virginia men's lacrosse team is a prominent NCAA Division I program known for its multiple national championships and status as one of the sport’s traditional powerhouses.
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Maryland State College football team
The Maryland State College football team was the collegiate football program of Maryland State College, a historically Black institution that later became part of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and is notable for having saxophonist Clarence Clemons as one of its former players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse program
ⓘ
college men's lacrosse team ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Maryland Terrapins football (shared stadium) ⓘ |
| campus |
University of Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Maryland campus
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| competitionLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| conference | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| formerConference | Atlantic Coast Conference ⓘ |
| founded | early 20th century ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| governingAssociation |
NCAA men’s lacrosse
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA men's lacrosse
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| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingConferenceLacrosse |
Big Ten Conference (men's lacrosse)
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ten men's lacrosse
|
| hasMascot | Testudo ⓘ |
| homeCity |
College Park, Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
College Park
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| homeFieldSurface | turf ⓘ |
| homeState | Maryland ⓘ |
| homeVenue | Maryland Stadium ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay | elite NCAA men's lacrosse program ⓘ |
| location | College Park, Maryland ⓘ |
| nationalProminence | historically prominent college lacrosse program ⓘ |
| NCAAChampionships | multiple NCAA Division I men's lacrosse national championships ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentAppearances | numerous NCAA men's lacrosse tournament appearances ⓘ |
| nickname |
Maryland Terrapins
ⓘ
surface form:
Terps
|
| partOf |
University of Maryland Terrapins athletics program
ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Terrapins athletics
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| playsSeason | spring ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
consistent national contention
ⓘ
producing All-American players ⓘ producing professional lacrosse players ⓘ strong defensive play ⓘ |
| region |
Mid-Atlantic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic
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| regionRivalry | Maryland–Johns Hopkins lacrosse rivalry ⓘ |
| represents | University of Maryland Terrapins athletics program ⓘ |
| rival |
Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse
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Johns Hopkins Blue Jays ⓘ
surface form:
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse
Penn State Nittany Lions men’s lacrosse ⓘ
surface form:
Penn State Nittany Lions men's lacrosse
University of Virginia men's lacrosse team ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse
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| sport | lacrosse ⓘ |
| stateSportContext | Maryland as a traditional lacrosse hotbed ⓘ |
| stateUniversityTeam | Maryland ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| tradition | longstanding lacrosse history ⓘ |
| university |
University of Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Maryland, College Park
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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: Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse Description of subject: Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse is the University of Maryland's storied NCAA Division I men's lacrosse program, known for its national championships and historic prominence in college lacrosse.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins men’s lacrosse
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins lacrosse teams
subject surface form:
Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins men’s lacrosse