Cocky the Gamecock
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Cocky the Gamecock is the costumed rooster mascot of the University of South Carolina, known for energizing crowds at the school's athletic events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cocky the Gamecock canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2269385 — 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: Cocky the Gamecock Context triple: [University of South Carolina, mascot, Cocky the Gamecock]
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A.
Louie the Cardinal
Louie the Cardinal is the costumed bird mascot that represents the University of Louisville’s athletic teams, including the women’s basketball program.
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B.
Rooster
"Rooster" is a dark, grunge-era song by Alice in Chains that powerfully depicts the Vietnam War through the perspective of guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s father.
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C.
Willie the Wildcat
Willie the Wildcat is the costumed wildcat mascot who represents Northwestern University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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D.
Fredbird
Fredbird is the costumed cardinal bird who serves as the energetic and playful official mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
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E.
Hooter the Owl
Hooter the Owl is the costumed owl mascot that represents Temple University at its athletic events and campus activities.
- 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: Cocky the Gamecock Target entity description: Cocky the Gamecock is the costumed rooster mascot of the University of South Carolina, known for energizing crowds at the school's athletic events.
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A.
Louie the Cardinal
Louie the Cardinal is the costumed bird mascot that represents the University of Louisville’s athletic teams, including the women’s basketball program.
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B.
Rooster
"Rooster" is a dark, grunge-era song by Alice in Chains that powerfully depicts the Vietnam War through the perspective of guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s father.
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C.
Willie the Wildcat
Willie the Wildcat is the costumed wildcat mascot who represents Northwestern University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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D.
Fredbird
Fredbird is the costumed cardinal bird who serves as the energetic and playful official mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
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E.
Hooter the Owl
Hooter the Owl is the costumed owl mascot that represents Temple University at its athletic events and campus activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
costumed character
ⓘ
fictional rooster ⓘ university mascot ⓘ |
| affiliation |
South Carolina Gamecocks athletic program
ⓘ
surface form:
University of South Carolina Athletics Department
|
| alsoKnownAs | Cocky ⓘ |
| appearsAt |
University of South Carolina baseball games
ⓘ
University of South Carolina basketball games ⓘ University of South Carolina community events ⓘ University of South Carolina football games ⓘ University of South Carolina pep rallies ⓘ |
| associatedWithSport |
college athletics
ⓘ
college baseball ⓘ college basketball ⓘ college football ⓘ |
| basedOn | gamecock ⓘ |
| characterSpecies | rooster ⓘ |
| characterType | anthropomorphic bird ⓘ |
| city | Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeVenue |
Colonial Life Arena
ⓘ
Founders Park ⓘ Williams–Brice Stadium ⓘ
surface form:
Williams-Brice Stadium
|
| institutionLocation | Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ |
| institutionType | public university ⓘ |
| league | Southeastern Conference ⓘ |
| mascotCategory |
College mascots in the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I mascot
|
| mascotForTeamName |
South Carolina Gamecocks athletic program
ⓘ
surface form:
Gamecocks
|
| mascotOf | University of South Carolina ⓘ |
| represents |
South Carolina Gamecocks athletic program
ⓘ
surface form:
Gamecocks athletic teams
South Carolina Gamecocks athletic program ⓘ
surface form:
University of South Carolina Gamecocks
|
| representsConcept |
competitiveness
ⓘ
fighting spirit ⓘ |
| role |
energizing crowds at athletic events
ⓘ
entertaining fans ⓘ promoting school spirit ⓘ |
| schoolColors |
black
ⓘ
garnet ⓘ |
| shortName | Cocky ⓘ |
| state | South Carolina ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
University of South Carolina spirit
ⓘ
school pride ⓘ |
| university | University of South Carolina ⓘ |
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: Cocky the Gamecock Description of subject: Cocky the Gamecock is the costumed rooster mascot of the University of South Carolina, known for energizing crowds at the school's athletic events.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.