San José State Spartans athletics
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San José State Spartans athletics is the intercollegiate sports program of San José State University, encompassing its various NCAA Division I teams and athletic administration.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2441372 — 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)
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Target entity: San José State Spartans athletics Context triple: [San Jose State Spartans football, athleticDirectorAffiliation, San José State Spartans athletics]
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A.
San Jose State Spartans football
San Jose State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing San José State University, competing in the Mountain West Conference.
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B.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University is a large public university in downtown San Jose known for its strong engineering, business, and professional programs and its role as a major feeder school for Silicon Valley.
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C.
Chico State Wildcats
The Chico State Wildcats are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Chico in NCAA Division II competition.
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D.
University of San Francisco Athletics Hall of Fame
The University of San Francisco Athletics Hall of Fame honors outstanding athletes, coaches, and contributors who have significantly impacted the university’s athletic programs.
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E.
CSUN Matadors
The CSUN Matadors are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Northridge in NCAA competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: San José State Spartans athletics Target entity description: San José State Spartans athletics is the intercollegiate sports program of San José State University, encompassing its various NCAA Division I teams and athletic administration.
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A.
San Jose State Spartans football
San Jose State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing San José State University, competing in the Mountain West Conference.
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B.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University is a large public university in downtown San Jose known for its strong engineering, business, and professional programs and its role as a major feeder school for Silicon Valley.
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C.
Chico State Wildcats
The Chico State Wildcats are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Chico in NCAA Division II competition.
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D.
University of San Francisco Athletics Hall of Fame
The University of San Francisco Athletics Hall of Fame honors outstanding athletes, coaches, and contributors who have significantly impacted the university’s athletic programs.
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E.
CSUN Matadors
The CSUN Matadors are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Northridge in NCAA competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I athletics program
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college athletics program ⓘ |
| campus | San José State University main campus ⓘ |
| competitionLevel |
FBS
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NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| governingAssociation | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingBody |
San Jose State University
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surface form:
San José State University Athletics Department
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| hasColor |
blue
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gold ⓘ |
| hasRival |
Fresno State Bulldogs
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surface form:
Fresno State Bulldogs athletics
San Diego State Aztecs ⓘ
surface form:
San Diego State Aztecs athletics
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| hasTeam |
San Jose State Spartans baseball
ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans baseball
San Jose State Spartans football ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans football
San Jose State Spartans men’s basketball ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans men's basketball
San José State Spartans men's soccer ⓘ San Jose State Spartans softball ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans softball
San Jose State Spartans women’s basketball ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans women's basketball
San José State Spartans women's gymnastics ⓘ San Jose State Spartans women’s soccer ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans women's soccer
San Jose State Spartans volleyball ⓘ
surface form:
San José State Spartans women's volleyball
|
| homeCity | San Jose ⓘ |
| homeState |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| locatedIn |
San Jose
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surface form:
San Jose, California
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| primaryConference | Mountain West Conference ⓘ |
| region |
West Coast of the United States
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surface form:
West Coast
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| represents |
San Jose State University
ⓘ
surface form:
San José State University
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| shortName |
San José State Spartans
ⓘ
surface form:
SJSU Spartans
San José State Spartans ⓘ |
| sportOffered |
baseball
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football ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ men's cross country ⓘ men's golf ⓘ men's soccer ⓘ softball ⓘ swimming and diving ⓘ tennis ⓘ track and field ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's cross country ⓘ women's golf ⓘ women's gymnastics ⓘ women's soccer ⓘ women's volleyball ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Football Bowl Subdivision
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surface form:
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
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| teamNickname | Spartans ⓘ |
| university |
San Jose State University
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surface form:
San José State University
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How these facts were elicited
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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: San José State Spartans athletics Description of subject: San José State Spartans athletics is the intercollegiate sports program of San José State University, encompassing its various NCAA Division I teams and athletic administration.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
San Jose State Spartans football
→
athleticDirectorAffiliation
→
San José State Spartans athletics
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this entity surface form:
San José State University athletics
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans basketball
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans baseball
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans athletics program
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans men’s soccer
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans track and field
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans cross country
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans golf
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans swimming and diving
this entity surface form:
athletic facilities of San Jose State University
this entity surface form:
San Jose State University athletics
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans athletics
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans athletic teams
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans athletics