NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse
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NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse is the intermediate tier of U.S. college men’s lacrosse competition, featuring scholarship-granting programs that balance athletic performance with academic priorities between the Division I and III levels.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship | 3 |
| NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse canonical | 2 |
| NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse national champion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3575111 — 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)
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Target entity: NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse Context triple: [NCAA men’s lacrosse, includesDivision, NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse]
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A.
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse is the intermediate level of U.S. college women's lacrosse competition, featuring schools that balance athletic scholarships with a strong emphasis on academics and regional play.
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B.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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C.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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D.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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E.
NCAA women's lacrosse
NCAA women's lacrosse is the overall collegiate women's lacrosse structure in the United States that encompasses all NCAA-sanctioned divisions and championships for the sport.
- 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: NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse Target entity description: NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse is the intermediate tier of U.S. college men’s lacrosse competition, featuring scholarship-granting programs that balance athletic performance with academic priorities between the Division I and III levels.
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A.
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse is the intermediate level of U.S. college women's lacrosse competition, featuring schools that balance athletic scholarships with a strong emphasis on academics and regional play.
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B.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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C.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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D.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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E.
NCAA women's lacrosse
NCAA women's lacrosse is the overall collegiate women's lacrosse structure in the United States that encompasses all NCAA-sanctioned divisions and championships for the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college sports competition level
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men’s lacrosse division ⓘ |
| academicRequirement | NCAA Division II eligibility standards ⓘ |
| ageGroup | adult college-aged athletes ⓘ |
| allowsAthleticScholarships | true ⓘ |
| ballAdvancement | carried, passed, or shot with a lacrosse stick ⓘ |
| ballType | lacrosse ball ⓘ |
| championshipLevel | national championship ⓘ |
| championshipOrganizer |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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surface form:
NCAA
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| championshipType | single-elimination tournament ⓘ |
| comparisonToDivisionI | generally fewer scholarships than Division I ⓘ |
| comparisonToDivisionIII | athletic scholarships allowed unlike Division III ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | regular season followed by conference and national tournaments ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division II ⓘ |
| competitionTier | intermediate tier between Division I and Division III ⓘ |
| contactLevel | full-contact field sport ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
NCAA Division II
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surface form:
NCAA Division II member institutions
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| emphasis | balance of athletics and academics ⓘ |
| fieldSurface | natural grass or artificial turf ⓘ |
| fieldType | outdoor lacrosse field ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governanceScope | intercollegiate competition ⓘ |
| governedBy | NCAA Division II bylaws ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasCompetition |
NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse championship game
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surface form:
NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship
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| includesPosition |
attack
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defense ⓘ goalie ⓘ midfield ⓘ |
| memberType | four-year colleges and universities ⓘ |
| objective | win games and qualify for NCAA tournament ⓘ |
| primaryParticipants | undergraduate student-athletes ⓘ |
| region | primarily United States colleges and universities ⓘ |
| rulesBasedOn | NCAA men’s lacrosse rules ⓘ |
| scholarshipType | partial athletic scholarships allowed ⓘ |
| scoringMethod | goals scored by getting ball into opponent’s net ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| sport | lacrosse ⓘ |
| teamAffiliation |
NCAA Division II
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surface form:
NCAA Division II conferences
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| teamComposition | 10 players on the field per team ⓘ |
| timingStructure | divided into periods or quarters per NCAA rules ⓘ |
| usesEquipment |
arm pads
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gloves ⓘ helmet ⓘ lacrosse stick ⓘ shoulder pads ⓘ |
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: NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse Description of subject: NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse is the intermediate tier of U.S. college men’s lacrosse competition, featuring scholarship-granting programs that balance athletic performance with academic priorities between the Division I and III levels.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship
NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship
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relatedCompetition
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NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
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hasRelatedCompetition
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NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse national champion