Maryland Terrapins football
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Maryland Terrapins football is the collegiate football program of the University of Maryland, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its long history and participation in the Big Ten Conference.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maryland Terrapins football canonical | 5 |
| Maryland Terrapins football team | 4 |
| University of Maryland Terrapins football program | 1 |
| University of Maryland football team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4364593 — 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: Maryland Terrapins football Context triple: [Jermaine Lewis, collegeTeam, Maryland Terrapins football]
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A.
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.
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B.
Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse
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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C.
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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D.
Maryland Terrapins wrestling team
The Maryland Terrapins wrestling team is the collegiate wrestling program representing the University of Maryland, competing in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference.
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Maryland Terrapins volleyball team
The Maryland Terrapins volleyball team is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball program representing the University of Maryland in the Big Ten Conference.
- 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 football Target entity description: Maryland Terrapins football is the collegiate football program of the University of Maryland, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its long history and participation in the Big Ten Conference.
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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.
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B.
Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse
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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C.
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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D.
Maryland Terrapins wrestling team
The Maryland Terrapins wrestling team is the collegiate wrestling program representing the University of Maryland, competing in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference.
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Maryland Terrapins volleyball team
The Maryland Terrapins volleyball team is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball program representing the University of Maryland in the Big Ten Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I FBS team
ⓘ
college football team ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Damon Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| band | Mighty Sound of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bowlGameAppearances | 25+ ⓘ |
| bowlGameWins | 10+ ⓘ |
| campus | University of Maryland, College Park campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | College Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedNationalTitles | 1 ⓘ |
| claimedNationalTitleSeason | 1953 ⓘ |
| conference | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| conferenceTitles | 9 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| division | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightSong | Maryland Victory Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSeason | 1892 ⓘ |
| formerConference |
Atlantic Coast Conference
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Independent (NCAA) ⓘ Southern Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingConferenceDivision | Big Ten East Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoach | Michael Locksley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoachStartYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| homeFieldSurface | FieldTurf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | SECU Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedConference | Big Ten Conference in 2014 ⓘ |
| mascot | Testudo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Terps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus |
Boomer Esiason
NERFINISHED
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Darius Heyward-Bey NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawne Merriman NERFINISHED ⓘ Stefon Diggs NERFINISHED ⓘ Torrey Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Navy Midshipmen football
NERFINISHED
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Penn State Nittany Lions football NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutgers Scarlet Knights football NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Cavaliers football NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia Mountaineers football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Maryland Terrapins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadiumLocation | College Park, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| studentSectionName | The Crew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
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gold ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| university | University of Maryland, College Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 football Description of subject: Maryland Terrapins football is the collegiate football program of the University of Maryland, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its long history and participation in the Big Ten Conference.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Maryland football team
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins football team
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins football team
this entity surface form:
University of Maryland Terrapins football program
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins football team
this entity surface form:
Maryland Terrapins football team