Columbia Lions men’s cross country
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The Columbia Lions men’s cross country team is the NCAA Division I distance running program of Columbia University, competing in the Ivy League and known for strong performances in conference and regional championships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Columbia Lions men’s cross country canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4438388 — 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: Columbia Lions men’s cross country Context triple: [Ivy League men’s cross country, hasMemberTeam, Columbia Lions men’s cross country]
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A.
Columbia Lions women’s track and field
The Columbia Lions women’s track and field team is Columbia University’s NCAA Division I program that competes in sprinting, distance running, jumping, and throwing events as part of the Ivy League.
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B.
Columbia Lions men’s soccer
Columbia Lions men’s soccer is the NCAA Division I men’s soccer program of Columbia University, known for its Ivy League competition and historic rivalries.
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C.
Columbia Lions football
Columbia Lions football is the intercollegiate American football program of Columbia University, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Ivy League.
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D.
Columbia Lions women’s lacrosse
Columbia Lions women’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse program representing Columbia University and competing in the Ivy League.
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E.
Columbia Lions men’s basketball
Columbia Lions men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of Columbia University, competing in the Ivy League and representing the school in intercollegiate basketball.
- 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: Columbia Lions men’s cross country Target entity description: The Columbia Lions men’s cross country team is the NCAA Division I distance running program of Columbia University, competing in the Ivy League and known for strong performances in conference and regional championships.
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A.
Columbia Lions women’s track and field
The Columbia Lions women’s track and field team is Columbia University’s NCAA Division I program that competes in sprinting, distance running, jumping, and throwing events as part of the Ivy League.
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B.
Columbia Lions men’s soccer
Columbia Lions men’s soccer is the NCAA Division I men’s soccer program of Columbia University, known for its Ivy League competition and historic rivalries.
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C.
Columbia Lions football
Columbia Lions football is the intercollegiate American football program of Columbia University, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Ivy League.
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D.
Columbia Lions women’s lacrosse
Columbia Lions women’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse program representing Columbia University and competing in the Ivy League.
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E.
Columbia Lions men’s basketball
Columbia Lions men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of Columbia University, competing in the Ivy League and representing the school in intercollegiate basketball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ivy League team
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NCAA Division I team ⓘ college men’s cross country team ⓘ |
| affiliation | Columbia University Lions athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConferenceChampionship | Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedIndoorProgram | Columbia Lions men’s indoor track and field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedOutdoorProgram | Columbia Lions men’s outdoor track and field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticDepartment | Columbia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Morningside Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| competitionRegion | NCAA Northeast Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionSeason | fall ⓘ |
| conference | Ivy League ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| gender | men’s ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| homeCourse | Van Cortlandt Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCourseCity | Bronx, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| institutionAcademicProfile | high academic standards ⓘ |
| knownFor |
competitive results at NCAA regional championships
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strong performances in Ivy League cross country championships ⓘ |
| league | Ivy League ⓘ |
| mascot | Roar-ee the Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAAdivision | Division I ⓘ |
| notableCompetitionLevel |
NCAA regional championships
NERFINISHED
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conference championships ⓘ |
| recruitingLevel | national ⓘ |
| regionChampionshipOrganizer | USTFCCCA / NCAA regional committees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rivalConferenceTeams |
Brown Bears men’s cross country
NERFINISHED
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Cornell Big Red men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ Dartmouth Big Green men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard Crimson men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ Penn Quakers men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton Tigers men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale Bulldogs men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarshipLevel | NCAA Division I equivalency sport ⓘ |
| sport | cross country running ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| teamColor |
Columbia blue
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white ⓘ |
| teamName | Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainingSeason | fall ⓘ |
| university | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universityType | private Ivy League research university ⓘ |
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: Columbia Lions men’s cross country Description of subject: The Columbia Lions men’s cross country team is the NCAA Division I distance running program of Columbia University, competing in the Ivy League and known for strong performances in conference and regional championships.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.