USC Trojans men's water polo
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USC Trojans men's water polo is the University of Southern California's powerhouse collegiate water polo program, renowned for its numerous NCAA championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USC Trojans men's water polo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633251 — 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: USC Trojans men's water polo Context triple: [California Golden Bears men's water polo, rival, USC Trojans men's water polo]
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USC Trojans women’s water polo team
The USC Trojans women’s water polo team is a powerhouse collegiate program known for its multiple NCAA championships and consistently elite status in U.S. women’s water polo.
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USC Trojans men's swimming
USC Trojans men's swimming is the University of Southern California's elite collegiate men's swimming program, known for producing numerous Olympic medalists and NCAA champions.
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UCLA Bruins women’s water polo team
The UCLA Bruins women’s water polo team is a powerhouse NCAA Division I program known for its multiple national championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
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California Golden Bears men’s water polo
California Golden Bears men’s water polo is the University of California, Berkeley’s NCAA Division I men’s water polo program, renowned for its long history of national championships and producing elite collegiate and international players.
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USC Trojans men’s basketball
USC Trojans men’s basketball is the collegiate men’s basketball program of the University of Southern California, competing in NCAA Division I and known for its long-standing rivalry with UCLA and participation in the Pac-12 Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: USC Trojans men's water polo Target entity description: USC Trojans men's water polo is the University of Southern California's powerhouse collegiate water polo program, renowned for its numerous NCAA championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
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A.
USC Trojans women’s water polo team
The USC Trojans women’s water polo team is a powerhouse collegiate program known for its multiple NCAA championships and consistently elite status in U.S. women’s water polo.
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B.
USC Trojans men's swimming
USC Trojans men's swimming is the University of Southern California's elite collegiate men's swimming program, known for producing numerous Olympic medalists and NCAA champions.
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UCLA Bruins women’s water polo team
The UCLA Bruins women’s water polo team is a powerhouse NCAA Division I program known for its multiple national championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
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California Golden Bears men’s water polo
California Golden Bears men’s water polo is the University of California, Berkeley’s NCAA Division I men’s water polo program, renowned for its long history of national championships and producing elite collegiate and international players.
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USC Trojans men’s basketball
USC Trojans men’s basketball is the collegiate men’s basketball program of the University of Southern California, competing in NCAA Division I and known for its long-standing rivalry with UCLA and participation in the Pac-12 Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I water polo program
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college men's water polo team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | USC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticAssociation | USC Trojans athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticBrand | USC Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | University Park Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusAffiliation | University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusCity | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusType | private university ⓘ |
| city | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| competition | NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| competitionOrganizer | NCAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryCode | US NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| formerHomeFacility | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasHomeAdvantageAt | Uytengsu Aquatics Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRivalryType |
Pac-12 water polo rivalries
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crosstown rivalry with UCLA ⓘ |
| homeFacility | Uytengsu Aquatics Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homePool | Uytengsu Aquatics Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
USC Trojans men's sports
NERFINISHED
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USC aquatics programs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | college ⓘ |
| location | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
multiple NCAA championships
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powerhouse collegiate water polo program ⓘ |
| playsSeason | fall ⓘ |
| region | West Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
California Golden Bears men's water polo
NERFINISHED
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Stanford Cardinal men's water polo NERFINISHED ⓘ UCLA Bruins men's water polo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | USC men's water polo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | University of Southern California Department of Athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | water polo ⓘ |
| sportType | team sport ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| teamColors | cardinal and gold ⓘ |
| university | University of Southern California 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: USC Trojans men's water polo Description of subject: USC Trojans men's water polo is the University of Southern California's powerhouse collegiate water polo program, renowned for its numerous NCAA championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
California Golden Bears men's water polo