Indianapolis Ice
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The Indianapolis Ice were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that competed primarily in the International Hockey League from the late 1980s through the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indianapolis Ice canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5261170 — 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: Indianapolis Ice Context triple: [Market Square Arena, tenants, Indianapolis Ice]
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A.
Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, known for their long history and strong regional fan base.
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B.
Cincinnati Cyclones
The Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, competing in the ECHL.
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C.
Peoria Rivermen
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team that has served as a minor-league affiliate for NHL franchises.
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D.
Evansville Otters
The Evansville Otters are a professional independent league baseball team based in Evansville, Indiana, competing in the Frontier League.
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E.
St. Louis Steamers
The St. Louis Steamers were a professional indoor soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that competed in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1980s.
- 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: Indianapolis Ice Target entity description: The Indianapolis Ice were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that competed primarily in the International Hockey League from the late 1980s through the 1990s.
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A.
Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, known for their long history and strong regional fan base.
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B.
Cincinnati Cyclones
The Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, competing in the ECHL.
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C.
Peoria Rivermen
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team that has served as a minor-league affiliate for NHL franchises.
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D.
Evansville Otters
The Evansville Otters are a professional independent league baseball team based in Evansville, Indiana, competing in the Frontier League.
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E.
St. Louis Steamers
The St. Louis Steamers were a professional indoor soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that competed in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
minor league ice hockey team
ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| affiliation | Chicago Blackhawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipSeason | 1989–90 IHL season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Indianapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2004 ⓘ |
| founded | 1988 ⓘ |
| foundedAsExpansionTeam | true ⓘ |
| homeArena |
Market Square Arena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pepsi Coliseum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCountry | USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | International Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLParentTeam | Chicago Blackhawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInLeague |
Central Hockey League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionalLevel | minor league ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Topeka Tarantulas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| successorTeamInCity | Indiana Ice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
ⓘ
silver ⓘ white ⓘ |
| wonChampionship | Turner Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonLeagueTitle | International Hockey League Turner Cup 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: Indianapolis Ice Description of subject: The Indianapolis Ice were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that competed primarily in the International Hockey League from the late 1980s through the 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.