Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
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Drake Bulldogs men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Drake University, known for its competitive Missouri Valley Conference play and historic success including a Final Four appearance in 1969.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drake Bulldogs men's basketball canonical | 3 |
| Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball | 1 |
| Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball (selected games) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5727160 — 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: Drake Bulldogs men's basketball Context triple: [Bob Netolicky, playedCollegeBasketballFor, Drake Bulldogs men's basketball]
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Georgia Gymdogs
The Georgia Gymdogs are the University of Georgia’s women’s gymnastics team, historically one of the most successful and decorated programs in NCAA gymnastics.
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Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Butler University, known for its disciplined style of play and back-to-back national championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011.
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Dunk'n the Dolphin
Dunk'n the Dolphin is the energetic dolphin mascot representing Jacksonville University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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D.
CB Bulldogs
CB Bulldogs is a shortened name commonly used for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, a professional rugby league club based in Sydney, Australia.
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CSM Bulldogs
CSM Bulldogs is the nickname for the College of San Mateo’s football program, a prominent junior college team in California community college athletics.
- 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: Drake Bulldogs men's basketball Target entity description: Drake Bulldogs men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Drake University, known for its competitive Missouri Valley Conference play and historic success including a Final Four appearance in 1969.
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A.
Georgia Gymdogs
The Georgia Gymdogs are the University of Georgia’s women’s gymnastics team, historically one of the most successful and decorated programs in NCAA gymnastics.
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B.
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Butler University, known for its disciplined style of play and back-to-back national championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011.
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C.
Dunk'n the Dolphin
Dunk'n the Dolphin is the energetic dolphin mascot representing Jacksonville University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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D.
CB Bulldogs
CB Bulldogs is a shortened name commonly used for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, a professional rugby league club based in Sydney, Australia.
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E.
CSM Bulldogs
CSM Bulldogs is the nickname for the College of San Mateo’s football program, a prominent junior college team in California community college athletics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | college men's basketball team ⓘ |
| associatedProgram | Drake Bulldogs women's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Brian Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | Missouri Valley Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceRegularSeasonChampionship |
Missouri Valley Conference 1969
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri Valley Conference 1970 NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri Valley Conference 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri Valley Conference 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceTournamentChampionship |
Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament 2008
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament 2021 NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament 2023 NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament 2024 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| homeArena | Knapp Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCapacity | approximately 7,000 ⓘ |
| homeCity | Des Moines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeState | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Des Moines, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Spike the Bulldog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division I ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentAppearance |
1969
ⓘ
1970 ⓘ 1971 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2021 ⓘ 2023 ⓘ 2024 ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentEliteEightAppearance | 1969 ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentFinalFourAppearance | 1969 ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentSweetSixteenAppearance | 1969 ⓘ |
| nickname | Bulldogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Darian DeVries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keno Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Maury John NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Jeff Halliburton
NERFINISHED
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Willie McCarter NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeason | 1968–69 season ⓘ |
| rival |
Creighton Bluejays men's basketball
NERFINISHED
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Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Drake Bulldogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| university | Drake University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Drake Bulldogs men's basketball Description of subject: Drake Bulldogs men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Drake University, known for its competitive Missouri Valley Conference play and historic success including a Final Four appearance in 1969.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball (selected games)
this entity surface form:
Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball