Major League Lacrosse
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Major League Lacrosse was a professional field lacrosse league in North America that operated from 2001 to 2020, featuring high-level men’s outdoor lacrosse competition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major League Lacrosse canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5869943 — 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: Major League Lacrosse Context triple: [Chicago Machine, league, Major League Lacrosse]
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A.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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B.
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a professional indoor box lacrosse league in North America featuring teams from the United States and Canada.
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C.
Ivy League men’s lacrosse
Ivy League men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I athletic conference for men’s lacrosse programs at the eight elite Ivy League universities in the Northeastern United States.
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D.
USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse is the national governing body for the sport of lacrosse in the United States, overseeing rules, development, and promotion of the game at all levels.
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E.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- 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: Major League Lacrosse Target entity description: Major League Lacrosse was a professional field lacrosse league in North America that operated from 2001 to 2020, featuring high-level men’s outdoor lacrosse competition.
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A.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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B.
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a professional indoor box lacrosse league in North America featuring teams from the United States and Canada.
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C.
Ivy League men’s lacrosse
Ivy League men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I athletic conference for men’s lacrosse programs at the eight elite Ivy League universities in the Northeastern United States.
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D.
USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse is the national governing body for the sport of lacrosse in the United States, overseeing rules, development, and promotion of the game at all levels.
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E.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
field lacrosse league
ⓘ
professional sports league ⓘ |
| championshipGameName | Steinfeld Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionType | outdoor ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2020 ⓘ |
| founder |
Bruce Lev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Steinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | Major League Lacrosse, LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2001 ⓘ |
| introducedRuleInnovation |
60-second shot clock
ⓘ
longer field dimensions than NCAA ⓘ two-point goal arc ⓘ |
| lastSeason | 2020 ⓘ |
| levelOnPyramid | top-level professional ⓘ |
| merger | Premier Lacrosse League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerDate | 2020 ⓘ |
| mostChampionshipsNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| mostChampionshipsTeam | Chesapeake Bayhawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostRecentHeadquartersLocation | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jake Steinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Boston Cannons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlotte Hounds NERFINISHED ⓘ Chesapeake Bayhawks NERFINISHED ⓘ Denver Outlaws NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Lizards NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochester Rattlers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtFolding | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtPeak | 9 ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com ⓘ |
| playoffFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| rulesBasedOn | NCAA men's field lacrosse rules ⓘ |
| seasonFormat | regular season and playoffs ⓘ |
| sport | field lacrosse ⓘ |
| successorLeague | Premier Lacrosse League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionPartner |
CBS Sports Network
NERFINISHED
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ESPN NERFINISHED ⓘ ESPN2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lax Sports Network NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC Sports Network 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: Major League Lacrosse Description of subject: Major League Lacrosse was a professional field lacrosse league in North America that operated from 2001 to 2020, featuring high-level men’s outdoor lacrosse competition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.