University of Manitoba Bisons
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The University of Manitoba Bisons are the varsity athletic teams of the University of Manitoba, competing in Canadian university sports across multiple disciplines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Manitoba Bisons canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6245143 — 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: University of Manitoba Bisons Context triple: [Billy the Bison, represents, University of Manitoba Bisons]
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A.
Saskatchewan Huskies
The Saskatchewan Huskies are the University of Saskatchewan’s varsity athletic program, competing in U Sports across multiple sports and known especially for their strong football and hockey teams.
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B.
Calgary Dinos
The Calgary Dinos are the University of Calgary’s varsity athletic teams, competing in multiple sports within Canadian university athletics.
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C.
McGill Redbirds
The McGill Redbirds are the men's varsity sports teams representing McGill University in intercollegiate athletics.
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D.
Dalhousie Tigers
The Dalhousie Tigers are the varsity athletic teams representing Dalhousie University in Canadian intercollegiate sports.
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E.
McMaster Marauders
The McMaster Marauders are the varsity athletic teams representing McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, competing in Canadian university sports across multiple disciplines.
- 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: University of Manitoba Bisons Target entity description: The University of Manitoba Bisons are the varsity athletic teams of the University of Manitoba, competing in Canadian university sports across multiple disciplines.
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A.
Saskatchewan Huskies
The Saskatchewan Huskies are the University of Saskatchewan’s varsity athletic program, competing in U Sports across multiple sports and known especially for their strong football and hockey teams.
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B.
Calgary Dinos
The Calgary Dinos are the University of Calgary’s varsity athletic teams, competing in multiple sports within Canadian university athletics.
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C.
McGill Redbirds
The McGill Redbirds are the men's varsity sports teams representing McGill University in intercollegiate athletics.
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D.
Dalhousie Tigers
The Dalhousie Tigers are the varsity athletic teams representing Dalhousie University in Canadian intercollegiate sports.
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E.
McMaster Marauders
The McMaster Marauders are the varsity athletic teams representing McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, competing in Canadian university sports across multiple disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | university athletic program ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Fort Garry campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
College sports teams in Canada
ⓘ
Sport in Winnipeg ⓘ U Sports teams ⓘ University of Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competesIn | Canada West Universities Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel |
national
ⓘ
university varsity ⓘ |
| conference | Canada West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerSportingAssociation | Canadian Interuniversity Sport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | University of Manitoba Athletics and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSport |
football
ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ track and field ⓘ |
| hasRival |
University of Saskatchewan Huskies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Winnipeg Wesmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTeam |
Manitoba Bisons cross country
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manitoba Bisons football NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons golf NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons hockey NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons men’s ice hockey NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons men’s volleyball NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons swimming NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons track and field NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons women’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons women’s ice hockey NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoba Bisons women’s volleyball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| location | Winnipeg, Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Prairies ⓘ |
| represents |
University of Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Manitoba alumni ⓘ University of Manitoba students ⓘ |
| shortName | Manitoba Bisons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportingAssociation | U Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportSystem | Canadian university sports ⓘ |
| teamColors |
brown
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitutionRepresented | public research university ⓘ |
| usesMascot | Bison ⓘ |
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: University of Manitoba Bisons Description of subject: The University of Manitoba Bisons are the varsity athletic teams of the University of Manitoba, competing in Canadian university sports across multiple disciplines.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.