Detroit Vipers
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The Detroit Vipers were a professional ice hockey team based in the Detroit metropolitan area that competed in the International Hockey League during the 1990s and early 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Detroit Vipers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634132 — 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: Detroit Vipers Context triple: [International Hockey League, hadTeamIn, Detroit Vipers]
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A.
Saginaw Wheels
Saginaw Wheels was a minor league ice hockey team based in Saginaw, Michigan that followed the earlier Saginaw Gears franchise.
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B.
Muskegon Fury
Muskegon Fury was a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Muskegon, Michigan, that competed in the United Hockey League before being succeeded by the Muskegon Lumberjacks.
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C.
Saginaw Spirit
Saginaw Spirit is an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) junior ice hockey team based in Saginaw, Michigan.
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D.
Kalamazoo Wings
The Kalamazoo Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, known for their long history in the minor leagues and passionate local fan base.
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E.
Milwaukee Rampage
Milwaukee Rampage was a professional soccer club based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that competed in the A-League/USL during the 1990s and early 2000s.
- 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: Detroit Vipers Target entity description: The Detroit Vipers were a professional ice hockey team based in the Detroit metropolitan area that competed in the International Hockey League during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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A.
Saginaw Wheels
Saginaw Wheels was a minor league ice hockey team based in Saginaw, Michigan that followed the earlier Saginaw Gears franchise.
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B.
Muskegon Fury
Muskegon Fury was a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Muskegon, Michigan, that competed in the United Hockey League before being succeeded by the Muskegon Lumberjacks.
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C.
Saginaw Spirit
Saginaw Spirit is an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) junior ice hockey team based in Saginaw, Michigan.
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D.
Kalamazoo Wings
The Kalamazoo Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, known for their long history in the minor leagues and passionate local fan base.
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E.
Milwaukee Rampage
Milwaukee Rampage was a professional soccer club based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that competed in the A-League/USL during the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct ice hockey team
ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ |
| affiliation | Tampa Bay Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipSeason | 1996–97 IHL season ⓘ |
| city | Auburn Hills, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colors |
black
ⓘ
red ⓘ teal ⓘ white ⓘ |
| competition | International Hockey League (1945–2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | minor professional ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2001 ⓘ |
| division | IHL Eastern Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
1990s
ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ |
| founded | 1994 ⓘ |
| foundedAsExpansionTeam | true ⓘ |
| GordieHoweAppearanceAge | 69 ⓘ |
| homeArena | The Palace of Auburn Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArenaCapacityApprox | 20,000 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetired | Number 20 ⓘ |
| league | International Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Detroit metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Viper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLaffiliateOf | Tampa Bay Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Marc Crawford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rick Dudley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | signed Gordie Howe to a one-game contract in 1997–98 season ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Chris Osgood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dino Ciccarelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Larionov NERFINISHED ⓘ Konstantin Shafranov NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Samsonov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | William Davidson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Palace Sports & Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | folded after collapse of the International Hockey League ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| rival |
Chicago Wolves
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cleveland Lumberjacks NERFINISHED ⓘ Orlando Solar Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Vipers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan
|
| successorLeagueForMarket | American Hockey League teams in Michigan ⓘ |
| teamStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| wonChampionship | 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: Detroit Vipers Description of subject: The Detroit Vipers were a professional ice hockey team based in the Detroit metropolitan area that competed in the International Hockey League during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.