Kansas City Blades
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The Kansas City Blades were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri, that played primarily during the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Blades canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6634133 — 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: Kansas City Blades Context triple: [International Hockey League, hadTeamIn, Kansas City Blades]
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A.
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.
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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.
Rochester Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional box lacrosse team that competes in the National Lacrosse League.
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D.
Indianapolis Ice
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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E.
Rochester Lancers
The Rochester Lancers are an American soccer club historically known for competing in professional indoor and outdoor leagues, including the original NASL.
- 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: Kansas City Blades Target entity description: The Kansas City Blades were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri, that played primarily during the 1990s.
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A.
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.
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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.
Rochester Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional box lacrosse team that competes in the National Lacrosse League.
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D.
Indianapolis Ice
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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E.
Rochester Lancers
The Rochester Lancers are an American soccer club historically known for competing in professional indoor and outdoor leagues, including the original NASL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
minor league ice hockey team
ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| basedIn | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipSeason | 1991–92 IHL season ⓘ |
| city | Kansas City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color |
black
ⓘ
silver ⓘ teal ⓘ white ⓘ |
| competition | International Hockey League Turner Cup playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2001 ⓘ |
| founded | 1990 ⓘ |
| homeArena | Kemper Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeGamesVenue | Kemper Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | International Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| level | minor professional ⓘ |
| location | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLaffiliate |
Ottawa Senators
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Jose Sharks NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver Canucks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | 1992 Turner Cup champions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | San Jose Sharks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| status | defunct ice hockey team ⓘ |
| 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: Kansas City Blades Description of subject: The Kansas City Blades were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri, that played primarily during the 1990s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.