Seattle Totems
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The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League from the 1950s through the 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seattle Totems canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7215100 — 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: Seattle Totems Context triple: [Portland Buckaroos, majorRival, Seattle Totems]
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A.
Bellingham Giants
Bellingham Giants was a former Minor League Baseball team based in Bellingham, Washington, that served as a Class A Short Season affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.
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B.
Everett Silvertips
The Everett Silvertips are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based in Everett, Washington.
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C.
Portland Buckaroos
The Portland Buckaroos were a professional ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Seattle Thunderbirds
The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kent, Washington, competing in the Western Hockey League and known for their passionate fan base and regional rivalries.
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E.
Spokane Empire
Spokane Empire was a professional indoor football team based in Spokane, Washington, that competed in leagues such as the Indoor Football League after succeeding the Spokane Shock brand.
- 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: Seattle Totems Target entity description: The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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A.
Bellingham Giants
Bellingham Giants was a former Minor League Baseball team based in Bellingham, Washington, that served as a Class A Short Season affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.
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B.
Everett Silvertips
The Everett Silvertips are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based in Everett, Washington.
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C.
Portland Buckaroos
The Portland Buckaroos were a professional ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Seattle Thunderbirds
The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kent, Washington, competing in the Western Hockey League and known for their passionate fan base and regional rivalries.
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E.
Spokane Empire
Spokane Empire was a professional indoor football team based in Spokane, Washington, that competed in leagues such as the Indoor Football League after succeeding the Spokane Shock brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | professional ice hockey team ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ |
| basedInMetropolitanArea | Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceasedOperations | 1975 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedAsName | Seattle Ironmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadRivalryWith |
Portland Buckaroos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Canucks (WHL) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalLeague | professional Western Hockey League (1952–1974) ⓘ |
| homeArena |
Seattle Center Coliseum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seattle Ice Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeState | Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | Western Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueTitle | WHL championship ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay | minor professional ⓘ |
| location | Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Keith Allen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rudy Filion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Don Ward
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guyle Fielder NERFINISHED ⓘ Val Fonteyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLeagueTitles | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf | minor professional hockey in North America ⓘ |
| playedInCompetition | Western Hockey League playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInIndoorArena | true ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Seattle Bombers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seattle Ironmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| renamedAs |
Seattle Bombers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seattle Totems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Totems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| teamColor |
gold
ⓘ
green ⓘ white ⓘ |
| wonChampionshipInSeason |
1958–59 WHL season
ⓘ
1966–67 WHL season ⓘ 1967–68 WHL season ⓘ |
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: Seattle Totems Description of subject: The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, that competed primarily in the Western Hockey League from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.