James Madison Dukes men’s basketball
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James Madison Dukes men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of James Madison University, known for its competitive play in mid-major conferences and periodic appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Madison Dukes men's basketball | 1 |
| James Madison Dukes men’s basketball canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9028376 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: James Madison Dukes men’s basketball Context triple: [Lefty Driesell, memberOfSportsTeamCoached, James Madison Dukes men’s basketball]
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James Madison Dukes women’s basketball
James Madison Dukes women’s basketball is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program of James Madison University, known for its strong mid-major success and intense regional rivalries.
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B.
Duke Blue Devils
The Duke Blue Devils are the athletic teams representing Duke University, best known for their highly successful NCAA Division I men's basketball program.
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C.
James Madison Dukes football
James Madison Dukes football is the college football program of James Madison University, known for its strong performances in the NCAA Division I ranks and multiple national championships at the FCS level.
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D.
The Demon Deacon
The Demon Deacon is the top-hatted, tuxedo-clad mascot of Wake Forest University, known for its distinctive old-time preacher appearance and spirited presence at athletic events.
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E.
Duquesne Dukes men's basketball
Duquesne Dukes men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its long history and notable alumni such as Norm Nixon.
- 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: James Madison Dukes men’s basketball Target entity description: James Madison Dukes men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of James Madison University, known for its competitive play in mid-major conferences and periodic appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
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A.
James Madison Dukes women’s basketball
James Madison Dukes women’s basketball is the NCAA Division I women’s basketball program of James Madison University, known for its strong mid-major success and intense regional rivalries.
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B.
Duke Blue Devils
The Duke Blue Devils are the athletic teams representing Duke University, best known for their highly successful NCAA Division I men's basketball program.
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C.
James Madison Dukes football
James Madison Dukes football is the college football program of James Madison University, known for its strong performances in the NCAA Division I ranks and multiple national championships at the FCS level.
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D.
The Demon Deacon
The Demon Deacon is the top-hatted, tuxedo-clad mascot of Wake Forest University, known for its distinctive old-time preacher appearance and spirited presence at athletic events.
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E.
Duquesne Dukes men's basketball
Duquesne Dukes men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its long history and notable alumni such as Norm Nixon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball program
ⓘ
college basketball team ⓘ |
| affiliation | James Madison Dukes athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticDirectorInstitution | James Madison University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | James Madison University campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusCity | Harrisonburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusState | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Division I men’s basketball ⓘ |
| competitionTier | mid-major ⓘ |
| conference | Sun Belt Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstSeason | 1969–70 ⓘ |
| formerConference |
Colonial Athletic Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ECAC South NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men’s ⓘ |
| governingAssociation | Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| governingRuleSet | NCAA men’s basketball rules ⓘ |
| hasRivalry |
George Mason Patriots men’s basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Dominion Monarchs men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Commonwealth Rams men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Atlantic Union Bank Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArenaCapacity | over 8,000 ⓘ |
| homeCity | Harrisonburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedDivisionI | 1976 ⓘ |
| league | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| level | varsity ⓘ |
| location | Harrisonburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Duke Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAAdivision | Division I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentAppearances | multiple ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentFormat | single-elimination postseason tournament ⓘ |
| nickname | Dukes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | known for competitive play among mid-major programs ⓘ |
| playsHomeGamesAt | Atlantic Union Bank Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programType | intercollegiate athletics program ⓘ |
| region | East Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | James Madison University in intercollegiate men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| sportType | men’s college basketball ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| teamColors |
gold
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| university | James Madison University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universityAbbreviation | JMU 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: James Madison Dukes men’s basketball Description of subject: James Madison Dukes men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program of James Madison University, known for its competitive play in mid-major conferences and periodic appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball
this entity surface form:
James Madison Dukes men's basketball