Eastern Illinois Panthers football
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Eastern Illinois Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Eastern Illinois University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois Panthers football canonical | 4 |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 2 |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers football games | 1 |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers football team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10276989 — 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: Eastern Illinois Panthers football Context triple: [Patrick Sean Payton, employer, Eastern Illinois Panthers football]
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A.
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois, known for its strong liberal arts and teacher education programs.
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B.
Northern Illinois Huskies
The Northern Illinois Huskies are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Northern Illinois University in NCAA Division I sports.
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C.
Western Illinois
Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small towns, agricultural landscapes, and proximity to the Mississippi River.
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D.
Northern Iowa Panthers football
Northern Iowa Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program of the University of Northern Iowa, known for producing standout players such as Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner.
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E.
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University is a public university in Macomb, Illinois, known for its Leathernecks athletic programs and regional focus on undergraduate and graduate education.
- 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: Eastern Illinois Panthers football Target entity description: Eastern Illinois Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Eastern Illinois University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players.
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A.
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois, known for its strong liberal arts and teacher education programs.
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B.
Northern Illinois Huskies
The Northern Illinois Huskies are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Northern Illinois University in NCAA Division I sports.
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C.
Western Illinois
Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small towns, agricultural landscapes, and proximity to the Mississippi River.
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D.
Northern Iowa Panthers football
Northern Iowa Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program of the University of Northern Iowa, known for producing standout players such as Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner.
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E.
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University is a public university in Macomb, Illinois, known for its Leathernecks athletic programs and regional focus on undergraduate and graduate education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I FCS football program
ⓘ
college football team ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| conference | Ohio Valley Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerConference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasNickname | EIU Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumnus |
Brad Childress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirk Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Garoppolo NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jurkovic NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamu Grugier-Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Shanahan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Walters NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Pace NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Payton NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Romo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoach |
Adam Cushing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Spoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Wilkerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dino Babers NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim Dameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableNFLConnection |
produced multiple NFL head coaches
GENERATED
ⓘ
produced multiple NFL players GENERATED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | O'Brien Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalTitleSeason | 1978 ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division I FCS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsHomeGamesAt | O'Brien Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsIn | NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Illinois State Redbirds football
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Illinois Salukis football NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Illinois Leathernecks football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rivalry | Mid-America Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadiumLocation | Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivision | Football Championship Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
Blue
ⓘ
Gray ⓘ White ⓘ |
| university | Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonNationalTitleLevel | NCAA Division II 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: Eastern Illinois Panthers football Description of subject: Eastern Illinois Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Eastern Illinois University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Illinois Panthers
this entity surface form:
Eastern Illinois Panthers football games
this entity surface form:
Eastern Illinois Panthers
this entity surface form:
Eastern Illinois Panthers football team