Navy Midshipmen

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NCAA Division I athletics program college athletic program

The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams representing the United States Naval Academy, best known for their storied college football program and historic rivalry with the Army Black Knights.

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All labels observed (30)

Label	Occurrences
Navy Midshipmen football	14
Navy Midshipmen canonical	8
Navy Midshipmen football team	4
Navy Midshipmen wrestling	4
Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse	3
Navy Midshipmen athletics	2
Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team	2
Navy Midshipmen athletic teams	1
Navy Midshipmen baseball team	1
Navy Midshipmen basketball	1
Navy Midshipmen basketball teams	1
Navy Midshipmen lacrosse teams	1
Navy Midshipmen men's basketball (head coach)	1
Navy Midshipmen men's rowing	1
Navy Midshipmen men’s ice hockey	1
Navy Midshipmen men’s lacrosse	1
Navy Midshipmen men’s lacrosse team	1
Navy Midshipmen men’s rowing	1
Navy Midshipmen rugby team	1
Navy Midshipmen soccer teams	1
Navy Midshipmen sprint football team	1
Navy Midshipmen women's basketball team	1
Navy Midshipmen women's ice hockey team	1
Navy Midshipmen women’s basketball	1
Navy Midshipmen women’s lacrosse team	1
Navy Midshipmen women’s soccer	1
Navy Midshipmen wrestling program	1
United States Naval Academy Athletic Association	1
United States Naval Academy athletic teams	1
United States Naval Academy football team	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742783 — 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: Navy Midshipmen
Context triple: [Army Black Knights, primaryRival, Navy Midshipmen]

A. Air Force Falcons
The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy in NCAA Division I sports.
B. Army Black Knights
The Army Black Knights are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy at West Point in NCAA Division I sports.
C. Princeton Tigers
The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams representing Princeton University, known for their historic college sports programs and longstanding Ivy League rivalries.
D. United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, that educates and trains officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine and other branches of national maritime service.
E. VMI Keydets
VMI Keydets is the collective name for the intercollegiate athletic teams representing the Virginia Military Institute in NCAA competition.
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: Navy Midshipmen
Target entity description: The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams representing the United States Naval Academy, best known for their storied college football program and historic rivalry with the Army Black Knights.

A. Air Force Falcons
The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy in NCAA Division I sports.
B. Army Black Knights
The Army Black Knights are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy at West Point in NCAA Division I sports.
C. Princeton Tigers
The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams representing Princeton University, known for their historic college sports programs and longstanding Ivy League rivalries.
D. United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy in Kings Point, New York, that educates and trains officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine and other branches of national maritime service.
E. VMI Keydets
VMI Keydets is the collective name for the intercollegiate athletic teams representing the Virginia Military Institute in NCAA competition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I athletics program ⓘ college athletic program ⓘ
association	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ surface form: NCAA
campus	United States Naval Academy ⓘ surface form: United States Naval Academy campus in Annapolis
competesIn	coed sports ⓘ men's sports ⓘ women's sports ⓘ
conference	Patriot League ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
footballConference	American Athletic Conference ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Naval Academy ⓘ
gender	coeducational ⓘ
governingBody	United States Naval Academy Alumni Association ⓘ surface form: United States Naval Academy Athletic Association
governingConferenceNonFootball	Patriot League ⓘ
homeArenaBasketball	Alumni Hall ⓘ
homeCity	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis, Maryland
homeCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
homeFieldBaseball	Max Bishop Stadium ⓘ
homeFieldLacrosse	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium ⓘ
homeStadiumFootball	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium ⓘ
homeState	Maryland ⓘ
mascot	Bill the Goat ⓘ
militaryAffiliation	United States Armed Forces ⓘ
militaryBranchAffiliation	United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
nicknameOrigin	term for officer candidates in the United States Navy ⓘ
notableRivalry	Army–Navy Game ⓘ surface form: Army–Navy football rivalry
notableSport	baseball ⓘ college football ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ men's lacrosse ⓘ men's soccer ⓘ rowing ⓘ sprint football ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's soccer ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
primaryColors	gold ⓘ navy blue ⓘ
represents	United States Naval Academy ⓘ
rival	Army Black Knights ⓘ
rivalry	Army–Navy Game ⓘ
shortName	Navy ⓘ United States Naval Academy ⓘ surface form: USNA
sponsor	United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
sportLevel	college ⓘ
subdivision	Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ surface form: NCAA Division I FBS

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Army Black Knights → primaryRival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

Roger Staubach → collegeTeam → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association → hasMemberInstitution → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association → hasNotableProgram → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen wrestling

Lehigh Mountain Hawks wrestling → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen wrestling

Lehigh Mountain Hawks wrestling → conferenceRival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen wrestling

Boston University Terriers men’s lacrosse team → hasRival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

subject surface form: Boston University Terriers men's lacrosse team

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football → hasRivalry → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Air Force Falcons → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

Brown Bears men’s rowing → hasRival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men's rowing

Army Cadets → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief's Trophy → participant → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Commander-in-Chief's Trophy → hasNotableRecipient → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Bill the Goat → represents → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

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Bill the Goat → associatedWith → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

Bill the Goat → usedBy → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football team

Bill the Goat → usedBy → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen basketball teams

Bill the Goat → usedBy → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen lacrosse teams

Bill the Goat → usedBy → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen baseball team

Bill the Goat → usedBy → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen soccer teams

Princeton Tigers men’s rowing → leagueRival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men’s rowing

Navy Goat → usedByTeam → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Navy Goat → usedByTeam → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen athletics

Independent (football) → notableProgramExample → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Army–Navy Game → homeTeam → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Roger the Dodger → playedCollegeFootballFor → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

EIWA → memberInstitution → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen wrestling program

Wayne Hardin → teamCoached → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Wayne Hardin → coachOf → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse → hasRival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse

Billy Lange → memberOfSportsTeam → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men's basketball (head coach)

Patriot League men's lacrosse competition → hasMemberInstitution → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse

George Sauer Sr. → employer → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Army → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

American University Eagles men's basketball team → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team

Falcons → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

subject surface form: Air Force Falcons

Notre Dame Fighting Irish → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Maryland Terrapins wrestling team → rival → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen wrestling

Navy–Air Force football game → team → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Navy–Air Force football game → organizer → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Naval Academy Athletic Association

CIC Trophy → awardedTo → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Naval Academy football team

CIC Trophy → participant → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football

Bill XXXVII → represents → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen athletic teams

Bill XXXVII → associatedWith → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

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Bill XXXVI → represents → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

Bill XXXV → mascotFor → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen athletics

Bill XXXV → represents → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football team

Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium → homeVenueOf → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen football team

Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium → homeVenueOf → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen men’s lacrosse team

Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium → homeVenueOf → Navy Midshipmen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Midshipmen women’s lacrosse team

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