Minnesota Thunder
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Minnesota Thunder was a professional soccer club based in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area that competed in the lower divisions of U.S. soccer from the early 1990s until its dissolution in 2009.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Thunder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10973902 — 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)
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Target entity: Minnesota Thunder Context triple: [Tony Sanneh, memberOfSportsTeam, Minnesota Thunder]
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A.
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional NBA basketball team based in Oklahoma City, known for their passionate fan base and past stars like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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B.
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional NBA basketball team based in Minneapolis that competes in the league’s Western Conference.
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C.
Omaha Mavericks
The Omaha Mavericks are the athletic teams representing the University of Nebraska Omaha in NCAA Division I sports.
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D.
Oklahoma City Blue
Oklahoma City Blue is an NBA G League basketball team that serves as the developmental affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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E.
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.
- 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: Minnesota Thunder Target entity description: Minnesota Thunder was a professional soccer club based in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area that competed in the lower divisions of U.S. soccer from the early 1990s until its dissolution in 2009.
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A.
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional NBA basketball team based in Oklahoma City, known for their passionate fan base and past stars like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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B.
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional NBA basketball team based in Minneapolis that competes in the league’s Western Conference.
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C.
Omaha Mavericks
The Omaha Mavericks are the athletic teams representing the University of Nebraska Omaha in NCAA Division I sports.
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D.
Oklahoma City Blue
Oklahoma City Blue is an NBA G League basketball team that serves as the developmental affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football club
ⓘ
defunct soccer club ⓘ |
| basedInMetropolitanArea | Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
A-League (1995–2004) teams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USL First Division teams NERFINISHED ⓘ defunct soccer clubs in Minnesota ⓘ sports in Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | lower divisions of U.S. soccer ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2009 ⓘ |
| founded | 1990 ⓘ |
| fullName | Minnesota Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States Soccer Federation ⓘ |
| hasFanBaseIn | Minneapolis–Saint Paul area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Blaine, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| homeStadium | National Sports Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeVenueComplex | National Sports Center sports complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league |
A-League (1995–2004)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USISL NERFINISHED ⓘ USL First Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| nickname | Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Milwaukee Rampage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milwaukee Wave United NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedAs | independent club ⓘ |
| participatedInLeagueSystem | United Soccer Leagues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFrom | early 1990s ⓘ |
| playedInCompetition | Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedOutdoor | yes ⓘ |
| playedUntil | 2009 ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | professional ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | financial difficulties ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| shortName | Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| successorClub |
Minnesota United FC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NSC Minnesota Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | sports club ⓘ |
| wonHonor | USL First Division Regular Season titles (multiple seasons) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonTitle | 1999 A-League championship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Minnesota Thunder Description of subject: Minnesota Thunder was a professional soccer club based in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area that competed in the lower divisions of U.S. soccer from the early 1990s until its dissolution in 2009.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.