Floyd the pig
E1036591
Floyd the pig was the prize-winning hog whose likeness inspired the Floyd of Rosedale trophy awarded in the college football rivalry between Iowa and Minnesota.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Floyd (pig) | 2 |
| Floyd the pig canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13375618 — 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: Floyd the pig Context triple: [Floyd of Rosedale, namedAfter, Floyd the pig]
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A.
Gub-Gub the pig
Gub-Gub the pig is a talkative, food-obsessed pig and one of Doctor Dolittle’s most beloved animal companions in Hugh Lofting’s children’s books.
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B.
Mutie the Pig
Mutie the Pig is a grotesque mutant character from the Judge Dredd "Cursed Earth" storyline, notorious for appearing in episodes that were heavily censored due to their controversial content.
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C.
Porco
Porco is a popular nickname for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, one of Brazil’s most successful and traditional football clubs.
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D.
Mr. Pig
Mr. Pig is a character from the animated series "Adventure Time," known as the gentle, somewhat dim-witted pig who becomes Tree Trunks' husband.
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E.
Chester the Worldly Pig
Chester the Worldly Pig is a children's picture book about an ambitious pig who dreams of fame and adventure, written and illustrated by Bill Peet.
- 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: Floyd the pig Target entity description: Floyd the pig was the prize-winning hog whose likeness inspired the Floyd of Rosedale trophy awarded in the college football rivalry between Iowa and Minnesota.
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A.
Gub-Gub the pig
Gub-Gub the pig is a talkative, food-obsessed pig and one of Doctor Dolittle’s most beloved animal companions in Hugh Lofting’s children’s books.
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B.
Mutie the Pig
Mutie the Pig is a grotesque mutant character from the Judge Dredd "Cursed Earth" storyline, notorious for appearing in episodes that were heavily censored due to their controversial content.
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C.
Porco
Porco is a popular nickname for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, one of Brazil’s most successful and traditional football clubs.
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D.
Mr. Pig
Mr. Pig is a character from the animated series "Adventure Time," known as the gentle, somewhat dim-witted pig who becomes Tree Trunks' husband.
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E.
Chester the Worldly Pig
Chester the Worldly Pig is a children's picture book about an ambitious pig who dreams of fame and adventure, written and illustrated by Bill Peet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pig
ⓘ
prize-winning hog ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Iowa Hawkeyes football
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota–Iowa football rivalry
Minnesota Golden Gophers football ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasLikenessUsedIn | Floyd of Rosedale trophy ⓘ |
| inspired | Floyd of Rosedale trophy ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the model for the Floyd of Rosedale trophy ⓘ |
| sportContext | college football ⓘ |
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: Floyd the pig Description of subject: Floyd the pig was the prize-winning hog whose likeness inspired the Floyd of Rosedale trophy awarded in the college football rivalry between Iowa and Minnesota.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.