Des Moines Buccaneers
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The Des Moines Buccaneers are a junior ice hockey team based in Des Moines, Iowa, that competes in the United States Hockey League (USHL).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Des Moines Buccaneers canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16139018 — 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: Des Moines Buccaneers Context triple: [Veterans Memorial Auditorium, formerTenant, Des Moines Buccaneers]
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A.
Omaha Knights
The Omaha Knights were a mid-20th-century professional ice hockey team that competed in the minor leagues and helped develop future NHL talent.
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B.
Tampa Spartans
The Tampa Spartans are the athletic teams representing the University of Tampa, competing primarily in NCAA Division II sports.
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C.
Iowa Oaks
The Iowa Oaks were a minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa, that competed in the American Association before becoming the Iowa Cubs.
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D.
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm was a professional Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay area, known as one of the league’s most successful and long-standing franchises.
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E.
The Buccaneers
"The Buccaneers" is Edith Wharton’s posthumously published, unfinished novel about wealthy American heiresses seeking aristocratic husbands in late 19th-century England.
- 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: Des Moines Buccaneers Target entity description: The Des Moines Buccaneers are a junior ice hockey team based in Des Moines, Iowa, that competes in the United States Hockey League (USHL).
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A.
Omaha Knights
The Omaha Knights were a mid-20th-century professional ice hockey team that competed in the minor leagues and helped develop future NHL talent.
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B.
Tampa Spartans
The Tampa Spartans are the athletic teams representing the University of Tampa, competing primarily in NCAA Division II sports.
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C.
Iowa Oaks
The Iowa Oaks were a minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa, that competed in the American Association before becoming the Iowa Cubs.
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D.
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm was a professional Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay area, known as one of the league’s most successful and long-standing franchises.
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E.
The Buccaneers
"The Buccaneers" is Edith Wharton’s posthumously published, unfinished novel about wealthy American heiresses seeking aristocratic husbands in late 19th-century England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.