RITchie
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RITchie is the costumed tiger mascot representing the Rochester Institute of Technology’s athletic teams, especially at men’s ice hockey games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| RITchie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16719661 — 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: RITchie Context triple: [RIT Tigers men's ice hockey, mascot, RITchie]
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A.
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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B.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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C.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
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D.
Robert "Bob" Floyd
Robert "Bob" Floyd is a quiet, highly skilled weapons systems officer (RIO) and loyal backseater to pilot Natasha "Phoenix" Trace in Top Gun: Maverick.
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E.
Kenneth W. Thompson
Kenneth W. Thompson was an American political scientist and prominent international relations theorist associated with the realist tradition.
- 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: RITchie Target entity description: RITchie is the costumed tiger mascot representing the Rochester Institute of Technology’s athletic teams, especially at men’s ice hockey games.
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A.
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the Unix operating system and the B programming language, and for his foundational contributions to modern computing.
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B.
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie was an American computer scientist best known for creating the C programming language and co-developing the Unix operating system.
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C.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
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D.
Robert "Bob" Floyd
Robert "Bob" Floyd is a quiet, highly skilled weapons systems officer (RIO) and loyal backseater to pilot Natasha "Phoenix" Trace in Top Gun: Maverick.
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E.
Kenneth W. Thompson
Kenneth W. Thompson was an American political scientist and prominent international relations theorist associated with the realist tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.