San Jose Arena
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San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SAP Center at San Jose | 22 |
| San Jose Arena canonical | 7 |
| SAP Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T295049 — 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: San Jose Arena Context triple: [1997 NHL All-Star Game, arena, San Jose Arena]
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A.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
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B.
Memorial Coliseum
Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Portland, Oregon, best known as the original home venue of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.
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C.
Gill Coliseum
Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, primarily serving as the home venue for the university’s basketball and other athletic programs.
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D.
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a famous open-air amphitheater in Los Angeles renowned for its iconic band shell and major concerts and cultural events.
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E.
Van Andel Arena
Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
- 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: San Jose Arena Target entity description: San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
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A.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
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B.
Memorial Coliseum
Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Portland, Oregon, best known as the original home venue of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.
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C.
Gill Coliseum
Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, primarily serving as the home venue for the university’s basketball and other athletic programs.
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D.
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a famous open-air amphitheater in Los Angeles renowned for its iconic band shell and major concerts and cultural events.
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E.
Van Andel Arena
Van Andel Arena is a major multi-purpose indoor venue in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known as the primary ice hockey arena and event center for the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
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indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architecturalType | multi-purpose arena ⓘ |
| city | San Jose ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| currentName |
San Jose Arena
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
SAP Center at San Jose
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| formerName |
Compaq Center at San Jose
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HP Pavilion at San Jose ⓘ San Jose Arena self-link ⓘ |
| formerNameOf |
San Jose Arena
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
SAP Center at San Jose
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| hasIceSurface | NHL-standard rink ⓘ |
| hasScoreboardType | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hostsEventType |
NHL games
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concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ other sporting events ⓘ |
| location |
San Jose, California, United States
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surface form:
San Jose, California
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| nearbyLandmark | Downtown San Jose ⓘ |
| nickname | The Shark Tank ⓘ |
| notableFor | being longtime home of the San Jose Sharks ⓘ |
| opened | 1993 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1993-09-07 ⓘ |
| operator | Sharks Sports & Entertainment ⓘ |
| owner |
San Jose
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surface form:
City of San Jose
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| parkingType | on-site parking lots and nearby garages ⓘ |
| primaryTenant | San Jose Sharks ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | San Jose Diridon station ⓘ |
| region | Santa Clara County ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForConcerts | approximately 19000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForIceHockey | approximately 17500 ⓘ |
| sponsor | SAP ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| surfaceType | ice (convertible floor) ⓘ |
| tenantLeague | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| usedFor |
college sports
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live music performances ⓘ professional ice hockey ⓘ special events ⓘ |
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: San Jose Arena Description of subject: San Jose Arena, now known as SAP Center at San Jose, is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in San Jose, California, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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1997 NHL All-Star Game
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SAP Center at San Jose
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San Jose Sharks
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San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan area
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SAP Center