Worthen Arena
E479801
college basketball venue
college volleyball venue
event venue
indoor arena
multi-purpose arena
sports venue
Worthen Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, primarily used for the university’s basketball and volleyball programs and major events.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Worthen Arena canonical | 2 |
| Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4892001 — 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: Worthen Arena Context triple: [Ball State University, hasFacility, Worthen Arena]
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A.
E. A. Diddle Arena
E. A. Diddle Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports venue on the campus of Western Kentucky University, best known as the home court of the Hilltoppers basketball program.
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B.
L.C. Walker Arena
L.C. Walker Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Muskegon, Michigan, historically known as the longtime home of the city’s minor league hockey teams.
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C.
Clune Arena
Clune Arena is an indoor sports arena at the United States Air Force Academy best known as the primary basketball venue for the academy’s athletic programs.
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D.
Silver Spurs Arena
Silver Spurs Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Kissimmee, Florida, best known for hosting basketball games, concerts, and large community events.
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E.
Cox Arena
Cox Arena was the former name of the on-campus multipurpose sports and entertainment arena at San Diego State University, now known as Viejas Arena.
- 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: Worthen Arena Target entity description: Worthen Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, primarily used for the university’s basketball and volleyball programs and major events.
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A.
E. A. Diddle Arena
E. A. Diddle Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports venue on the campus of Western Kentucky University, best known as the home court of the Hilltoppers basketball program.
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B.
L.C. Walker Arena
L.C. Walker Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Muskegon, Michigan, historically known as the longtime home of the city’s minor league hockey teams.
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C.
Clune Arena
Clune Arena is an indoor sports arena at the United States Air Force Academy best known as the primary basketball venue for the academy’s athletic programs.
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D.
Silver Spurs Arena
Silver Spurs Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Kissimmee, Florida, best known for hosting basketball games, concerts, and large community events.
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E.
Cox Arena
Cox Arena was the former name of the on-campus multipurpose sports and entertainment arena at San Diego State University, now known as Viejas Arena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college basketball venue
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college volleyball venue ⓘ event venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| category |
Ball State Cardinals sports venues
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College basketball venues in the United States ⓘ Indoor arenas in Indiana ⓘ Sports venues in Indiana ⓘ |
| city | Muncie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasFeature |
concession areas
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indoor seating ⓘ locker rooms ⓘ press facilities ⓘ scoreboards ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
Ball State Cardinals men’s basketball team
NERFINISHED
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Ball State Cardinals women’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Ball State Cardinals women’s volleyball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ball State University campus
NERFINISHED
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Muncie, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John E. Worthen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Ball State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ball State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ball State University athletic facilities ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
basketball
ⓘ
volleyball ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| surfaceType | hardwood court ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commencement ceremonies
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concerts ⓘ major university events ⓘ speaking events ⓘ university basketball games ⓘ university volleyball matches ⓘ |
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: Worthen Arena Description of subject: Worthen Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, primarily used for the university’s basketball and volleyball programs and major events.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana