Dean E. Smith Center
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The Dean E. Smith Center is a major on-campus basketball arena at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, best known as the longtime home court of the UNC men's basketball program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dean E. Smith Center canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5373606 — 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: Dean E. Smith Center Context triple: [Tar Heels, homeVenue, Dean E. Smith Center]
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A.
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Cameron Indoor Stadium is a historic, famously intimate basketball arena on the campus of Duke University, renowned for its intense atmosphere and passionate "Cameron Crazies" student section.
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B.
Al McGuire Center
The Al McGuire Center is a multi-purpose athletic facility on Marquette University's campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, primarily used for basketball and volleyball.
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C.
Beasley Coliseum
Beasley Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, best known as the primary venue for the university’s basketball games and major events.
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D.
Cole Field House
Cole Field House is a historic multi-purpose arena on the University of Maryland campus that long served as the home of Terrapins basketball and major campus events before being succeeded by the Xfinity Center.
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E.
Coleman Coliseum
Coleman Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena best known as the home court of the University of Alabama's basketball programs and a major venue for sports and events in Tuscaloosa.
- 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: Dean E. Smith Center Target entity description: The Dean E. Smith Center is a major on-campus basketball arena at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, best known as the longtime home court of the UNC men's basketball program.
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A.
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Cameron Indoor Stadium is a historic, famously intimate basketball arena on the campus of Duke University, renowned for its intense atmosphere and passionate "Cameron Crazies" student section.
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B.
Al McGuire Center
The Al McGuire Center is a multi-purpose athletic facility on Marquette University's campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, primarily used for basketball and volleyball.
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C.
Beasley Coliseum
Beasley Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, best known as the primary venue for the university’s basketball games and major events.
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D.
Cole Field House
Cole Field House is a historic multi-purpose arena on the University of Maryland campus that long served as the home of Terrapins basketball and major campus events before being succeeded by the Xfinity Center.
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E.
Coleman Coliseum
Coleman Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena best known as the home court of the University of Alabama's basketball programs and a major venue for sports and events in Tuscaloosa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college basketball arena
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dean Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect |
Corley Redfoot Zack, Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brokeGround | 1982-01-01 ⓘ |
| city | Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates | 35.8994°N 79.0437°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| floorCount | multiple concourse levels ⓘ |
| generalContractor | H. M. Kern Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBannersDisplayed |
ACC championship banners
ⓘ
NCAA championship banners ⓘ |
| hasColorScheme | Carolina blue and white ⓘ |
| hasNickname | The Dean Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParkingStructure | adjacent parking decks ⓘ |
| hasRetiredJerseysDisplayed | North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball retired jerseys ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasStudentSectionName | The Risers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTenants |
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse |
concerts
ⓘ
graduation ceremonies ⓘ university events ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://goheels.com/sports/2017/6/27/211645911.aspx ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueHosted | Atlantic Coast Conference basketball games ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Chapel Hill, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Boshamer Stadium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koury Natatorium NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrison Residence Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCampusOf | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dean Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | college basketball coach ⓘ |
| opened | 1986-01-18 ⓘ |
| operator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill athletic facilities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse | basketball ⓘ |
| projectManager | H. M. Kern Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 21750 ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surface | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Dean E. Smith Center Description of subject: The Dean E. Smith Center is a major on-campus basketball arena at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, best known as the longtime home court of the UNC men's basketball program.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill