Redbird Arena
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Redbird Arena is the on-campus basketball and multipurpose arena at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving as the longtime home venue for the Redbirds athletic programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Redbird Arena canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6001826 — 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: Redbird Arena Context triple: [Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball, formerName, Redbird Arena]
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A.
Selland Arena
Selland Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Fresno, California, known for hosting concerts, sporting events, and large community gatherings.
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B.
Thunderbird Arena
Thunderbird Arena is an ice hockey and multi-purpose sports venue located at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
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C.
Tissot Arena
Tissot Arena is a modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, best known as the home venue of the EHC Biel ice hockey team.
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D.
Central Energy Trust Arena
Central Energy Trust Arena is a major multi-purpose sports and events stadium complex located in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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E.
Joe Retton Arena
Joe Retton Arena is an indoor sports venue in Fairmont, West Virginia, best known as the primary basketball facility for Fairmont State University.
- 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: Redbird Arena Target entity description: Redbird Arena is the on-campus basketball and multipurpose arena at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving as the longtime home venue for the Redbirds athletic programs.
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A.
Selland Arena
Selland Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Fresno, California, known for hosting concerts, sporting events, and large community gatherings.
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B.
Thunderbird Arena
Thunderbird Arena is an ice hockey and multi-purpose sports venue located at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
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C.
Tissot Arena
Tissot Arena is a modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, best known as the home venue of the EHC Biel ice hockey team.
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D.
Central Energy Trust Arena
Central Energy Trust Arena is a major multi-purpose sports and events stadium complex located in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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E.
Joe Retton Arena
Joe Retton Arena is an indoor sports venue in Fairmont, West Virginia, best known as the primary basketball facility for Fairmont State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | indoor arena ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFunction |
multipurpose arena
ⓘ
on-campus basketball arena ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasSurface | hardwood court ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
Illinois State Redbirds athletics programs
ⓘ
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Illinois State Redbirds volleyball team ⓘ Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Illinois State University campus ⓘ Normal, Illinois ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Illinois State Redbirds ⓘ |
| operator | Illinois State University ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Illinois State University ⓘ |
| partOf | Illinois State University athletics facilities ⓘ |
| serves |
Illinois State University community
ⓘ
Redbirds athletic programs ⓘ |
| tenant | Illinois State Redbirds ⓘ |
| usedFor |
basketball
ⓘ
commencement ceremonies ⓘ concerts ⓘ multipurpose events ⓘ university events ⓘ volleyball ⓘ |
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: Redbird Arena Description of subject: Redbird Arena is the on-campus basketball and multipurpose arena at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving as the longtime home venue for the Redbirds athletic programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.