San José State Spartans
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The San José State Spartans are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing San José State University in NCAA Division I sports.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SJSU Spartans | 2 |
| San Jose State Spartans | 2 |
| San José State Spartans canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6231833 — 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 José State Spartans Context triple: [Sammy Spartan, category, San José State Spartans]
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A.
San Jose State Spartans football
San Jose State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing San José State University, competing in the Mountain West Conference.
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B.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University is a large public university in downtown San Jose known for its strong engineering, business, and professional programs and its role as a major feeder school for Silicon Valley.
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C.
Chico State Wildcats
The Chico State Wildcats are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Chico in NCAA Division II competition.
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D.
CSUN Matadors
The CSUN Matadors are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Northridge in NCAA competition.
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E.
San Jose State Spartans men’s basketball
San Jose State Spartans men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing San José State University in the Mountain West Conference.
- 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 José State Spartans Target entity description: The San José State Spartans are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing San José State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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A.
San Jose State Spartans football
San Jose State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing San José State University, competing in the Mountain West Conference.
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B.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University is a large public university in downtown San Jose known for its strong engineering, business, and professional programs and its role as a major feeder school for Silicon Valley.
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C.
Chico State Wildcats
The Chico State Wildcats are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Chico in NCAA Division II competition.
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D.
CSUN Matadors
The CSUN Matadors are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Northridge in NCAA competition.
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E.
San Jose State Spartans men’s basketball
San Jose State Spartans men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing San José State University in the Mountain West Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | college athletic program ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Jeff Konya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basketballConference | Mountain West Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | San José NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Division I FBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | Mountain West Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| footballConference | Mountain West Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| footballSubdivision | Football Bowl Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | San José State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | coeducational ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasTeam |
San José State Spartans baseball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San José State Spartans football NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans gymnastics NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s golf NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s tennis NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s track and field NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans men’s water polo NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans softball NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans swimming and diving NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s cross country NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s golf NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s tennis NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s track and field NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s volleyball NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State Spartans women’s water polo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Provident Credit Union Event Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeBaseballField | Excite Ballpark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | CEFCU Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | San José, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Sammy Spartan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mountain West Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Spartans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represent | San José State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Fresno State Bulldogs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Diego State Aztecs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | SJSU Spartans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| university | San José State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: San José State Spartans Description of subject: The San José State Spartans are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing San José State University in NCAA Division I sports.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tommie Smith
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans
this entity surface form:
SJSU Spartans
this entity surface form:
San Jose State Spartans