Lynah
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Lynah is the popular nickname for Lynah Rink, the historic ice hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lynah canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6781435 — 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: Lynah Context triple: [Lynah Rink, hasNickname, Lynah]
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A.
Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona Le May Doan is a Canadian speed skater and multiple Olympic gold medalist renowned as one of the sport’s dominant sprinters of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford is a highly decorated Canadian ice hockey forward and Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players in women’s hockey history.
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C.
Rachel Auerbach
Rachel Auerbach was a Polish-Jewish writer, journalist, and Holocaust survivor known for documenting life in the Warsaw Ghetto and later helping preserve and interpret the Ringelblum Archive.
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D.
Jackie Williams
Jackie Williams is an actor known for appearing in the film "Out West with the Hardys."
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E.
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan is an American former figure skater and Olympic medalist best known for her elite competitive career and her involvement in the 1994 attack scandal.
- 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: Lynah Target entity description: Lynah is the popular nickname for Lynah Rink, the historic ice hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
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A.
Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona Le May Doan is a Canadian speed skater and multiple Olympic gold medalist renowned as one of the sport’s dominant sprinters of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford is a highly decorated Canadian ice hockey forward and Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players in women’s hockey history.
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C.
Rachel Auerbach
Rachel Auerbach was a Polish-Jewish writer, journalist, and Holocaust survivor known for documenting life in the Warsaw Ghetto and later helping preserve and interpret the Ringelblum Archive.
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D.
Jackie Williams
Jackie Williams is an actor known for appearing in the film "Out West with the Hardys."
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E.
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan is an American former figure skater and Olympic medalist best known for her elite competitive career and her involvement in the 1994 attack scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
ice hockey arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architect | Arthur N. Gibb ⓘ |
| category |
College ice hockey venues in the United States
ⓘ
Cornell Big Red ice hockey ⓘ
linked to:
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey
Indoor ice hockey venues in New York (state) ⓘ Sports venues in Ithaca, New York ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1957 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bleacher seating
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ice rink ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ locker rooms ⓘ scoreboard ⓘ student section ⓘ |
| hasNickname |
Lynah
ⓘ
Lynah Rink ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
historic college hockey venue
ⓘ
intense home-ice advantage ⓘ raucous crowd atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasStudentSectionName | Lynah Faithful ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
organized student cheers
ⓘ
throwing fish on the ice vs. Harvard ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey
ⓘ
Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey ⓘ
linked to:
Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey
|
| inception | 1957 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cornell University
ⓘ
Ithaca, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Ithaca, New York, United States
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Tompkins County, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Tompkins County
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bartels Hall
ⓘ
Beebe Lake ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cornell University campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornell University buildings
|
| namedAfter | James Lynah ⓘ |
| nickname | The Lynah Faithful ⓘ |
| officialName | Lynah Rink ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1957-03-21 ⓘ |
| operator | Cornell University ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Cornell University ⓘ |
| partOf | Cornell University athletic facilities ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | about 4000 ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| surface | ice ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Cornell University events
ⓘ
ECAC Hockey games ⓘ NCAA college ice hockey games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lynah Description of subject: Lynah is the popular nickname for Lynah Rink, the historic ice hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.