Towson Tigers football
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Towson Tigers football is the collegiate football program representing Towson University in NCAA Division I FCS competition, primarily as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Towson Tigers | 1 |
| Towson Tigers football canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8757725 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Towson Tigers football Context triple: [Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football, rival, Towson Tigers football]
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Maryland Terrapins football
Maryland Terrapins football is the collegiate football program of the University of Maryland, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its long history and participation in the Big Ten Conference.
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Maryland State College football team
The Maryland State College football team was the collegiate football program of Maryland State College, a historically Black institution that later became part of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and is notable for having saxophonist Clarence Clemons as one of its former players.
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Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins are the University of Maryland’s athletic teams, best known for their successful NCAA Division I programs, including a prominent women’s basketball team.
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Norfolk State Spartans football
Norfolk State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
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Trinity Tigers
The Trinity Tigers are the athletic teams representing Trinity Washington University in intercollegiate sports.
- 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: Towson Tigers football Target entity description: Towson Tigers football is the collegiate football program representing Towson University in NCAA Division I FCS competition, primarily as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association.
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A.
Maryland Terrapins football
Maryland Terrapins football is the collegiate football program of the University of Maryland, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its long history and participation in the Big Ten Conference.
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B.
Maryland State College football team
The Maryland State College football team was the collegiate football program of Maryland State College, a historically Black institution that later became part of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and is notable for having saxophonist Clarence Clemons as one of its former players.
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Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins are the University of Maryland’s athletic teams, best known for their successful NCAA Division I programs, including a prominent women’s basketball team.
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Norfolk State Spartans football
Norfolk State Spartans football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Norfolk State University, competing primarily in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
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Trinity Tigers
The Trinity Tigers are the athletic teams representing Trinity Washington University in intercollegiate sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football program
ⓘ
college football team ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Steve Eigenbrot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticProgram | Towson Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| band | Towson University Marching Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Towson University campus ⓘ |
| city | Towson, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I FCS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | Coastal Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| divisionHistory |
NCAA Division I FCS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NCAA Division I-AA NERFINISHED ⓘ NCAA Division II NERFINISHED ⓘ NCAA Division III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightSong | Towson University Fight Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSeason | 1969 ⓘ |
| formerHeadCoach |
Gordy Combs
NERFINISHED
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Phil Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Ambrose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerNameOfConference | Colonial Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| hasRival |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Madison Dukes football NERFINISHED ⓘ Loyola Greyhounds football NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan State Bears football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoach | Pete Shinnick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoachStartYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| homeFieldSurface | artificial turf ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Johnny Unitas Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madePlayoffs | NCAA Division I FCS playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Doc the Tiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalChampionshipGameAppearance | 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus |
Jermon Bushrod
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Flacco NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan Dangerfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrance West NERFINISHED ⓘ Tye Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Mid-Atlantic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
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| represent | Towson University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadiumLocation | Towson, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| studentSectionName | The Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivision | Football Championship Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
ⓘ
gold ⓘ white ⓘ |
| university | Towson 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: Towson Tigers football Description of subject: Towson Tigers football is the collegiate football program representing Towson University in NCAA Division I FCS competition, primarily as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Towson Tigers