NCAA men’s lacrosse
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NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T603635 — 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: NCAA men’s lacrosse Context triple: [Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse, playsIn, NCAA men’s lacrosse]
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NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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B.
Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse
Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program representing Harvard University in the Ivy League.
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NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NCAA Division I women’s soccer is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s soccer in the United States, featuring top university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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D.
Ivy League men’s soccer
Ivy League men’s soccer is the NCAA Division I athletic conference competition for men’s varsity soccer programs at the eight Ivy League universities in the United States.
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Harvard Crimson women’s lacrosse
Harvard Crimson women’s lacrosse is the varsity women’s lacrosse program representing Harvard University in NCAA Division I competition.
- 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: NCAA men’s lacrosse Target entity description: NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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A.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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B.
Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse
Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program representing Harvard University in the Ivy League.
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C.
NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NCAA Division I women’s soccer is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s soccer in the United States, featuring top university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Ivy League men’s soccer
Ivy League men’s soccer is the NCAA Division I athletic conference competition for men’s varsity soccer programs at the eight Ivy League universities in the United States.
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Harvard Crimson women’s lacrosse
Harvard Crimson women’s lacrosse is the varsity women’s lacrosse program representing Harvard University in NCAA Division I competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college sports competition
ⓘ
field lacrosse competition ⓘ |
| ballType | hard rubber lacrosse ball ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
ESPN family of networks
ⓘ
surface form:
ESPN networks
|
| competitionLevel | college ⓘ |
| competitionStructure | regular season and postseason tournament ⓘ |
| contactLevel | full contact ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| determines | NCAA men’s lacrosse national champions ⓘ |
| equipmentRequirement |
gloves
ⓘ
helmet with facemask ⓘ shoulder pads ⓘ stick (crosse) ⓘ |
| fieldLength | 110 yards ⓘ |
| fieldType | outdoor ⓘ |
| fieldWidth | 60 yards ⓘ |
| format | field lacrosse ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| goalCircleRadius | 9 feet ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governsEligibilityFor | male college lacrosse players ⓘ |
| governsRulesFor | men’s college field lacrosse in the United States ⓘ |
| hasChampionship |
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
ⓘ
NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship
NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship ⓘ |
| hasPostseasonEvent | NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Weekend ⓘ |
| includesDivision |
NCAA men’s lacrosse
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse
NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse ⓘ NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse ⓘ |
| organizer | NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Rules Committee ⓘ |
| overtimeFormat | sudden victory ⓘ |
| participantType |
college varsity team
ⓘ
university varsity team ⓘ |
| regulates |
amateurism for men’s college lacrosse players
ⓘ
recruiting for men’s college lacrosse ⓘ scholarship limits in men’s lacrosse ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NCAA women's lacrosse
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA women’s lacrosse
college club lacrosse in the United States ⓘ |
| ruleBook | NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Rules and Interpretations ⓘ |
| sanctions | varsity men’s lacrosse programs ⓘ |
| scope | varsity programs across multiple NCAA divisions ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | spring ⓘ |
| shotClock | implemented at the NCAA level ⓘ |
| sport | men’s field lacrosse ⓘ |
| teamSizeOnField | 10 players per team ⓘ |
| usesRuleSetDerivedFrom | field lacrosse rules ⓘ |
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: NCAA men’s lacrosse Description of subject: NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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this entity surface form:
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subject surface form:
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this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse
subject surface form:
Yale Bulldogs men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
Division I men's lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA men’s lacrosse championships
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse teams
this entity surface form:
NCAA men’s collegiate lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I lacrosse
this entity surface form:
NCAA men’s lacrosse season
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I lacrosse