University of Maine athletic teams
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The University of Maine athletic teams, known as the Black Bears, represent the university in NCAA Division I sports and compete primarily in the America East Conference and Hockey East.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Maine Athletic Department | 1 |
| University of Maine athletic teams canonical | 1 |
| University of Maine football program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9958409 — 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: University of Maine athletic teams Context triple: [Bananas T. Bear, mascotOf, University of Maine athletic teams]
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A.
Northeastern Huskies football
Northeastern Huskies football was the collegiate football program of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, competing in NCAA Division I-AA (FCS) until it was discontinued in 2009.
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B.
University of Maine at Augusta
The University of Maine at Augusta is a regional public university known for serving nontraditional and distance-learning students across Maine.
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C.
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System is the governing body responsible for overseeing policy, finances, and strategic direction for the public universities within the University of Maine System.
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D.
University of Maine System
The University of Maine System is a public university system that oversees multiple campuses and institutions of higher education across the state of Maine.
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E.
University of Connecticut Huskies athletics
University of Connecticut Huskies athletics is the collective intercollegiate sports program of the University of Connecticut, best known nationally for its powerhouse basketball teams and strong presence 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: University of Maine athletic teams Target entity description: The University of Maine athletic teams, known as the Black Bears, represent the university in NCAA Division I sports and compete primarily in the America East Conference and Hockey East.
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A.
Northeastern Huskies football
Northeastern Huskies football was the collegiate football program of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, competing in NCAA Division I-AA (FCS) until it was discontinued in 2009.
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B.
University of Maine at Augusta
The University of Maine at Augusta is a regional public university known for serving nontraditional and distance-learning students across Maine.
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C.
Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System is the governing body responsible for overseeing policy, finances, and strategic direction for the public universities within the University of Maine System.
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D.
University of Maine System
The University of Maine System is a public university system that oversees multiple campuses and institutions of higher education across the state of Maine.
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University of Connecticut Huskies athletics
University of Connecticut Huskies athletics is the collective intercollegiate sports program of the University of Connecticut, best known nationally for its powerhouse basketball teams and strong presence in NCAA Division I competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | college athletic program ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UMaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | University of Maine Orono campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| footballSubdivision | NCAA Division I FCS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedByInstitution | University of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderParticipation |
men's teams
ⓘ
women's teams ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingConferenceForIceHockey | Hockey East Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingConferenceForMostSports | America East Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Maine Black Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWon | NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hockeyConference | Hockey East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Cross Insurance Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeIceArena | Alfond Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Alfond Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Orono, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Colonial Athletic Association football conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Black Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSport | men's ice hockey ⓘ |
| primaryConference | America East Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | University of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
University of New Hampshire athletic teams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Vermont athletic teams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportRegion | Northeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportSponsored |
baseball
ⓘ
cross country ⓘ field hockey ⓘ football ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ men's ice hockey ⓘ men's soccer ⓘ softball ⓘ swimming and diving ⓘ track and field ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's ice hockey ⓘ women's soccer ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| usesMascot | Bananas T. Bear 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: University of Maine athletic teams Description of subject: The University of Maine athletic teams, known as the Black Bears, represent the university in NCAA Division I sports and compete primarily in the America East Conference and Hockey East.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Maine Athletic Department
this entity surface form:
University of Maine football program