USC Trojans men’s volleyball
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NCAA Division I men’s volleyball program
USC Trojans athletic program team
men’s college volleyball team
USC Trojans men’s volleyball is the NCAA Division I men’s volleyball program of the University of Southern California, known for its competitive success and contribution to the school’s storied athletics tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USC Trojans men’s volleyball canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11532655 — 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: USC Trojans men’s volleyball Context triple: [USC Trojans men’s basketball, sharesBrandingWith, USC Trojans men’s volleyball]
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USC Trojans men’s basketball
USC Trojans men’s basketball is the collegiate men’s basketball program of the University of Southern California, competing in NCAA Division I and known for its long-standing rivalry with UCLA and participation in the Pac-12 Conference.
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B.
USC Trojans men’s tennis
USC Trojans men’s tennis is the University of Southern California’s NCAA Division I men’s tennis program, historically one of the most successful and decorated collegiate tennis teams in the United States.
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UCLA Bruins men's volleyball
UCLA Bruins men's volleyball is the men's collegiate volleyball program of the University of California, Los Angeles, historically one of the most successful and decorated teams in NCAA men's volleyball.
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USC Trojans men's water polo
USC Trojans men's water polo is the University of Southern California's powerhouse collegiate water polo program, renowned for its numerous NCAA championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
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E.
USC Trojans men’s track and field
USC Trojans men’s track and field is the University of Southern California’s storied collegiate track and field program, renowned for its numerous NCAA titles and production of Olympic-caliber athletes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: USC Trojans men’s volleyball Target entity description: USC Trojans men’s volleyball is the NCAA Division I men’s volleyball program of the University of Southern California, known for its competitive success and contribution to the school’s storied athletics tradition.
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A.
USC Trojans men’s basketball
USC Trojans men’s basketball is the collegiate men’s basketball program of the University of Southern California, competing in NCAA Division I and known for its long-standing rivalry with UCLA and participation in the Pac-12 Conference.
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B.
USC Trojans men’s tennis
USC Trojans men’s tennis is the University of Southern California’s NCAA Division I men’s tennis program, historically one of the most successful and decorated collegiate tennis teams in the United States.
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C.
UCLA Bruins men's volleyball
UCLA Bruins men's volleyball is the men's collegiate volleyball program of the University of California, Los Angeles, historically one of the most successful and decorated teams in NCAA men's volleyball.
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D.
USC Trojans men's water polo
USC Trojans men's water polo is the University of Southern California's powerhouse collegiate water polo program, renowned for its numerous NCAA championships and intense West Coast rivalries.
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E.
USC Trojans men’s track and field
USC Trojans men’s track and field is the University of Southern California’s storied collegiate track and field program, renowned for its numerous NCAA titles and production of Olympic-caliber athletes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men’s volleyball program
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USC Trojans athletic program team ⓘ men’s college volleyball team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | USC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
USC Spirit of Troy marching band
NERFINISHED
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USC student section ⓘ |
| athleticBrand | USC Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | University of Southern California athletic department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | University Park Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| competitionLevel |
national collegiate
ⓘ
varsity ⓘ |
| conference | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingRuleSet | NCAA men’s volleyball rules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFanBase |
Los Angeles volleyball fans
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USC alumni ⓘ USC students ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRival |
Pepperdine Waves men’s volleyball
NERFINISHED
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Stanford Cardinal men’s volleyball NERFINISHED ⓘ UCLA Bruins men’s volleyball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeVenue | Galen Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
competitive success in NCAA men’s volleyball
ⓘ
contributing to USC’s athletics tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay | collegiate ⓘ |
| mediaMarket | Los Angeles media market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division I ⓘ |
| organizationalForm | university athletic team ⓘ |
| partOf | USC Trojans athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plays | indoor volleyball ⓘ |
| playsIn | indoor arenas ⓘ |
| recruitingArea |
Southern California
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | NCAA men’s volleyball season ⓘ |
| shortName | USC men’s volleyball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | volleyball ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| teamColors |
cardinal
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| teamType | university team ⓘ |
| university | University of Southern California 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: USC Trojans men’s volleyball Description of subject: USC Trojans men’s volleyball is the NCAA Division I men’s volleyball program of the University of Southern California, known for its competitive success and contribution to the school’s storied athletics tradition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.