Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball
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Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Eastern Illinois University, competing in the Ohio Valley Conference.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball | 1 |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11532089 — 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: Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball Context triple: [Panthers, mascotFor, Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball]
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A.
Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Eastern Illinois Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Eastern Illinois University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players.
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B.
Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball
The Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I program of Southern Illinois University known for its strong Missouri Valley Conference tradition and passionate regional rivalries.
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C.
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Illinois State University, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference and known for its regional rivalries and postseason appearances.
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D.
Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of the University of Northern Iowa, known for its competitive Missouri Valley Conference play and memorable NCAA Tournament upsets.
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E.
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois, known for its strong liberal arts and teacher education programs.
- 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: Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball Target entity description: Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Eastern Illinois University, competing in the Ohio Valley Conference.
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A.
Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Eastern Illinois Panthers football is the NCAA Division I FCS college football program representing Eastern Illinois University, known for producing notable NFL coaches and players.
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B.
Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball
The Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I program of Southern Illinois University known for its strong Missouri Valley Conference tradition and passionate regional rivalries.
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C.
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Illinois State University, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference and known for its regional rivalries and postseason appearances.
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D.
Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of the University of Northern Iowa, known for its competitive Missouri Valley Conference play and memorable NCAA Tournament upsets.
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E.
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois, known for its strong liberal arts and teacher education programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's basketball program
ⓘ
college basketball team ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Tom Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToAthleticProgram | Eastern Illinois Panthers athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Eastern Illinois University campus ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| conference | Ohio Valley Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceAffiliation | Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceShortName | OVC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfLeague | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerConference |
AMCU-8
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mid-Continent Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ NCAA Division II conferences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingDivision | NCAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Lantz Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArenaUse | on-campus arena ⓘ |
| homeCapacity | about 5,300 ⓘ |
| homeCity | Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCourtCity | Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCourtName | Lantz Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCourtState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| locationOfUniversity | Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division I ⓘ |
| nickname | Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsInConference | Ohio Valley Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsInDivision | NCAA Division I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| represents | Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representsAcademicInstitution | Eastern Illinois University Panthers athletics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Austin Peay Governors men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Murray State Racers men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Eastern Illinois Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| sportType | men's college basketball ⓘ |
| stateOfUniversity | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
gray ⓘ white ⓘ |
| teamNickname | Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamType | varsity team ⓘ |
| university | Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universityConference | Ohio Valley Conference 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: Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball Description of subject: Eastern Illinois Panthers men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Eastern Illinois University, competing in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball