Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
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Pepperdine Waves men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Pepperdine University, competing in the West Coast Conference and known for multiple NCAA Tournament appearances.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pepperdine Waves | 2 |
| Pepperdine Waves men's basketball canonical | 2 |
| Pepperdine University men’s basketball team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11662041 — 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: Pepperdine Waves men's basketball Context triple: [Jan van Breda Kolff, coachedTeam, Pepperdine Waves men's basketball]
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Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
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B.
Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball
Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, known for its high-scoring style and notable alumni such as Rick Adelman.
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C.
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos are the intercollegiate athletic teams of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, competing primarily in NCAA Division II and known for strong programs in sports such as basketball and soccer.
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D.
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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E.
Los Angeles Dons
The Los Angeles Dons were a professional American football team based in Los Angeles that competed in the All-America Football Conference in the late 1940s.
- 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: Pepperdine Waves men's basketball Target entity description: Pepperdine Waves men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Pepperdine University, competing in the West Coast Conference and known for multiple NCAA Tournament appearances.
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A.
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is a private Christian research university in Malibu, California, known for its scenic coastal campus and strong programs in business, law, and the liberal arts.
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B.
Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball
Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, known for its high-scoring style and notable alumni such as Rick Adelman.
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C.
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos are the intercollegiate athletic teams of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, competing primarily in NCAA Division II and known for strong programs in sports such as basketball and soccer.
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D.
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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E.
Los Angeles Dons
The Los Angeles Dons were a professional American football team based in Los Angeles that competed in the All-America Football Conference in the late 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's basketball program
ⓘ
college men's basketball team ⓘ |
| arenaLocation | Malibu, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| athleticDirectorEmployer | Pepperdine University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Malibu, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competition |
conference tournament
ⓘ
postseason tournaments ⓘ regular season ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| conference | West Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingConference | West Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStudentAthletes | Pepperdine University students ⓘ |
| homeArena | Firestone Fieldhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Malibu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | multiple NCAA Tournament appearances ⓘ |
| league | West Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Malibu, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NCAA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pepperdine Waves athletics program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsHomeGamesAt | Firestone Fieldhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Pepperdine University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Pepperdine Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Pepperdine University Athletics Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
orange ⓘ white ⓘ |
| tournamentParticipation | NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| university | Pepperdine 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: Pepperdine Waves men's basketball Description of subject: Pepperdine Waves men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Pepperdine University, competing in the West Coast Conference and known for multiple NCAA Tournament appearances.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine University men’s basketball team
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine Waves
this entity surface form:
Pepperdine Waves