International Rugby League
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International Rugby League is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and developing the sport of rugby league worldwide, including its major international competitions.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| International Rugby League canonical | 43 |
| Rugby League International Federation | 19 |
| International Rugby League laws of the game | 2 |
| Rugby League International Board | 2 |
| International Rugby League laws | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1306232 — 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: International Rugby League Context triple: [Rugby League World Cup matches, governingBody, International Rugby League]
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A.
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is the premier professional rugby league competition in Australasia, featuring top clubs from Australia and New Zealand.
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B.
Super League (Australia)
Super League (Australia) was a short-lived, breakaway professional rugby league competition held in 1997 that rivaled the traditional Australian Rugby League during the sport’s mid-1990s “Super League war.”
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C.
World Rugby
World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.
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Rugby
Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, best known as the birthplace of the sport of rugby football and home to the historic Rugby School.
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E.
Rugby League World Cup matches
Rugby League World Cup matches are international rugby league games in which national teams compete in the sport’s premier global tournament.
- 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: International Rugby League Target entity description: International Rugby League is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and developing the sport of rugby league worldwide, including its major international competitions.
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A.
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is the premier professional rugby league competition in Australasia, featuring top clubs from Australia and New Zealand.
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B.
Super League (Australia)
Super League (Australia) was a short-lived, breakaway professional rugby league competition held in 1997 that rivaled the traditional Australian Rugby League during the sport’s mid-1990s “Super League war.”
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C.
World Rugby
World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.
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D.
Rugby
Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, best known as the birthplace of the sport of rugby football and home to the historic Rugby School.
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E.
Rugby League World Cup matches
Rugby League World Cup matches are international rugby league games in which national teams compete in the sport’s premier global tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international organization
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rugby league governing body ⓘ sports governing body ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IRL ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enhance international rugby league competitions
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grow participation in rugby league globally ⓘ |
| governs |
men’s international rugby league
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wheelchair international rugby league ⓘ women’s international rugby league ⓘ youth international rugby league ⓘ |
| governsSport | rugby league ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.intrl.sport/ ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| organizesCompetition |
Rugby League World Cup
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Rugby League World Cup 9s ⓘ Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup ⓘ Women’s Rugby League World Cup ⓘ Youth and junior rugby league world competitions ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Rugby League International Federation
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linked to:
International Rugby League
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| promotes | development of rugby league in emerging nations ⓘ |
| regulates | international rugby league laws ⓘ |
| role |
develops rugby league worldwide
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global governing body for rugby league ⓘ oversees international rugby league competitions ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| setsRulesFor | international rugby league eligibility ⓘ |
| shortName | IRL ⓘ |
| sport | rugby league ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | non-profit sports federation ⓘ |
| worksWith |
national rugby league federations
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regional rugby league confederations ⓘ |
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: International Rugby League Description of subject: International Rugby League is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and developing the sport of rugby league worldwide, including its major international competitions.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: International Rugby League
subject linked to:
World Cup competitions
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
New Zealand national rugby league women’s team
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internationalGoverningBody
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International Rugby League
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linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
subject linked to:
IRL
linked to: International Rugby League
subject linked to:
IRL
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
subject linked to:
Women’s Rugby League World Cup
subject linked to:
Women’s Rugby League World Cup
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
linked to: International Rugby League
Rugby League European Federation
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formerParentOrganization
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Rugby League International Federation
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linked to: International Rugby League