American football
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American football is a popular North American team sport characterized by strategic play, physical contact, and the objective of advancing an oval-shaped ball into the opponent’s end zone to score points.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American football canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1460003 — 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: American football Context triple: [Big Game bonfire rally (Cal), associatedWithSport, American football]
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A.
NCAA football
NCAA football is the college-level version of American football in the United States, played by teams representing universities and colleges under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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B.
National Football League
The National Football League is the premier professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams that compete annually for the Super Bowl championship.
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C.
North American Football Union
The North American Football Union is a regional football governing body under CONCACAF that organizes and oversees soccer activities among its North American member nations.
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D.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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E.
CAA Football
CAA Football is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conference that organizes and governs college football competition for member schools primarily along the U.S. East Coast.
- 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: American football Target entity description: American football is a popular North American team sport characterized by strategic play, physical contact, and the objective of advancing an oval-shaped ball into the opponent’s end zone to score points.
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A.
NCAA football
NCAA football is the college-level version of American football in the United States, played by teams representing universities and colleges under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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B.
National Football League
The National Football League is the premier professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams that compete annually for the Super Bowl championship.
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C.
North American Football Union
The North American Football Union is a regional football governing body under CONCACAF that organizes and oversees soccer activities among its North American member nations.
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D.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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E.
CAA Football
CAA Football is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conference that organizes and governs college football competition for member schools primarily along the U.S. East Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ball game
ⓘ
contact sport ⓘ field sport ⓘ team sport ⓘ |
| commonPlayType |
field goal attempt
ⓘ
kickoff ⓘ passing play ⓘ punt ⓘ running play ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
association football
ⓘ
rugby football ⓘ |
| downSystem | four downs to gain ten yards in most leagues ⓘ |
| extraPointPoints | 1 ⓘ |
| fieldGoalPoints | 3 ⓘ |
| fieldLength |
100 yards between goal lines
ⓘ
120 yards including end zones ⓘ |
| fieldWidth | 53.3 yards ⓘ |
| gameDivision | four quarters ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Canadian Football League
ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ National Football League ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
gridiron football
ⓘ
tackle football ⓘ |
| hasPhaseOfPlay |
defense
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offense ⓘ special teams ⓘ |
| hasPositionType |
defensive back
ⓘ
defensive lineman ⓘ kicker ⓘ linebacker ⓘ offensive lineman ⓘ punter ⓘ quarterback ⓘ running back ⓘ wide receiver ⓘ |
| hasScoringMethod |
extra point
ⓘ
field goal ⓘ safety ⓘ touchdown ⓘ two-point conversion ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopmentPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| involves |
physical contact
ⓘ
strategic play calling ⓘ |
| lineOfScrimmage | starting point of each play ⓘ |
| majorEvent |
College Football Playoff National Championship
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linked to:
College Football Playoff
Super Bowl ⓘ |
| originCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| popularMediaCoverage |
online streaming
ⓘ
radio ⓘ television ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | advance the ball into the opponent's end zone ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| protectiveEquipment |
helmet
ⓘ
mouthguard ⓘ shoulder pads ⓘ thigh and knee pads ⓘ |
| quarterLength | 15 minutes in professional play ⓘ |
| requires | rectangular grass or artificial turf field ⓘ |
| safetyPoints | 2 ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | primarily autumn and winter ⓘ |
| secondaryObjective | score more points than the opponent ⓘ |
| touchdownPoints | 6 ⓘ |
| twoPointConversionPoints | 2 ⓘ |
| typicalGameDuration | 60 minutes of game time ⓘ |
| typicalTeamSizeOnField | 11 players per team ⓘ |
| usesBallShape |
oval-shaped ball
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prolate spheroid ball ⓘ |
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: American football Description of subject: American football is a popular North American team sport characterized by strategic play, physical contact, and the objective of advancing an oval-shaped ball into the opponent’s end zone to score points.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
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