USA Basketball
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USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T183575 — 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: USA Basketball Context triple: [United States men's national basketball team, governingBody, USA Basketball]
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A.
United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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B.
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
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C.
Women’s National Basketball Association
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is the premier professional women’s basketball league in the United States, featuring top female players from around the world.
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D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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E.
National Association of Basketball Coaches
The National Association of Basketball Coaches is a professional organization representing men’s college basketball coaches in the United States, focused on advocacy, education, and the promotion of the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USA Basketball Target entity description: USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
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A.
United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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B.
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).
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C.
Women’s National Basketball Association
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is the premier professional women’s basketball league in the United States, featuring top female players from around the world.
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D.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.
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E.
National Association of Basketball Coaches
The National Association of Basketball Coaches is a professional organization representing men’s college basketball coaches in the United States, focused on advocacy, education, and the promotion of the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball federation
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national governing body ⓘ sports organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | USAB ⓘ |
| affiliation |
FIBA
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United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| formerName | Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Amateur Athletic Union
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Armed Forces ⓘ Athletic Congress ⓘ National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ National Federation of State High School Associations ⓘ |
| governs |
United States 3x3 men’s national basketball team
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United States 3x3 women’s national basketball team ⓘ United States men’s national basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
United States men's national basketball team
United States men’s national under-17 basketball team ⓘ United States men’s national under-19 basketball team ⓘ United States men’s national wheelchair basketball program ⓘ United States women’s national basketball team ⓘ United States women’s national under-17 basketball team ⓘ United States women’s national under-19 basketball team ⓘ United States women’s national wheelchair basketball program ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States 3x3 national basketball teams
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United States national basketball teams ⓘ
linked to:
USA Basketball
United States youth national basketball teams ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
USA Basketball 3x3 program
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USA Basketball Men’s National Team program ⓘ
linked to:
United States men's national basketball team
USA Basketball Women’s National Team program ⓘ USA Basketball Youth & Sport Development program ⓘ
linked to:
USA Basketball
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| organizes |
coaching clinics
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selection trials for United States national basketball teams ⓘ training camps for United States national basketball teams ⓘ youth development programs ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
FIBA Americas
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International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| represents |
United States in international basketball
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linked to:
United States men's national basketball team
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| responsibleFor |
selection of players for FIBA World Cup teams
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selection of players for United States Olympic basketball teams ⓘ selection of players for other major international basketball competitions ⓘ |
| role |
organizes international competition programs for United States basketball
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oversees United States national basketball teams ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| website | https://www.usab.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: USA Basketball Description of subject: USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USA Basketball
linked to: USA Basketball
linked to: USA Basketball
United States men's national under-17 basketball team
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governingBodyAbbreviation
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USA Basketball
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United States men's national under-17 basketball team
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nationalFederationAffiliation
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USA Basketball
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United States men's national basketball team (youth)
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organizedBy
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USA Basketball Men's National Team Program
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linked to: USA Basketball
linked to: USA Basketball
United States 3x3 men’s national basketball team
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selectionOrganizedBy
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USA Basketball 3x3 Committee
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linked to: USA Basketball
Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America
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successorJurisdiction
→
USA Basketball
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United States women’s national under-19 basketball team
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governedBy
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USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee
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linked to: USA Basketball
United States women’s national under-19 basketball team
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representsNation
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United States women’s basketball program
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linked to: USA Basketball
subject linked to:
United States 3x3 national basketball teams
subject linked to:
United States 3x3 national basketball teams
subject linked to:
“Dream Team”
Syracuse Orange women's basketball
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nationalGoverningBody
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USA Basketball (for rules and standards)
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linked to: USA Basketball
linked to: USA Basketball