Conference USA
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Conference USA is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs intercollegiate sports competition among its member universities, primarily in the southern United States.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conference USA canonical | 194 |
| Conference USA (historical) | 4 |
| Conference USA athletics | 2 |
| Conference USA (for some sports in the 2020s) | 1 |
| Conference USA (through MTSU athletics) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T41906 — 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: Conference USA Context triple: [Rice University, memberOf, Conference USA]
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A.
March Meeting
March Meeting is a major annual physics conference that brings together thousands of researchers worldwide to present and discuss cutting-edge developments in condensed matter and related fields.
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B.
ECUSA
ECUSA is a common abbreviation for the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a mainline Anglican Christian denomination based in the U.S.
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C.
G7
G7 is an intergovernmental forum of seven major advanced economies that coordinates on global economic policy, security, and international issues.
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D.
United States of America
The United States of America is a large federal republic in North America known for its global political, economic, military, and cultural influence.
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E.
General Convention
The General Convention is the primary legislative and decision-making body of the Episcopal Church, composed of representatives from its dioceses who meet to set policy, doctrine, and mission priorities.
- 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: Conference USA Target entity description: Conference USA is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs intercollegiate sports competition among its member universities, primarily in the southern United States.
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A.
March Meeting
March Meeting is a major annual physics conference that brings together thousands of researchers worldwide to present and discuss cutting-edge developments in condensed matter and related fields.
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B.
ECUSA
ECUSA is a common abbreviation for the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a mainline Anglican Christian denomination based in the U.S.
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C.
G7
G7 is an intergovernmental forum of seven major advanced economies that coordinates on global economic policy, security, and international issues.
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D.
United States of America
The United States of America is a large federal republic in North America known for its global political, economic, military, and cultural influence.
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E.
General Convention
The General Convention is the primary legislative and decision-making body of the Episcopal Church, composed of representatives from its dioceses who meet to set policy, doctrine, and mission priorities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I conference
ⓘ
collegiate athletic conference ⓘ |
| affiliation | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| competitionScope | conference-level ⓘ |
| competitionType | intercollegiate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| division | Division I ⓘ |
| founded | 1995 ⓘ |
| governingBodyFor | intercollegiate athletics ⓘ |
| governs |
eligibility rules for member athletes
ⓘ
scheduling among member schools ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | C-USA ⓘ |
| hasGenderCategory |
men's sports
ⓘ
women's sports ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
affiliate member
ⓘ
full member ⓘ |
| hasRulebook | Conference USA bylaws ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| higherLevelCompetition |
NCAA championships
ⓘ
linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
|
| mediaRights |
digital streaming agreements
ⓘ
television contracts ⓘ |
| membershipCriterion |
NCAA Division I institution
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division I
|
| memberType | university ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| organizes |
conference championships
ⓘ
regular season competition ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Southeastern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
Southern United States ⓘ Southwestern United States ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| reorganizedFrom |
Great Midwest Conference
ⓘ
Metro Conference ⓘ |
| sport |
baseball
ⓘ
college football ⓘ cross country ⓘ golf ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ men's soccer ⓘ softball ⓘ swimming and diving ⓘ tennis ⓘ track and field ⓘ volleyball ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's soccer ⓘ |
| sportLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| subdivisionInFootball | FBS ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | non-profit association ⓘ |
| usesRulesFrom | NCAA rules ⓘ |
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: Conference USA Description of subject: Conference USA is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs intercollegiate sports competition among its member universities, primarily in the southern United States.
Referenced by (202)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.