NCAA women’s water polo
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NCAA women’s water polo is the top level of collegiate women’s water polo competition in the United States, featuring university teams that compete annually for a national title.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship | 4 |
| NCAA women’s water polo canonical | 3 |
| NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo | 1 |
| NCAA women’s water polo championship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3573908 — 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: NCAA women’s water polo Context triple: [NCAA national championships, includeSport, NCAA women’s water polo]
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A.
NCAA men’s water polo
NCAA men’s water polo is the top level of collegiate men’s water polo competition in the United States, featuring university teams that compete annually for a national title.
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B.
NCAA Division I (women’s swimming and diving)
NCAA Division I (women’s swimming and diving) is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s swimming and diving competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the NCAA.
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C.
Ivy League women’s swimming and diving
Ivy League women’s swimming and diving is the collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs women’s swimming and diving competition among its eight member universities in the Northeastern United States.
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D.
NCAA men’s swimming and diving
NCAA men’s swimming and diving is a collegiate aquatic sport in the United States featuring men’s varsity teams that compete in swimming races and diving events under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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E.
NCAA women's lacrosse
NCAA women's lacrosse is the overall collegiate women's lacrosse structure in the United States that encompasses all NCAA-sanctioned divisions and championships for the sport.
- 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: NCAA women’s water polo Target entity description: NCAA women’s water polo is the top level of collegiate women’s water polo competition in the United States, featuring university teams that compete annually for a national title.
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A.
NCAA men’s water polo
NCAA men’s water polo is the top level of collegiate men’s water polo competition in the United States, featuring university teams that compete annually for a national title.
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B.
NCAA Division I (women’s swimming and diving)
NCAA Division I (women’s swimming and diving) is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s swimming and diving competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the NCAA.
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C.
Ivy League women’s swimming and diving
Ivy League women’s swimming and diving is the collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs women’s swimming and diving competition among its eight member universities in the Northeastern United States.
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D.
NCAA men’s swimming and diving
NCAA men’s swimming and diving is a collegiate aquatic sport in the United States featuring men’s varsity teams that compete in swimming races and diving events under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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E.
NCAA women's lacrosse
NCAA women's lacrosse is the overall collegiate women's lacrosse structure in the United States that encompasses all NCAA-sanctioned divisions and championships for the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collegiate sports competition
ⓘ
women’s water polo competition ⓘ |
| ageCategory | college-age athletes ⓘ |
| awards | national title in women’s water polo ⓘ |
| ballHandlingRule | field players may handle the ball with one hand ⓘ |
| ballType | women’s water polo ball ⓘ |
| championshipName |
NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA women’s water polo
|
| competitionFormat | annual national championship tournament ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top level of collegiate women’s water polo in the United States ⓘ |
| competitionStructure | regular season followed by conference tournaments and NCAA championship ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility | NCAA member institutions that sponsor women’s water polo ⓘ |
| established | early 2000s ⓘ |
| fieldOfPlay | swimming pool ⓘ |
| firstChampionshipYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| firstOfficialChampionshipSeason | 2000–01 ⓘ |
| gender | women ⓘ |
| goalkeeperException | goalkeeper may use both hands within the 5-meter area ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA women’s water polo
|
| includesDivision |
schools from NCAA Division I
ⓘ
schools from NCAA Division II ⓘ schools from NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| matchDuration | four quarters ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | television and streaming coverage for championship matches ⓘ |
| notableConferences |
Big West Conference
ⓘ
Collegiate Water Polo Association ⓘ Golden Coast Conference ⓘ Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ⓘ |
| objective | determine the national collegiate champion in women’s water polo ⓘ |
| organizes |
NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA women’s water polo
|
| participantType |
college teams
ⓘ
university teams ⓘ |
| pathwayTo | United States senior national women’s water polo team ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NCAA men’s water polo
ⓘ
USA Water Polo ⓘ |
| rulesBasedOn | standard water polo rules ⓘ |
| scholarshipType | NCAA athletic scholarships (where permitted) ⓘ |
| scoringMethod | goals scored by throwing the ball into opponent’s net ⓘ |
| seasonFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | spring ⓘ |
| sport | water polo ⓘ |
| teamSizeInPlay | 7 players in the water per team ⓘ |
| typicalRosterSize | about 20 athletes ⓘ |
| uniformRequirement | swimsuit and numbered cap ⓘ |
| usesGoverningRulesFrom | NCAA water polo rules ⓘ |
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: NCAA women’s water polo Description of subject: NCAA women’s water polo is the top level of collegiate women’s water polo competition in the United States, featuring university teams that compete annually for a national title.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NCAA women’s water polo
linked to: NCAA women’s water polo
linked to: NCAA women’s water polo
linked to: NCAA women’s water polo
linked to: NCAA women’s water polo
linked to: NCAA women’s water polo