Federal Office of Sport
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The Federal Office of Sport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for promoting and coordinating sports policy, physical education, and elite sport development at the federal level.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Office of Sport canonical | 5 |
| Bundesamt für Sport BASPO | 1 |
| Federal Office of Sport FOSPO | 1 |
| Office fédéral du sport OFSPO | 1 |
| Ufficio federale dello sport UFSPO | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638635 — 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: Federal Office of Sport Context triple: [Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, oversees, Federal Office of Sport]
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A.
Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing policies and programs that promote youth empowerment and the development of sports nationwide.
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B.
Olympic Solidarity
Olympic Solidarity is a program of the International Olympic Committee that provides financial and technical assistance to National Olympic Committees, particularly in developing countries, to support athlete development and promote the Olympic Movement worldwide.
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C.
French Ministry of Sports
The French Ministry of Sports is the national government department responsible for developing and overseeing sports policy, regulation, and athletic programs throughout France.
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D.
National Olympic Committee of Germany
The National Olympic Committee of Germany is the national governing body responsible for organizing Germany's participation in the Olympic Games and promoting the Olympic movement within the country.
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E.
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is the national governing body responsible for organizing and supporting U.S. participation in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- 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: Federal Office of Sport Target entity description: The Federal Office of Sport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for promoting and coordinating sports policy, physical education, and elite sport development at the federal level.
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A.
Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing policies and programs that promote youth empowerment and the development of sports nationwide.
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B.
Olympic Solidarity
Olympic Solidarity is a program of the International Olympic Committee that provides financial and technical assistance to National Olympic Committees, particularly in developing countries, to support athlete development and promote the Olympic Movement worldwide.
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C.
French Ministry of Sports
The French Ministry of Sports is the national government department responsible for developing and overseeing sports policy, regulation, and athletic programs throughout France.
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D.
National Olympic Committee of Germany
The National Olympic Committee of Germany is the national governing body responsible for organizing Germany's participation in the Olympic Games and promoting the Olympic movement within the country.
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E.
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is the national governing body responsible for organizing and supporting U.S. participation in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
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sports governing body ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Switzerland ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Swiss Olympic Association
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cantonal sports offices ⓘ national sports federations ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employer | federal civil servants ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
elite sport
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physical education ⓘ sport infrastructure ⓘ sport policy ⓘ sport promotion ⓘ sport science ⓘ |
| goal |
improvement of quality of physical education in schools
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promotion of sport and physical activity in Switzerland ⓘ strengthening of elite sport structures in Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasResponsibility |
coordination of sport promotion at federal level
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development of sports education and training programs ⓘ implementation of Swiss federal sports policy ⓘ promotion of physical activity among the population ⓘ support of elite sport in Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canton of Bern
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linked to:
canton of Bern
Magglingen ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal level ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ
linked to:
Romansh language
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| locatedInCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| officialName |
Bundesamt für Sport BASPO
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Sport
Federal Office of Sport FOSPO ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Sport
Office fédéral du sport OFSPO ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Sport
Ufficio federale dello sport UFSPO ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Sport
|
| operates |
National Youth Sports Centre Tenero
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Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Administration of Switzerland
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss federal government
Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName |
BASPO
ⓘ
FOSPO ⓘ OFSPO ⓘ UFSPO ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ |
| uses | Swiss federal sports law as legal basis ⓘ |
| website | https://www.baspo.admin.ch ⓘ |
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: Federal Office of Sport Description of subject: The Federal Office of Sport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for promoting and coordinating sports policy, physical education, and elite sport development at the federal level.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
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hasSubdivision
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Federal Office of Sport
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linked to: Federal Office of Sport
linked to: Federal Office of Sport
linked to: Federal Office of Sport
linked to: Federal Office of Sport