Houston Texans (WFL)
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The Houston Texans (WFL) were a short-lived professional American football team in the World Football League during the mid-1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Houston Texans (WFL) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T405514 — 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)
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Target entity: Houston Texans (WFL) Context triple: [Don Maynard, memberOfSportsTeam, Houston Texans (WFL)]
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A.
Houston Cougars
The Houston Cougars are the athletic teams representing the University of Houston, best known for their competitive programs in college football and basketball.
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B.
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football franchise based in Houston, Texas, competing in the National Football League as a member of the AFC South division.
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C.
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, known for their storied history, multiple Super Bowl titles, and status as one of the NFL’s most popular and valuable franchises.
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D.
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville that competes in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the AFC South division.
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E.
Houston Oilers
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in the AFL and later the NFL before relocating and becoming the Tennessee Titans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Houston Texans (WFL) Target entity description: The Houston Texans (WFL) were a short-lived professional American football team in the World Football League during the mid-1970s.
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A.
Houston Cougars
The Houston Cougars are the athletic teams representing the University of Houston, best known for their competitive programs in college football and basketball.
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B.
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football franchise based in Houston, Texas, competing in the National Football League as a member of the AFC South division.
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C.
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, known for their storied history, multiple Super Bowl titles, and status as one of the NFL’s most popular and valuable franchises.
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D.
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville that competes in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the AFC South division.
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E.
Houston Oilers
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in the AFL and later the NFL before relocating and becoming the Tennessee Titans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football team
ⓘ
World Football League team ⓘ defunct sports team ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Houston, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| competitionLevel | major professional ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorNameConflict |
Houston Texans (NFL)
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston Texans
|
| historicalLeague | World Football League ⓘ |
| homeCity | Houston ⓘ |
| homeState | Texas ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom |
Houston Texans (NFL)
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston Texans
|
| league | World Football League ⓘ |
| location |
Houston, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| namedAfterCity | Houston ⓘ |
| playedIn |
World Football League season(s)
ⓘ
linked to:
World Football League
|
| professional | true ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| teamSport | American football ⓘ |
| teamType | gridiron football team ⓘ |
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: Houston Texans (WFL) Description of subject: The Houston Texans (WFL) were a short-lived professional American football team in the World Football League during the mid-1970s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.