Scottish football pyramid

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football league system sports competition structure

The Scottish football pyramid is the hierarchical league system in Scotland that connects professional and semi-professional clubs through promotion and relegation across multiple tiers.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Scottish football league system	8
Scottish football pyramid canonical	5
Scottish league system	3
Scottish league pyramid	1
Scottish men's football league system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6037778 — 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: Scottish football pyramid
Context triple: [Highland Football League, partOf, Scottish football pyramid]

A. Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League was the historic organizing body responsible for running Scotland’s national football league system below the top tier before it was replaced by the Scottish Professional Football League.
B. Scottish Professional Football League
The Scottish Professional Football League is the national league system for professional football clubs in Scotland, organizing multiple tiers of competition including the Premiership, Championship, League One, and League Two.
C. Scottish Premier Division
The Scottish Premier Division was the former top tier of professional football in Scotland, preceding the Scottish Premier League in the national league system.
D. Highland Football League
The Highland Football League is a senior semi-professional football league in northern Scotland, forming part of the Scottish football pyramid below the national divisions.
E. Lowland Football League
The Lowland Football League is a senior football league in the Scottish football pyramid, sitting below the SPFL and serving as one of the main regional fifth-tier competitions.
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: Scottish football pyramid
Target entity description: The Scottish football pyramid is the hierarchical league system in Scotland that connects professional and semi-professional clubs through promotion and relegation across multiple tiers.

A. Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League was the historic organizing body responsible for running Scotland’s national football league system below the top tier before it was replaced by the Scottish Professional Football League.
B. Scottish Professional Football League
The Scottish Professional Football League is the national league system for professional football clubs in Scotland, organizing multiple tiers of competition including the Premiership, Championship, League One, and League Two.
C. Scottish Premier Division
The Scottish Premier Division was the former top tier of professional football in Scotland, preceding the Scottish Premier League in the national league system.
D. Highland Football League
The Highland Football League is a senior semi-professional football league in northern Scotland, forming part of the Scottish football pyramid below the national divisions.
E. Lowland Football League
The Lowland Football League is a senior football league in the Scottish football pyramid, sitting below the SPFL and serving as one of the main regional fifth-tier competitions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football league system ⓘ sports competition structure ⓘ
bottomSPFLRelegationTo	tier 5 champion via play-off ⓘ
connects	non-league clubs ⓘ professional clubs ⓘ semi-professional clubs ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
feature	geographical split at some non-league levels ⓘ
fourthTierLeague	Scottish League Two NERFINISHED ⓘ
fourthTierNumberOfClubs	10 ⓘ
fourthTierPromotionTo	Scottish League One NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Scottish Football Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlayOffs	yes ⓘ
hasPromotionMechanism	promotion and relegation between tiers ⓘ
includesTier	Tier 1 ⓘ Tier 2 ⓘ Tier 3 ⓘ Tier 4 ⓘ Tier 5 ⓘ Tier 6 ⓘ Tier 7 and below ⓘ
integrates	former junior football structure at lower tiers ⓘ
objective	provide a unified national league structure ⓘ
playOffPurpose	determine promotion and relegation between some tiers ⓘ
professionalLeaguesOrganiser	Scottish Professional Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondTierLeague	Scottish Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondTierNumberOfClubs	10 ⓘ
secondTierPromotionTo	Scottish Premiership NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondTierRelegationTo	Scottish League One NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
thirdTierLeague	Scottish League One NERFINISHED ⓘ
thirdTierNumberOfClubs	10 ⓘ
thirdTierPromotionTo	Scottish Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
thirdTierRelegationTo	Scottish League Two NERFINISHED ⓘ
tier5League	Highland Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ Lowland Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ
tier5NumberOfLeagues	2 ⓘ
tier5PromotionMethod	pyramid play-off system ⓘ
tier5PromotionTo	Scottish League Two NERFINISHED ⓘ
tier6League	East Region Junior Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ East of Scotland Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ Midlands Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ North Caledonian Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ North Region Junior Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ West Region Junior Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ West of Scotland Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ
topTierLeague	Scottish Premiership NERFINISHED ⓘ
topTierNumberOfClubs	12 ⓘ
topTierRelegationTo	Scottish Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited