NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams
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NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams are collegiate ice hockey programs from smaller U.S. colleges and universities that compete at the NCAA’s Division III level, emphasizing student-athlete balance and amateur competition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NCAA Division III men's ice hockey | 3 |
| NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6785192 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams Context triple: [NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship, participantType, NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams]
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NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association that features smaller colleges and universities emphasizing student-athlete participation without athletic scholarships.
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NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top men's ice hockey team among U.S. colleges competing at the NCAA Division III level.
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C.
NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse
NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of men’s lacrosse in the United States, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance between athletics and academics.
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D.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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E.
NCAA Division I ice hockey
NCAA Division I ice hockey is the highest level of men's college ice hockey in the United States, featuring elite university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- 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 Division III men's ice hockey teams Target entity description: NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams are collegiate ice hockey programs from smaller U.S. colleges and universities that compete at the NCAA’s Division III level, emphasizing student-athlete balance and amateur competition.
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A.
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association that features smaller colleges and universities emphasizing student-athlete participation without athletic scholarships.
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B.
NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top men's ice hockey team among U.S. colleges competing at the NCAA Division III level.
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C.
NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse
NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of men’s lacrosse in the United States, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance between athletics and academics.
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D.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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E.
NCAA Division I ice hockey
NCAA Division I ice hockey is the highest level of men's college ice hockey in the United States, featuring elite university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA ice hockey classification
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collegiate sports team category ⓘ |
| academicRequirement | maintain institutional academic standing ⓘ |
| amateurStatusRequirement | maintain amateur status ⓘ |
| athleticScholarshipsAllowed | false ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | intercollegiate competition ⓘ |
| competitionGender | men ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationPriority | academics prioritized over athletics ⓘ |
| eligibilityLimit | maximum four seasons of participation per student-athlete ⓘ |
| eligibilityRules | NCAA Division III eligibility rules ⓘ |
| emphasis |
amateur competition
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student-athlete balance ⓘ |
| equipment | standard ice hockey equipment ⓘ |
| focus |
integration of athletics with academic experience
ⓘ
participation and broad access ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
donations and fundraising
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institutional budgets ⓘ student fees ⓘ |
| governancePhilosophy | non-revenue sport orientation ⓘ |
| governancePrinciple | regional competition and reduced travel ⓘ |
| governedByDivision | NCAA Division III governance structure ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| mediaExposureLevel | lower than Division I ice hockey ⓘ |
| organizationalLevel | varsity college teams ⓘ |
| playingSurface | ice rink ⓘ |
| postseasonTournament | NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ |
| practiceRegulation | limited practice time under NCAA rules ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | educational and athletic development of student-athletes ⓘ |
| professionalPathway | not primarily a professional development league ⓘ |
| recruitingRegulation | NCAA Division III recruiting rules ⓘ |
| region |
primarily United States Midwest
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primarily United States New England ⓘ primarily United States Northeast ⓘ |
| regulation | NCAA Division III bylaws ⓘ |
| rosterLimit | subject to NCAA and institutional roster policies ⓘ |
| rulesFollowed | NCAA ice hockey rules ⓘ |
| scholarshipPolicy | no athletic scholarships ⓘ |
| scholarshipTypeAllowed |
academic scholarships
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need-based financial aid ⓘ |
| seasonStructure | regular season and postseason tournaments ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | winter sports season ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| teamComposition | enrolled students of the institution ⓘ |
| typicalAgeGroup | undergraduate students ⓘ |
| typicalInstitutionType |
small colleges
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small universities ⓘ |
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 Division III men's ice hockey teams Description of subject: NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams are collegiate ice hockey programs from smaller U.S. colleges and universities that compete at the NCAA’s Division III level, emphasizing student-athlete balance and amateur competition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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participantType
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NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams
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linked to: NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams
linked to: NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams
linked to: NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams