Americas Paralympic Committee
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continental paralympic committee
non-profit organization
regional organization
sports governing body
The Americas Paralympic Committee is the regional governing body responsible for promoting and organizing Paralympic sport and multi-sport events for athletes with disabilities across the Americas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Americas Paralympic Committee canonical | 3 |
| National Paralympic Committees of the Americas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8167783 — 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: Americas Paralympic Committee Context triple: [2015 Parapan American Games, overseeingBody, Americas Paralympic Committee]
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A.
Canadian Paralympic Committee
The Canadian Paralympic Committee is the national organization responsible for supporting and overseeing Canada's Paralympic athletes and teams in international Paralympic sport competitions.
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B.
National Paralympic Committees
National Paralympic Committees are the national governing bodies responsible for organizing and supporting their countries’ participation in Paralympic sports and the Paralympic Games.
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C.
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is the global governing body responsible for organizing the Paralympic Games and promoting elite sport for athletes with disabilities worldwide.
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D.
Pan American Sports Organization
The Pan American Sports Organization is the continental association that governs and coordinates multi-sport events and Olympic-related activities among the National Olympic Committees of the Americas, including Canada.
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E.
Asian Paralympic Committee
The Asian Paralympic Committee is the regional sports organization responsible for developing and overseeing Paralympic sport and events for athletes with disabilities across Asia.
- 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: Americas Paralympic Committee Target entity description: The Americas Paralympic Committee is the regional governing body responsible for promoting and organizing Paralympic sport and multi-sport events for athletes with disabilities across the Americas.
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A.
Canadian Paralympic Committee
The Canadian Paralympic Committee is the national organization responsible for supporting and overseeing Canada's Paralympic athletes and teams in international Paralympic sport competitions.
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B.
National Paralympic Committees
National Paralympic Committees are the national governing bodies responsible for organizing and supporting their countries’ participation in Paralympic sports and the Paralympic Games.
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C.
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is the global governing body responsible for organizing the Paralympic Games and promoting elite sport for athletes with disabilities worldwide.
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D.
Pan American Sports Organization
The Pan American Sports Organization is the continental association that governs and coordinates multi-sport events and Olympic-related activities among the National Olympic Committees of the Americas, including Canada.
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E.
Asian Paralympic Committee
The Asian Paralympic Committee is the regional sports organization responsible for developing and overseeing Paralympic sport and events for athletes with disabilities across Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental paralympic committee
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non-profit organization ⓘ regional organization ⓘ sports governing body ⓘ |
| affiliation | International Paralympic Committee ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enhance visibility of Paralympic sport in the Americas
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improve competitive opportunities for Paralympic athletes ⓘ increase participation of people with disabilities in sport ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | APC ⓘ |
| continentServed | Americas ⓘ |
| field | parasport administration ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
athletes with disabilities
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high-performance parasport ⓘ multi-sport events ⓘ |
| governs |
continental qualification tournaments for Paralympic Games
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regional Paralympic multi-sport events ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | National Paralympic Committees in the Americas ⓘ |
| hasScope | continental ⓘ |
| hasTargetGroup |
Paralympic athletes
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athletes with intellectual impairments ⓘ athletes with physical impairments ⓘ athletes with visual impairments ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
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Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| operatesWithin |
Paralympic Movement
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linked to:
Paralympic movement
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| parentOrganization | International Paralympic Committee ⓘ |
| purpose |
development of Paralympic Movement in the Americas
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organization of multi-sport events for athletes with disabilities ⓘ promotion of Paralympic sport in the Americas ⓘ support for National Paralympic Committees in the Americas ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Caribbean
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Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordination of regional Paralympic competitions
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promotion of inclusion through sport ⓘ qualification events for the Paralympic Games in the Americas ⓘ regional governance of Paralympic sport in the Americas ⓘ supporting athletes with disabilities ⓘ |
| sector | Paralympic sport ⓘ |
| topic |
disability sport
ⓘ
elite parasport ⓘ |
| typeOfMembership | National Paralympic Committees ⓘ |
| worksWith |
National Paralympic Committees
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international sports federations ⓘ regional sports organizations ⓘ |
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: Americas Paralympic Committee Description of subject: The Americas Paralympic Committee is the regional governing body responsible for promoting and organizing Paralympic sport and multi-sport events for athletes with disabilities across the Americas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Americas Paralympic Committee