WTBA
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WTBA (World Tenpin Bowling Association) was the former global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of ten-pin bowling worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WTBA canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9673595 — 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: WTBA Context triple: [World Tenpin Bowling Championships, formerOrganiser, WTBA]
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A.
WBD
WBD is the stock ticker symbol for Warner Bros. Discovery, a major global media and entertainment company.
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B.
WABD
WABD was the original call sign of the New York City television station now known as WNYW, historically associated with the DuMont Television Network.
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C.
WCAs
WCAs are designated Water Conservation Areas, typically managed wetlands or protected zones aimed at preserving water resources, ecosystems, and related environmental functions.
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D.
WBT
WBT is the station code for Wibautstraat, a metro station in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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E.
WJA
WJA is the ICAO airline designator used for WestJet, a major Canadian low-cost carrier.
- 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: WTBA Target entity description: WTBA (World Tenpin Bowling Association) was the former global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of ten-pin bowling worldwide.
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A.
WBD
WBD is the stock ticker symbol for Warner Bros. Discovery, a major global media and entertainment company.
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B.
WABD
WABD was the original call sign of the New York City television station now known as WNYW, historically associated with the DuMont Television Network.
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C.
WCAs
WCAs are designated Water Conservation Areas, typically managed wetlands or protected zones aimed at preserving water resources, ecosystems, and related environmental functions.
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D.
WBT
WBT is the station code for Wibautstraat, a metro station in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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E.
WJA
WJA is the ICAO airline designator used for WestJet, a major Canadian low-cost carrier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international sports federation
ⓘ
sports governing body ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WTBA ⓘ |
| activity |
certifying bowling records
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promoting ten-pin bowling worldwide ⓘ sanctioning international bowling events ⓘ setting rules of play for ten-pin bowling ⓘ |
| affiliationType | member-based federation of national bowling federations ⓘ |
| field |
sports administration
ⓘ
sports regulation ⓘ ten-pin bowling governance ⓘ |
| fullName |
World Tenpin Bowling Association
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linked to:
International Bowling Federation
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| governed |
amateur ten-pin bowling at international level
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elite-level ten-pin bowling ⓘ international ten-pin bowling competitions ⓘ rules of ten-pin bowling ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | international ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| organized | World Tenpin Bowling Championships ⓘ |
| regulated |
international standards for ten-pin bowling equipment
ⓘ
international standards for ten-pin bowling lanes ⓘ international standards for ten-pin bowling scoring ⓘ |
| role |
global governing body for ten-pin bowling
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oversight of ten-pin bowling ⓘ regulation of ten-pin bowling ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| sportGoverned |
ten-pin bowling
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linked to:
Bowling (Atari 2600)
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| status | former governing body ⓘ |
| successor |
World Bowling
ⓘ
linked to:
International Bowling Federation
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| typeOfOrganization | non-profit sports organization ⓘ |
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: WTBA Description of subject: WTBA (World Tenpin Bowling Association) was the former global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of ten-pin bowling worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.