College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
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The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of private liberal arts colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T843300 — 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: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Context triple: [Elmhurst University, athleticsConference, College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin]
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A.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of small private colleges in the state of Michigan and is recognized as the oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
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B.
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
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C.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of private liberal arts colleges in Minnesota.
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D.
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference is one of the oldest NCAA Division I athletic conferences in the United States, historically known for its strong basketball programs and Midwestern membership.
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E.
Big Ten Academic Alliance
The Big Ten Academic Alliance is a consortium of leading research universities, primarily in the Big Ten Conference, that collaborates on academic, research, and resource-sharing initiatives.
- 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: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Target entity description: The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of private liberal arts colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of small private colleges in the state of Michigan and is recognized as the oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
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B.
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
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C.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of private liberal arts colleges in Minnesota.
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D.
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference is one of the oldest NCAA Division I athletic conferences in the United States, historically known for its strong basketball programs and Midwestern membership.
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E.
Big Ten Academic Alliance
The Big Ten Academic Alliance is a consortium of leading research universities, primarily in the Big Ten Conference, that collaborates on academic, research, and resource-sharing initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division III athletic conference
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collegiate athletic conference ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CCIW ⓘ |
| academicEmphasis | liberal arts ⓘ |
| athleticAssociation |
NCAA
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linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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| competitionCategory |
coeducational sports
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men's sports ⓘ women's sports ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | varsity ⓘ |
| competitionScope |
postseason conference tournaments
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regular-season conference play ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focus | small-college athletics ⓘ |
| governingBodyRole |
administers conference schedules
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awards all-conference honors ⓘ organizes conference championships ⓘ |
| governsLevel | intercollegiate athletics ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official athletics conference website ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| memberInstitutionCharacteristic |
primarily located in Illinois
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primarily located in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| memberInstitutionFunding | primarily private ⓘ |
| memberInstitutionType | four-year college ⓘ |
| memberType |
liberal arts college
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private college ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division III ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Illinois
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Wisconsin ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
College athletic conferences in the United States
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Midwest Conference ⓘ Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference ⓘ |
| sport |
baseball
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basketball ⓘ cross country ⓘ football ⓘ golf ⓘ soccer ⓘ softball ⓘ tennis ⓘ track and field ⓘ volleyball ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| sportGoverningBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | NCAA Division III Midwest region ⓘ |
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: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Description of subject: The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of private liberal arts colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Cardinals
subject linked to:
Cardinals
subject linked to:
Carthage College (in Kenosha city)
Illinois Wesleyan Titans men's basketball
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athleticConference
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College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
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Illinois Wesleyan Titans men's basketball
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historicalSuccessInConference
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College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
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Illinois Wesleyan Titans men's basketball
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conferenceMembership
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College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
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