NFL regular season
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The NFL regular season is the main portion of the National Football League schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine standings and playoff qualification.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NFL regular season canonical | 9 |
| NFL games | 2 |
| National Football League regular season | 2 |
| NFC regular season | 1 |
| National Football League games | 1 |
| National Football League season | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1502376 — 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)
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Target entity: NFL regular season Context triple: [Pro Bowl, relatedEvent, NFL regular season]
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A.
NFL playoffs
The NFL playoffs are the National Football League’s postseason elimination tournament that determines which teams advance to and ultimately compete in the Super Bowl.
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B.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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C.
National Football League
The National Football League is the premier professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams that compete annually for the Super Bowl championship.
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D.
AFC vs NFC
AFC vs NFC refers to the long-standing championship matchup format in the NFL that pits the American Football Conference winner against the National Football Conference winner, most notably in the Super Bowl.
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E.
NFL Media
NFL Media is the media and content division of the National Football League, encompassing its television, digital, and other multimedia platforms.
- 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: NFL regular season Target entity description: The NFL regular season is the main portion of the National Football League schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine standings and playoff qualification.
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A.
NFL playoffs
The NFL playoffs are the National Football League’s postseason elimination tournament that determines which teams advance to and ultimately compete in the Super Bowl.
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B.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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C.
National Football League
The National Football League is the premier professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams that compete annually for the Super Bowl championship.
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D.
AFC vs NFC
AFC vs NFC refers to the long-standing championship matchup format in the NFL that pits the American Football Conference winner against the National Football Conference winner, most notably in the Super Bowl.
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E.
NFL Media
NFL Media is the media and content division of the National Football League, encompassing its television, digital, and other multimedia platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football competition
ⓘ
sports season ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
cable television
ⓘ
network television ⓘ streaming services ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | round-robin within conference and division structure ⓘ |
| conference |
American Football Conference
ⓘ
National Football Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| determinesQualificationFor |
NFL playoffs
ⓘ
Super Bowl ⓘ |
| follows | NFL preseason ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody | NFL Competition Committee ⓘ |
| hasDivisionStructure |
AFC East
ⓘ
AFC North ⓘ AFC South ⓘ AFC West ⓘ NFC East ⓘ NFC North ⓘ NFC South ⓘ NFC West ⓘ |
| historicalNumberOfGamesPerTeam |
14 (1961–1977)
ⓘ
16 (1978–2020) ⓘ 17 (since 2021) ⓘ |
| includesEvent |
Monday Night Football
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surface form:
Monday Night Football games
NFL Kickoff Game ⓘ Sunday Night Football ⓘ
surface form:
Sunday Night Football games
Thanksgiving games ⓘ
surface form:
Thanksgiving Day NFL games
Thursday Night Football ⓘ
surface form:
Thursday Night Football games
|
| involvesLeague | National Football League ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 32 ⓘ |
| organizer | National Football League ⓘ |
| partOf | National Football League season ⓘ |
| precedes | NFL playoffs ⓘ |
| purpose |
determine conference seeding
ⓘ
determine divisional standings ⓘ determine playoff qualification ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| ticketType |
season tickets
ⓘ
single-game tickets ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
autumn
ⓘ
early winter ⓘ |
| typicalEndMonth | January ⓘ |
| typicalStartMonth | September ⓘ |
| uses |
NFL instant replay rules
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NFL overtime rules ⓘ NFL schedule formula ⓘ NFL tiebreaking procedures ⓘ |
| usesStandingsMetric |
winning percentage
ⓘ
win–loss record ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: NFL regular season Description of subject: The NFL regular season is the main portion of the National Football League schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine standings and playoff qualification.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NFC regular season
subject surface form:
Ed Hochuli
this entity surface form:
NFL games
this entity surface form:
National Football League regular season
subject surface form:
Shannon Sharpe
this entity surface form:
National Football League season
this entity surface form:
NFL games
this entity surface form:
National Football League games
this entity surface form:
National Football League regular season