West Division

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Canadian Football League division sports league division

The West Division is one of the Canadian Football League’s two regional groupings, featuring teams based in Western Canada such as the BC Lions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
West Division canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2284357 — 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: West Division
Context triple: [BC Lions, division, West Division]

A. West Division
West Division was one of the regional groupings of teams that competed in the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup tournament.
B. West Division
The West Division was one of the geographic groupings of teams in the American Hockey League during the 2001–02 season.
C. East Division
The East Division is one of the Canadian Football League’s two regional groupings, featuring teams based in Eastern Canada such as the Toronto Argonauts.
D. East Division
East Division was one of the geographic groupings of teams in the American Hockey League during the 2001–02 season.
E. East Division
East Division was one of the regional groupings of teams that competed in the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, organizing clubs based on geographic location for the tournament’s preliminary stage.
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: West Division
Target entity description: The West Division is one of the Canadian Football League’s two regional groupings, featuring teams based in Western Canada such as the BC Lions.

A. West Division
West Division was one of the regional groupings of teams that competed in the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup tournament.
B. West Division
The West Division was one of the geographic groupings of teams in the American Hockey League during the 2001–02 season.
C. East Division
The East Division is one of the Canadian Football League’s two regional groupings, featuring teams based in Eastern Canada such as the Toronto Argonauts.
D. East Division
East Division was one of the geographic groupings of teams in the American Hockey League during the 2001–02 season.
E. East Division
East Division was one of the regional groupings of teams that competed in the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, organizing clubs based on geographic location for the tournament’s preliminary stage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian Football League division ⓘ sports league division ⓘ
competitionType	professional ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
formerName	CFL West Division ⓘ surface form: Western Interprovincial Football Union
gameCode	indoor/outdoor gridiron football ⓘ
genderCategory	men's ⓘ
geographicalScope	Alberta ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ
governingBody	Canadian Football League ⓘ
hasConference	CFL West Division playoffs ⓘ
hasRivalry	CFL Labour Day Classic ⓘ surface form: Labour Day Classic (Calgary Stampeders vs. Edmonton Elks) CFL Labour Day Classic ⓘ surface form: Labour Day Classic (Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
hasStandingsTable	CFL West Division standings ⓘ
hasTeam	BC Lions ⓘ Calgary Stampeders ⓘ Edmonton Elks ⓘ Saskatchewan Roughriders ⓘ Winnipeg Blue Bombers ⓘ
hasTeamCity	Calgary ⓘ Edmonton ⓘ Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ surface form: Regina Vancouver ⓘ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ surface form: Winnipeg
league	Canadian Football League ⓘ
levelOnPyramid	top tier of Canadian football ⓘ
numberOfTeams	5 ⓘ
organizesCompetitionFor	member clubs in Western Canada ⓘ
parallelDivision	East Division ⓘ
playoffQualification	top teams qualify for CFL playoffs ⓘ
playsForChampionship	Grey Cup ⓘ
region	Western Canada ⓘ
seasonFormat	round-robin within CFL regular season schedule ⓘ
seasonStructure	regular season and playoffs ⓘ
shortName	CFL West Division ⓘ surface form: CFL West
sport	Canadian football ⓘ
titleAwarded	West Division championship ⓘ
usesCrossoverRuleWith	East Division ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BC Lions → division → West Division ⓘ

East Division → hasRivalDivision → West Division ⓘ

CFL → hasConferenceOrDivision → West Division ⓘ

Winnipeg Blue Bombers → conference → West Division ⓘ

CFL West Division → shortName → West Division ⓘ

The Bombers → playsIn → West Division ⓘ

subject surface form: Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Bombers → hasDivision → West Division ⓘ