International Hockey Federation
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The International Hockey Federation is the global governing body for the sport of field hockey and indoor hockey, responsible for organizing major international competitions and setting the rules of the game.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Hockey Federation canonical | 3 |
| FIH | 1 |
| Fédération Internationale de Hockey | 1 |
| Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3528764 — 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: International Hockey Federation Context triple: [Lausanne, hosts, International Hockey Federation]
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A.
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the global governing body for international ice hockey, responsible for organizing major tournaments like the Ice Hockey World Championships and overseeing the sport’s rules and development worldwide.
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B.
IIHF Council
The IIHF Council is the executive governing body of the International Ice Hockey Federation, responsible for key administrative and strategic decisions in international ice hockey.
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C.
IIHF Sport Department
The IIHF Sport Department is the division of the International Ice Hockey Federation responsible for overseeing competitive hockey operations, including managing official rankings and sporting regulations.
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D.
IIHF Congress
The IIHF Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Ice Hockey Federation, responsible for major decisions such as rule changes, elections, and strategic direction for international ice hockey.
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E.
international federation of skating sports
The international federation of skating sports is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating competitive ice skating disciplines such as figure skating and speed skating worldwide.
- 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: International Hockey Federation Target entity description: The International Hockey Federation is the global governing body for the sport of field hockey and indoor hockey, responsible for organizing major international competitions and setting the rules of the game.
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A.
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the global governing body for international ice hockey, responsible for organizing major tournaments like the Ice Hockey World Championships and overseeing the sport’s rules and development worldwide.
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B.
IIHF Council
The IIHF Council is the executive governing body of the International Ice Hockey Federation, responsible for key administrative and strategic decisions in international ice hockey.
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C.
IIHF Sport Department
The IIHF Sport Department is the division of the International Ice Hockey Federation responsible for overseeing competitive hockey operations, including managing official rankings and sporting regulations.
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D.
IIHF Congress
The IIHF Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Ice Hockey Federation, responsible for major decisions such as rule changes, elections, and strategic direction for international ice hockey.
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E.
international federation of skating sports
The international federation of skating sports is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating competitive ice skating disciplines such as figure skating and speed skating worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
governing body
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international sports federation ⓘ |
| abbreviationMeaning |
International Hockey Federation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fédération Internationale de Hockey
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| collaboratesWith | national hockey associations ⓘ |
| develops | global hockey development programs ⓘ |
| founded | 1924 ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | Paris ⓘ |
| foundedInCountry | France ⓘ |
| governsCategory |
junior international field hockey
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men’s international field hockey ⓘ women’s international field hockey ⓘ |
| governsDiscipline | international field hockey officiating ⓘ |
| governsSport |
field hockey
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indoor hockey ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.fih.hockey ⓘ |
| hasPresident | Tayyab Ikram ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lausanne ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy | International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| issues | technical regulations for international hockey competitions ⓘ |
| maintainsRanking | FIH World Rankings ⓘ |
| memberOf | Association of Summer Olympic International Federations ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| organizesCompetition |
FIH Hockey World League
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FIH Hockey5s World Cup ⓘ FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup ⓘ FIH Nations Cup ⓘ FIH Pro League ⓘ Hockey Junior World Cup ⓘ Hockey World Cup (women) ⓘ
surface form:
Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup (women) ⓘ
surface form:
Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup
Hockey World Cup (women) ⓘ
surface form:
Women’s Hockey World Cup
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| overseesEvent | Olympic field hockey tournaments ⓘ |
| presidentTitle | President of the International Hockey Federation ⓘ |
| previousName |
International Hockey Federation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon
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| promotes | growth of hockey worldwide ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| setsRulesFor |
field hockey
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indoor hockey ⓘ |
| shortName |
FIH Pro League
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surface form:
FIH
IHF ⓘ |
| sport |
field hockey
ⓘ
indoor hockey ⓘ |
| standardizes | international hockey rules ⓘ |
| supervises | qualification systems for major hockey events ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | non-profit organization ⓘ |
| worksWith | continental hockey federations ⓘ |
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: International Hockey Federation Description of subject: The International Hockey Federation is the global governing body for the sport of field hockey and indoor hockey, responsible for organizing major international competitions and setting the rules of the game.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
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hasMember
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International Hockey Federation
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subject surface form:
Hockey World Cup
this entity surface form:
FIH
International Hockey Federation
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abbreviationMeaning
→
International Hockey Federation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Fédération Internationale de Hockey
International Hockey Federation
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previousName
→
International Hockey Federation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon