World Sailing
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World Sailing is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of sailing worldwide, including its Olympic disciplines.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3891692 — 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: World Sailing Context triple: [Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, hasMember, World Sailing]
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A.
ISAF
ISAF was a NATO-led multinational military mission in Afghanistan, established by the United Nations to help maintain security and support reconstruction after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
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B.
New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a prestigious American sailing organization renowned for its historic role in yachting and long dominance of the America's Cup.
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C.
International Rowing Federation
The International Rowing Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rowing, including international competitions such as the World Rowing Championships and Olympic rowing events.
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D.
Antigua Sailing Week
Antigua Sailing Week is a premier Caribbean regatta that attracts international yachts and sailors for a week of competitive racing and onshore festivities.
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E.
Sailing Club
Sailing Club is Virgin Voyages’ customer loyalty program that rewards frequent cruisers with exclusive perks, benefits, and member-only experiences.
- 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: World Sailing Target entity description: World Sailing is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of sailing worldwide, including its Olympic disciplines.
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A.
ISAF
ISAF was a NATO-led multinational military mission in Afghanistan, established by the United Nations to help maintain security and support reconstruction after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
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B.
New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a prestigious American sailing organization renowned for its historic role in yachting and long dominance of the America's Cup.
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C.
International Rowing Federation
The International Rowing Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rowing, including international competitions such as the World Rowing Championships and Olympic rowing events.
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D.
Antigua Sailing Week
Antigua Sailing Week is a premier Caribbean regatta that attracts international yachts and sailors for a week of competitive racing and onshore festivities.
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E.
Sailing Club
Sailing Club is Virgin Voyages’ customer loyalty program that rewards frequent cruisers with exclusive perks, benefits, and member-only experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
governing body
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international sports federation ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WS ⓘ |
| continentServed |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| formerName |
World Sailing
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
International Sailing Federation
World Sailing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Yacht Racing Union
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| governsDiscipline |
ISAF Sailing World Cup
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surface form:
Olympic sailing
inshore racing ⓘ match racing ⓘ offshore racing ⓘ para sailing events ⓘ youth sailing ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| issuesDocument |
Equipment Rules of Sailing
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World Sailing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Racing Rules of Sailing
World Sailing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
World Sailing Regulations
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| memberType | national sailing authority ⓘ |
| mission |
to ensure fair, safe and inclusive sailing competition worldwide
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to promote the sport of sailing in all its forms worldwide ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
International Olympic Committee
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International Paralympic Committee ⓘ |
| role |
administers the Racing Rules of Sailing
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coordinates anti-doping policy in sailing ⓘ develops sailing worldwide ⓘ international governing body for the sport of sailing ⓘ maintains the World Sailing Regulations ⓘ manages the World Sailing Rankings ⓘ oversees sailing at the Olympic Games ⓘ oversees sailing at the Paralympic Games ⓘ promotes safety and fair play in sailing ⓘ recognizes international sailing classes ⓘ regulates Olympic sailing disciplines ⓘ represents sailing within the Olympic movement ⓘ sanctions world championships in sailing ⓘ supports national sailing federations ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| sportGoverned |
offshore sailing
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para sailing ⓘ sailing ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sailing.org ⓘ |
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: World Sailing Description of subject: World Sailing is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of sailing worldwide, including its Olympic disciplines.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sailing World Championships
this entity surface form:
World Sailing events
this entity surface form:
World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing
this entity surface form:
International Sailing Federation
this entity surface form:
International Yacht Racing Union
this entity surface form:
Racing Rules of Sailing
this entity surface form:
World Sailing Regulations