University Athletic Association
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The University Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of academically prestigious research universities primarily located in major metropolitan areas across the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University Athletic Association canonical | 36 |
| University Athletic Association, Inc. | 2 |
| University Athletic Association softball teams | 1 |
| University Athletic Association women’s soccer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T352879 — 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: University Athletic Association Context triple: [Washington University in St. Louis, athleticsConference, University Athletic Association]
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A.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the primary governing organization for college athletics in the United States, overseeing competition, rules, and championships across multiple divisions and sports.
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B.
University Alliance
University Alliance is a UK-based coalition of professional and technical universities focused on applied research, industry collaboration, and practice-oriented higher education.
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C.
Association of American Universities
The Association of American Universities is an organization of leading research-intensive universities in North America dedicated to advancing higher education and research policy.
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D.
Athletic Association of Western Universities
The Athletic Association of Western Universities was the original name of the major American collegiate athletic conference now known as the Pac-12, which organized sports competition among large universities in the western United States.
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E.
U Sports
U Sports is the national governing body for university athletics in Canada, overseeing intercollegiate sports and championships across the country.
- 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: University Athletic Association Target entity description: The University Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of academically prestigious research universities primarily located in major metropolitan areas across the United States.
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A.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the primary governing organization for college athletics in the United States, overseeing competition, rules, and championships across multiple divisions and sports.
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B.
University Alliance
University Alliance is a UK-based coalition of professional and technical universities focused on applied research, industry collaboration, and practice-oriented higher education.
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C.
Association of American Universities
The Association of American Universities is an organization of leading research-intensive universities in North America dedicated to advancing higher education and research policy.
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D.
Athletic Association of Western Universities
The Athletic Association of Western Universities was the original name of the major American collegiate athletic conference now known as the Pac-12, which organized sports competition among large universities in the western United States.
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E.
U Sports
U Sports is the national governing body for university athletics in Canada, overseeing intercollegiate sports and championships across the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NCAA Division III athletic conference ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UAA ⓘ |
| competitionScope |
conference championships
ⓘ
regular-season round-robin play ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emphasizes | balance of academics and athletics ⓘ |
| genderCategory |
men's sports
ⓘ
women's sports ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Brandeis University
ⓘ
CMU ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University ⓘ Emory University ⓘ New York University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ University of Rochester ⓘ Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ |
| hasNotableMemberCity |
Atlanta urban area
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta metropolitan area
Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form:
Boston metropolitan area
Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Cleveland ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland metropolitan area
New York City ⓘ Pittsburgh region ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
Rochester metropolitan area ⓘ St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ |
| memberAcademicReputation | academically prestigious ⓘ |
| memberInstitutionType | private universities ⓘ |
| memberType | research universities ⓘ |
| sponsors | intercollegiate athletics ⓘ |
| sport |
baseball
ⓘ
basketball ⓘ cross country ⓘ soccer ⓘ softball ⓘ swimming and diving ⓘ tennis ⓘ track and field ⓘ volleyball ⓘ |
| sportLevel | NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | major metropolitan areas ⓘ |
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: University Athletic Association Description of subject: The University Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of academically prestigious research universities primarily located in major metropolitan areas across the United States.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Washington University Bears
subject surface form:
Chicago Maroons
this entity surface form:
University Athletic Association, Inc.
subject surface form:
Yellowjackets (University of Rochester)
Washington University Bears men’s basketball
→
governingConference
→
University Athletic Association
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
University Athletic Association softball teams
subject surface form:
Washington University Bears men's soccer
Washington University Bears track and field
→
athleticAssociation
→
University Athletic Association
ⓘ
Washington University Bears swimming and diving
→
athleticConference
→
University Athletic Association
ⓘ
Washington University Bears women’s basketball
→
athleticConference
→
University Athletic Association
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
University Athletic Association women’s soccer
University of Chicago Department of Athletics and Recreation
→
affiliation
→
University Athletic Association
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
University Athletic Association, Inc.