Seattle Sounders (NASL)
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The Seattle Sounders (NASL) were a professional soccer club based in Seattle that competed in the original North American Soccer League during the 1970s and early 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seattle Sounders (NASL) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4826946 — 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: Seattle Sounders (NASL) Context triple: [Geoff Hurst, memberOfSportsTeam, Seattle Sounders (NASL)]
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A.
Tampa Bay Rowdies
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are a professional soccer club based in St. Petersburg, Florida, known for their historic roots in American soccer dating back to the original NASL era and their passionate local fanbase.
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B.
Valour FC
Valour FC is a professional soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
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C.
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC is a professional Major League Soccer club based in Seattle, Washington, known for its passionate fan base and multiple MLS Cup titles.
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D.
Sacramento Republic FC
Sacramento Republic FC is a professional soccer club based in Sacramento, California, that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
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E.
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven is a professional American soccer club that competes in the USL Championship and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Seattle Sounders (NASL) Target entity description: The Seattle Sounders (NASL) were a professional soccer club based in Seattle that competed in the original North American Soccer League during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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A.
Tampa Bay Rowdies
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are a professional soccer club based in St. Petersburg, Florida, known for their historic roots in American soccer dating back to the original NASL era and their passionate local fanbase.
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B.
Valour FC
Valour FC is a professional soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Premier League.
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C.
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC is a professional Major League Soccer club based in Seattle, Washington, known for its passionate fan base and multiple MLS Cup titles.
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D.
Sacramento Republic FC
Sacramento Republic FC is a professional soccer club based in Sacramento, California, that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
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E.
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven is a professional American soccer club that competes in the USL Championship and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football club
ⓘ
defunct sports team ⓘ |
| awayKitPrimaryColor | white ⓘ |
| city | Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competition | NASL Soccer Bowl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1983 ⓘ |
| fanBase | Seattle Sounders supporters ⓘ |
| founded | 1974 ⓘ |
| fullName | Seattle Sounders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | North American Soccer League organization ⓘ |
| heritage | predecessor of modern Seattle Sounders FC tradition ⓘ |
| homeCityPopulationContext | Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCountryLeagueSystem | United States soccer league system ⓘ |
| homeStadium |
Memorial Stadium (Seattle)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seattle Kingdome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | North American Soccer League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCompetition | Cascadia derbies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLeague | top-tier soccer league in United States and Canada ⓘ |
| opponentInFinal | New York Cosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLeague | original North American Soccer League ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
NASL playoffs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NASL regular season ⓘ |
| playedHomeMatchesAt |
Memorial Stadium (Seattle)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seattle Kingdome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInEra |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| playedSurface |
artificial turf (Kingdome)
ⓘ
grass (Memorial Stadium) ⓘ |
| reachedFinal |
1977 NASL Soccer Bowl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1982 NASL Soccer Bowl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| rival |
Portland Timbers (NASL)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Sounders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successorClub |
Seattle Sounders (USL)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seattle Sounders FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ white ⓘ |
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: Seattle Sounders (NASL) Description of subject: The Seattle Sounders (NASL) were a professional soccer club based in Seattle that competed in the original North American Soccer League during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.