Video Assistant Referee system
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The Video Assistant Referee system is a football officiating technology that uses video replays and a team of off-field officials to help on-field referees review and correct clear and obvious errors in key match situations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Video Assistant Referee system canonical | 1 |
| Video assistant referee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6003810 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Video Assistant Referee system Context triple: [Professional Referee Organization, usesTechnology, Video Assistant Referee system]
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A.
Joint Video Team
The Joint Video Team is a collaborative standards group formed by ITU-T and ISO/IEC experts that created the widely used H.264/AVC video compression standard.
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B.
RoboCup technical challenges
RoboCup technical challenges are specialized robotics tasks and benchmarks designed to push the state of the art in autonomous robot perception, control, and teamwork within the RoboCup competition framework.
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C.
The Referee
The Referee is the official in association football responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game, making decisions on play, and maintaining order on the field.
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D.
Robot Visions
Robot Visions is a collection of Isaac Asimov’s robot-themed short stories and essays that explores his famous Three Laws of Robotics and their implications.
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E.
YOLO
"YOLO" is a comedic hip-hop song and music video by The Lonely Island, featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar, that parodies the phrase "you only live once" by humorously promoting extreme caution and risk avoidance.
- 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: Video Assistant Referee system Target entity description: The Video Assistant Referee system is a football officiating technology that uses video replays and a team of off-field officials to help on-field referees review and correct clear and obvious errors in key match situations.
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A.
Joint Video Team
The Joint Video Team is a collaborative standards group formed by ITU-T and ISO/IEC experts that created the widely used H.264/AVC video compression standard.
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B.
RoboCup technical challenges
RoboCup technical challenges are specialized robotics tasks and benchmarks designed to push the state of the art in autonomous robot perception, control, and teamwork within the RoboCup competition framework.
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C.
The Referee
The Referee is the official in association football responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game, making decisions on play, and maintaining order on the field.
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D.
Robot Visions
Robot Visions is a collection of Isaac Asimov’s robot-themed short stories and essays that explores his famous Three Laws of Robotics and their implications.
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E.
YOLO
"YOLO" is a comedic hip-hop song and music video by The Lonely Island, featuring Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar, that parodies the phrase "you only live once" by humorously promoting extreme caution and risk avoidance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football officiating technology
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video review system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | VAR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToDecisionType |
direct red card incidents
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goal or no goal ⓘ mistaken identity in disciplinary sanctions ⓘ penalty kick decisions ⓘ |
| communicationMethod | headset communication with on-field referee ⓘ |
| controversyTopic |
handball interpretations
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marginal offside decisions ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
impact on game flow
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length of reviews ⓘ subjectivity in interpretation ⓘ |
| dataTypeUsed |
real-time replays
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slow-motion replays ⓘ |
| decisionAuthority | final decision remains with on-field referee ⓘ |
| governingBody |
FIFA
NERFINISHED
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International Football Association Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyFramework | IFAB VAR protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
assistant video assistant referee
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replay operator ⓘ video assistant referee ⓘ video operation room ⓘ |
| intendedBenefit |
improve fairness of competition
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increase accuracy of key decisions ⓘ reduce refereeing errors ⓘ |
| introducedInCompetition |
2016 FIFA Club World Cup
NERFINISHED
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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenAssociatedWith |
offside line technology
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semi-automated offside technology ⓘ |
| operationalMode |
on-field review at pitch-side monitor
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silent check of all reviewable incidents ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
assist on-field referees
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correct clear and obvious errors ⓘ review key match incidents ⓘ |
| protocolRule |
VAR cannot change subjective decisions without clear and obvious error
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original on-field decision stands if no clear and obvious error ⓘ |
| relatedLaw | Laws of the Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
dedicated video operation room infrastructure
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multiple broadcast camera feeds ⓘ |
| reviewPrinciple |
clear and obvious error
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serious missed incident ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | IFAB VAR protocol 2018 amendments to Laws of the Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInCompetition |
FIFA World Cup 2018
NERFINISHED
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UEFA Champions League NERFINISHED ⓘ major European domestic leagues ⓘ |
| usedInSport | association football ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | video replays ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Video Assistant Referee system Description of subject: The Video Assistant Referee system is a football officiating technology that uses video replays and a team of off-field officials to help on-field referees review and correct clear and obvious errors in key match situations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Video assistant referee