Mountain West
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Mountain West is a collegiate athletic conference in the western United States that sponsors NCAA Division I sports across multiple member universities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mountain West canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7397661 — 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: Mountain West Context triple: [New Mexico Lobos, region, Mountain West]
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A.
Wasatch Front
The Wasatch Front is a densely populated urban corridor in northern Utah stretching along the western base of the Wasatch Range, encompassing cities such as Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo.
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B.
Sevier Plateau
The Sevier Plateau is a high, forested tableland in south-central Utah that forms part of the Colorado Plateau region and is known for its rugged terrain and scenic vistas.
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C.
Intermountain West
The Intermountain West is a region of the western United States characterized by its arid basins, high plateaus, and mountain ranges situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada/Cascade ranges.
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D.
Wasatch Plateau
The Wasatch Plateau is a high, forested tableland in central Utah known for its extensive coal deposits, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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E.
Wet Mountain Valley
Wet Mountain Valley is a high-altitude agricultural and ranching valley in south-central Colorado, known for its scenic mountain views and rural communities such as Westcliffe and Silver Cliff.
- 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: Mountain West Target entity description: Mountain West is a collegiate athletic conference in the western United States that sponsors NCAA Division I sports across multiple member universities.
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A.
Wasatch Front
The Wasatch Front is a densely populated urban corridor in northern Utah stretching along the western base of the Wasatch Range, encompassing cities such as Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo.
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B.
Sevier Plateau
The Sevier Plateau is a high, forested tableland in south-central Utah that forms part of the Colorado Plateau region and is known for its rugged terrain and scenic vistas.
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C.
Intermountain West
The Intermountain West is a region of the western United States characterized by its arid basins, high plateaus, and mountain ranges situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada/Cascade ranges.
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D.
Wasatch Plateau
The Wasatch Plateau is a high, forested tableland in central Utah known for its extensive coal deposits, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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E.
Wet Mountain Valley
Wet Mountain Valley is a high-altitude agricultural and ranching valley in south-central Colorado, known for its scenic mountain views and rural communities such as Westcliffe and Silver Cliff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | collegiate athletic conference ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
MW
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MWC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mountain West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioner | Gloria Nevarez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionCategory | college athletics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| division | Division I ⓘ |
| formerMemberInstitution |
Brigham Young University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas Christian University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1999 ⓘ |
| genderPolicy | coeducational ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasFootballChampionshipGame | yes ⓘ |
| hasMemberInstitution |
Boise State University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California State University, Fresno NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado State University NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego State University NERFINISHED ⓘ San José State University NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Nevada, Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Nevada, Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ University of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Colorado Springs, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMemberInstitutions | 12 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Western Athletic Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsorsSport |
baseball
ⓘ
cross country ⓘ football ⓘ golf ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ softball ⓘ tennis ⓘ track and field ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ women's soccer ⓘ women's volleyball ⓘ |
| sportLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| subdivisionInFootball | NCAA Division I FBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionPartner |
CBS Sports Network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fox Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://themw.com ⓘ |
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: Mountain West Description of subject: Mountain West is a collegiate athletic conference in the western United States that sponsors NCAA Division I sports across multiple member universities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.