United States at the Winter Olympics
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The United States at the Winter Olympics refers to the American national teams and athletes who compete in the quadrennial Winter Games across sports such as ice hockey, figure skating, skiing, and snowboarding under the U.S. flag.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States at the Winter Olympics canonical | 7 |
| United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics | 1 |
| United States at the Olympics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7882329 — 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: United States at the Winter Olympics Context triple: [National Hockey League players from the United States, oftenRepresents, United States at the Winter Olympics]
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A.
United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics
The United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics refers to the American national team and delegation that competed in the Sochi Games across multiple sports, earning a significant medal haul and featuring many prominent athletes.
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B.
United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics
The United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics refers to the American team’s participation and performance at the Salt Lake City Winter Games, where it achieved one of its strongest Winter Olympic medal hauls in history.
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C.
United States winter Paralympic teams
The United States winter Paralympic teams are the national squads of American athletes with disabilities who compete in winter sports at the Paralympic Games, representing the U.S. in events such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, and sled hockey.
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D.
United States national bobsleigh team
The United States national bobsleigh team is the official American squad that competes in international bobsled events such as the Winter Olympics and World Championships.
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E.
United States men's national ice hockey team
The United States men's national ice hockey team is the senior national squad representing the U.S. in international ice hockey competitions such as the IIHF World Championships and the Olympic Games.
- 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: United States at the Winter Olympics Target entity description: The United States at the Winter Olympics refers to the American national teams and athletes who compete in the quadrennial Winter Games across sports such as ice hockey, figure skating, skiing, and snowboarding under the U.S. flag.
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A.
United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics
The United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics refers to the American national team and delegation that competed in the Sochi Games across multiple sports, earning a significant medal haul and featuring many prominent athletes.
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B.
United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics
The United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics refers to the American team’s participation and performance at the Salt Lake City Winter Games, where it achieved one of its strongest Winter Olympic medal hauls in history.
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C.
United States winter Paralympic teams
The United States winter Paralympic teams are the national squads of American athletes with disabilities who compete in winter sports at the Paralympic Games, representing the U.S. in events such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, and sled hockey.
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D.
United States national bobsleigh team
The United States national bobsleigh team is the official American squad that competes in international bobsled events such as the Winter Olympics and World Championships.
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E.
United States men's national ice hockey team
The United States men's national ice hockey team is the senior national squad representing the U.S. in international ice hockey competitions such as the IIHF World Championships and the Olympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic participation record
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national Olympic team performance ⓘ |
| competesInSport |
alpine skiing
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bobsleigh ⓘ cross-country skiing ⓘ curling ⓘ figure skating ⓘ freestyle skiing ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ luge ⓘ short track speed skating ⓘ skeleton ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ speed skating ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstAppearance | 1924 Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHostCity | Lake Placid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHostYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| flagBearerEntity | United States flag ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedIn |
Lake Placid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salt Lake City NERFINISHED ⓘ Squaw Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedYear |
1932
ⓘ
1960 ⓘ 2002 ⓘ |
| MiracleOnIceLocation | Lake Placid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MiracleOnIceOpponent | Soviet Union men's ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MiracleOnIceYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| NOCCode | USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAthlete |
Apolo Anton Ohno
NERFINISHED
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Bonnie Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ Chloe Kim NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Hamill NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Heiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristi Yamaguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikaela Shiffrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Peggy Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaun White NERFINISHED ⓘ Tara Lipinski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Miracle on Ice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
United States men's ice hockey team
NERFINISHED
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United States women's ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy | International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatesIn | Winter Olympic Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedBy | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamName | Team USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: United States at the Winter Olympics Description of subject: The United States at the Winter Olympics refers to the American national teams and athletes who compete in the quadrennial Winter Games across sports such as ice hockey, figure skating, skiing, and snowboarding under the U.S. flag.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Hockey League players from the United States
→
oftenRepresents
→
United States at the Winter Olympics
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this entity surface form:
United States at the Olympics
this entity surface form:
United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics