Alliance of American Football
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The Alliance of American Football was a short-lived professional spring American football league that operated in 2019 as an alternative to the NFL before abruptly ceasing operations mid-season.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alliance of American Football canonical | 28 |
| Alliance of American Football (league development and media) | 1 |
| Alliance of American Football teams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T761395 — 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: Alliance of American Football Context triple: [Mike Martz, leagueCoachedIn, Alliance of American Football]
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A.
American Football League
The American Football League was a major professional football league that operated from 1960 to 1969 and rivaled the NFL before the two leagues merged.
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B.
North American Football Union
The North American Football Union is a regional football governing body under CONCACAF that organizes and oversees soccer activities among its North American member nations.
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C.
USFL (United States Football League)
The USFL (United States Football League) is a professional American spring football league that serves as an alternative to the NFL, featuring teams across the United States and games televised nationally.
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D.
XFL
XFL is a professional American football league that serves as an alternative to the NFL, featuring modified rules and a focus on fan engagement and innovation.
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E.
Pioneer Football League
The Pioneer Football League is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and is known for its non-scholarship football programs spread across multiple regions of the United States.
- 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: Alliance of American Football Target entity description: The Alliance of American Football was a short-lived professional spring American football league that operated in 2019 as an alternative to the NFL before abruptly ceasing operations mid-season.
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A.
American Football League
The American Football League was a major professional football league that operated from 1960 to 1969 and rivaled the NFL before the two leagues merged.
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B.
North American Football Union
The North American Football Union is a regional football governing body under CONCACAF that organizes and oversees soccer activities among its North American member nations.
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C.
USFL (United States Football League)
The USFL (United States Football League) is a professional American spring football league that serves as an alternative to the NFL, featuring teams across the United States and games televised nationally.
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D.
XFL
XFL is a professional American football league that serves as an alternative to the NFL, featuring modified rules and a focus on fan engagement and innovation.
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E.
Pioneer Football League
The Pioneer Football League is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and is known for its non-scholarship football programs spread across multiple regions of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports league
ⓘ
professional American football league ⓘ |
| abbreviation | AAF ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Alliance ⓘ |
| averagePlayerSalary | $70,000 per season (approximate) ⓘ |
| bankruptcyType | Chapter 7 bankruptcy ⓘ |
| ceasedOperations | 2019-04-02 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2019 ⓘ |
| endTime | 2019-04-02 ⓘ |
| filedForBankruptcy | 2019-04-17 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bill Polian
ⓘ
Charlie Ebersol ⓘ |
| hasTeam |
Arizona Hotshots
ⓘ
Atlanta Legends ⓘ Birmingham Iron ⓘ Memphis Express ⓘ Orlando Apollos ⓘ Salt Lake Stallions (former) ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake Stallions
San Antonio Commanders ⓘ San Diego Fleet ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| inception | 2018 ⓘ |
| intendedAs | alternative to the National Football League ⓘ |
| leagueFormat | spring football ⓘ |
| mostSuccessfulTeam2019 | Orlando Apollos ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 8 ⓘ |
| OrlandoApollosRecord2019 | 7–1 ⓘ |
| overtimeFormat | college-style overtime rules ⓘ |
| playerCompensationModel | three-year non-guaranteed contracts ⓘ |
| playoffStatus2019 | playoffs not completed ⓘ |
| primaryInvestor | Tom Dundon ⓘ |
| reasonForShutdown |
financial difficulties
ⓘ
inability to secure partnership with NFL or NFLPA ⓘ lack of sufficient investment ⓘ |
| rulesInnovation |
mandatory two-point conversion after touchdowns
ⓘ
no extra point kicks ⓘ no kickoffs ⓘ onside conversion alternative to onside kick ⓘ sky judge official for replay ⓘ |
| seasonCount | 1 ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startTime | 2019-02-09 ⓘ |
| televisionPartner |
CBS Sports
ⓘ
NFL Network ⓘ Turner Sports ⓘ |
| TomDundonInvestmentAmount | $250 million committed (reported) ⓘ |
| website | https://aaf.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Alliance of American Football Description of subject: The Alliance of American Football was a short-lived professional spring American football league that operated in 2019 as an alternative to the NFL before abruptly ceasing operations mid-season.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Salt Lake Stallions
subject surface form:
Western Conference (AAF)
subject surface form:
Western Conference (AAF)
this entity surface form:
Alliance of American Football (league development and media)
this entity surface form:
Alliance of American Football teams