NCAA men’s volleyball
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NCAA men’s volleyball is the top level of collegiate men’s volleyball competition in the United States, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and featuring university teams from across the country.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NCAA men's volleyball | 3 |
| NCAA men’s volleyball canonical | 2 |
| NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball | 1 |
| NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T844497 — 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: NCAA men’s volleyball Context triple: [Harvard Crimson men’s volleyball, representsIn, NCAA men’s volleyball]
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A.
NCAA women's volleyball
NCAA women's volleyball is the national collegiate-level women's volleyball competition in the United States governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, featuring university teams from across its divisions.
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B.
NCAA women’s basketball
NCAA women’s basketball is the governing body’s collegiate-level women’s basketball competition in the United States, featuring university teams across multiple divisions.
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C.
NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NCAA Division I women’s soccer is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s soccer in the United States, featuring top university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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D.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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E.
SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Southeastern Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
- 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: NCAA men’s volleyball Target entity description: NCAA men’s volleyball is the top level of collegiate men’s volleyball competition in the United States, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and featuring university teams from across the country.
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A.
NCAA women's volleyball
NCAA women's volleyball is the national collegiate-level women's volleyball competition in the United States governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, featuring university teams from across its divisions.
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B.
NCAA women’s basketball
NCAA women’s basketball is the governing body’s collegiate-level women’s basketball competition in the United States, featuring university teams across multiple divisions.
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C.
NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NCAA Division I women’s soccer is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s soccer in the United States, featuring top university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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D.
NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
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E.
SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Southeastern Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collegiate sports competition
ⓘ
men’s volleyball competition ⓘ |
| ageGroup | college-aged athletes ⓘ |
| allowsPosition | libero ⓘ |
| ballType | indoor volleyball ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
ESPN networks (various seasons)
ⓘ
NCAA digital platforms ⓘ |
| championshipFormat | single-elimination tournament ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top level of collegiate men’s volleyball in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| courtType | indoor volleyball court ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement |
NCAA bylaws
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surface form:
NCAA amateurism rules
full-time enrollment at member institution ⓘ limited years of athletic eligibility ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasConference |
Big West Conference
ⓘ
Conference Carolinas ⓘ Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association ⓘ Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association ⓘ Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ⓘ Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
NCAA Division III
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball
NCAA men’s volleyball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball
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| hasDivisionLevel |
Division III
ⓘ
National Collegiate (combined Division I and II) ⓘ |
| netHeight | 2.43 meters ⓘ |
| organizer | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| overtimeRule | win by two points ⓘ |
| participantType |
college teams
ⓘ
university teams ⓘ |
| pathwayTo |
United States men’s national volleyball team
ⓘ
professional men’s volleyball ⓘ |
| pointsToWinSet | 25 points (15 in deciding set) ⓘ |
| region | nationwide in the United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NCAA women's volleyball
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA women’s volleyball
USA Volleyball (indoor national team training) ⓘ
surface form:
USA Volleyball
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| ruleSet | indoor volleyball rules ⓘ |
| scholarshipStatus |
athletic scholarships allowed at National Collegiate level
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no athletic scholarships at Division III level ⓘ |
| scoringSystem | rally scoring ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | spring ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
at-large bids selected by NCAA committee
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automatic bids for conference champions ⓘ |
| setsPerMatch | best of five sets ⓘ |
| sport | volleyball ⓘ |
| teamSizeOnCourt | 6 players ⓘ |
| usesChampionship |
NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship
ⓘ
NCAA men’s volleyball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship
|
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: NCAA men’s volleyball Description of subject: NCAA men’s volleyball is the top level of collegiate men’s volleyball competition in the United States, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and featuring university teams from across the country.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's volleyball
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's volleyball
this entity surface form:
NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball
this entity surface form:
NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's volleyball