USL Championship
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The USL Championship is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T102717 — 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: USL Championship Context triple: [U.S. Open Cup, includesClubsFrom, USL Championship]
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A.
USL First Division
The USL First Division was a former professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that served as a second-tier competition below Major League Soccer.
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B.
USL Premier Development League
The USL Premier Development League was a North American amateur soccer league primarily featuring college-aged players and serving as a key developmental platform within the United Soccer Leagues system.
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C.
USL Second Division
The USL Second Division was a former professional third-tier soccer league in the United States operated by United Soccer Leagues.
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D.
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is the top-tier professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada.
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E.
National Independent Soccer Association
The National Independent Soccer Association is a U.S.-based professional third-division soccer league featuring independent clubs outside Major League Soccer and the USL system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: USL Championship Target entity description: The USL Championship is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
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A.
USL First Division
The USL First Division was a former professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that served as a second-tier competition below Major League Soccer.
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B.
USL Premier Development League
The USL Premier Development League was a North American amateur soccer league primarily featuring college-aged players and serving as a key developmental platform within the United Soccer Leagues system.
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C.
USL Second Division
The USL Second Division was a former professional third-tier soccer league in the United States operated by United Soccer Leagues.
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D.
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is the top-tier professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada.
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E.
National Independent Soccer Association
The National Independent Soccer Association is a U.S.-based professional third-division soccer league featuring independent clubs outside Major League Soccer and the USL system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional soccer league
ⓘ
second-division soccer league ⓘ |
| aboveLeague | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| ageRestriction | senior ⓘ |
| broadcastPartner | ESPN family of networks ⓘ |
| clubMembershipType | franchise-based ⓘ |
| competitionGender | men ⓘ |
| competitionType | league ⓘ |
| confederation | CONCACAF ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| divisionLevel | second division ⓘ |
| fieldType | outdoor ⓘ |
| fifaCodeCountry |
CAN
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
USA
|
| formerName |
USL Championship
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
USL Pro
United Soccer Leagues ⓘ
surface form:
United Soccer League
|
| foundedBy |
United Soccer Leagues
ⓘ
surface form:
United Soccer League
|
| genderCategory | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody |
United Soccer Leagues
ⓘ
surface form:
United Soccer League
|
| hasChampionshipFinal | yes ⓘ |
| hasConferences | yes ⓘ |
| hasInternationalPlayers | yes ⓘ |
| hasPlayoffs | yes ⓘ |
| hasPromotionTo | no formal promotion to Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| hasRelegationTo | USL League One ⓘ |
| hasReserveTeams | some clubs operate reserve or affiliate teams ⓘ |
| matchFormat | 11-a-side ⓘ |
| organizer |
United Soccer Leagues
ⓘ
surface form:
United Soccer League
|
| participatesInCup | U.S. Open Cup ⓘ |
| primaryMarket | United States soccer market ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | professional ⓘ |
| professionalTier | second-highest professional tier in United States ⓘ |
| pyramidPosition | second tier of United States soccer pyramid ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| ruleset |
Laws of the Game of association football
ⓘ
surface form:
IFAB Laws of the Game
|
| sanctioningBody |
United States Soccer Federation
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Soccer Federation
|
| seasonFormat | regular season and playoffs ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | spring-to-fall calendar ⓘ |
| shortName | USL Championship self-link ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
| sportFormat | association football ⓘ |
| teamType | club teams ⓘ |
| trophyName | USL Championship trophy ⓘ |
| typicalConferenceNames |
Eastern Conference
ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ |
| websiteType | official league website ⓘ |
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: USL Championship Description of subject: The USL Championship is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
Referenced by (111)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USL Pro
this entity surface form:
USL Pro
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2014 USL Pro Championship
this entity surface form:
USL Championship playoffs
this entity surface form:
USL Championship clubs
this entity surface form:
USL Pro
this entity surface form:
USL Championship (as historical ancestor)
this entity surface form:
USL Championship playoffs
this entity surface form:
Eastern Conference of the USL Championship
this entity surface form:
USL Pro
this entity surface form:
USL Pro championship
this entity surface form:
USL Championship regular season
this entity surface form:
USL Championship playoffs
this entity surface form:
USL Championship Eastern Conference
this entity surface form:
USL Championship playoffs
this entity surface form:
USL Pro Championship 2011
subject surface form:
Sacramento Republic FC
this entity surface form:
USL Championship Western Conference
subject surface form:
Sacramento Republic FC
this entity surface form:
USL Championship Western Conference
subject surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee