United Athletic Conference
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The United Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) league that organizes and governs college football competition among its member institutions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Athletic Conference canonical | 19 |
| ASUN–WAC Football Conference | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T177189 — 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: United Athletic Conference Context triple: [FCS, hasConferences, United Athletic Conference]
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A.
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
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B.
Patriot League
The Patriot League is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference known for combining competitive sports with strong academic standards, primarily featuring private and U.S. service academy institutions in the northeastern United States.
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C.
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), primarily comprising universities from the South Central United States.
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D.
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States that sponsors NCAA Division I sports, including the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.
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E.
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily featuring smaller schools from the Northeastern United States, sponsoring competition in multiple sports including football at the FCS level.
- 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 Athletic Conference Target entity description: The United Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) league that organizes and governs college football competition among its member institutions.
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A.
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
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B.
Patriot League
The Patriot League is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference known for combining competitive sports with strong academic standards, primarily featuring private and U.S. service academy institutions in the northeastern United States.
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C.
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), primarily comprising universities from the South Central United States.
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D.
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States that sponsors NCAA Division I sports, including the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.
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E.
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily featuring smaller schools from the Northeastern United States, sponsoring competition in multiple sports including football at the FCS level.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA football conference
ⓘ
college athletic conference ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UAC ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Football Championship Subdivision ⓘ |
| competitionSeason | fall ⓘ |
| competitionType | conference play ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerlyKnownAs |
ASUN–WAC Football Conference
ⓘ
linked to:
United Athletic Conference
|
| governs |
FCS-level football programs
ⓘ
college football ⓘ conference football standings ⓘ regular-season football scheduling ⓘ |
| grants | automatic FCS playoff bid ⓘ |
| hasCompetitionFormat | round-robin or divisional scheduling ⓘ |
| hasCompetitionLevel | sub-bowl subdivision ⓘ |
| hasEligibility |
NCAA Division I institutions
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division I
|
| hasGender | men's sports ⓘ |
| hasGeographicScope | multiple U.S. states ⓘ |
| hasGovernanceScope | member football programs only ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage |
regional sports networks
ⓘ
streaming platforms ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
colleges
ⓘ
universities ⓘ |
| hasPostseasonPath | NCAA Division I FCS playoffs ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryActivity | organizing football competition ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody | conference office ⓘ |
| hasRuleAuthority |
conference bylaws
ⓘ
scheduling agreements ⓘ tie-breaking procedures ⓘ |
| hasScope |
Division I football
ⓘ
intercollegiate athletics ⓘ |
| hasSportCategory | gridiron football ⓘ |
| includesSport | college football ⓘ |
| isA | FCS-only football conference ⓘ |
| isPartOf | NCAA football structure ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy |
NCAA
ⓘ
linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
|
| isSubjectOf | NCAA football realignment discussions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| organizes | college football competition ⓘ |
| regulates |
conference championship determination
ⓘ
member football scheduling ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| sportFormat | 11-man football ⓘ |
| subdivision | NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ |
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 Athletic Conference Description of subject: The United Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) league that organizes and governs college football competition among its member institutions.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.