International Table Tennis Federation
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The International Table Tennis Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of table tennis, including international competitions and rules.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Table Tennis Federation canonical | 6 |
| ITTF | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3528765 — 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: International Table Tennis Federation Context triple: [Lausanne, hosts, International Table Tennis Federation]
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A.
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the global governing body of tennis, responsible for overseeing international competitions, setting the rules of the sport, and promoting its development worldwide.
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B.
International Volleyball Federation
The International Volleyball Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and organizing international volleyball competitions and setting the sport’s official rules.
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C.
Commission on International Tables
The Commission on International Tables is a committee of the International Union of Crystallography responsible for overseeing and developing the authoritative International Tables reference series used worldwide in crystallography.
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D.
International Amateur Athletic Federation
The International Amateur Athletic Federation, now known as World Athletics, is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of athletics, including track and field, road running, and race walking.
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E.
Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia is the governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting multi-sport events and Olympic-related activities among Asian nations.
- 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: International Table Tennis Federation Target entity description: The International Table Tennis Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of table tennis, including international competitions and rules.
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A.
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the global governing body of tennis, responsible for overseeing international competitions, setting the rules of the sport, and promoting its development worldwide.
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B.
International Volleyball Federation
The International Volleyball Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and organizing international volleyball competitions and setting the sport’s official rules.
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C.
Commission on International Tables
The Commission on International Tables is a committee of the International Union of Crystallography responsible for overseeing and developing the authoritative International Tables reference series used worldwide in crystallography.
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D.
International Amateur Athletic Federation
The International Amateur Athletic Federation, now known as World Athletics, is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of athletics, including track and field, road running, and race walking.
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E.
Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia is the governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting multi-sport events and Olympic-related activities among Asian nations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international sports federation
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table tennis governing body ⓘ |
| changedBallMaterialChangeEffectiveYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| changedBallMaterialTo | plastic ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| foundedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| foundedOn | 1926-01-15 ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| governsAtLevel | international ⓘ |
| governsDiscipline |
doubles table tennis
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mixed doubles table tennis ⓘ para table tennis ⓘ singles table tennis ⓘ team table tennis ⓘ |
| hasMemberType | national table tennis association ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lausanne ⓘ |
| introducedSportToOlympics | table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit organization ⓘ |
| memberOf | Association of Summer Olympic International Federations ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| overseesEvent |
ITTF World Ranking system
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ITTF World Tour ⓘ World Cup (table tennis) ⓘ World Table Tennis Championships ⓘ World Table Tennis Championships ⓘ
surface form:
World Team Table Tennis Championships
|
| publishes |
ITTF Handbook
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Laws of Table Tennis ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
global development of table tennis
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regulation of international table tennis rules ⓘ sanctioning international table tennis events ⓘ |
| setsRulesFor |
international table tennis competitions
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table tennis equipment standards ⓘ table tennis laws of the game ⓘ |
| shortName |
International Table Tennis Federation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ITTF
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| sportGoverned | table tennis ⓘ |
| usesBallDiameter | 40 mm ⓘ |
| usesScoringSystem | best of 5 or 7 games to 11 points ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ittf.com ⓘ |
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: International Table Tennis Federation Description of subject: The International Table Tennis Federation is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of table tennis, including international competitions and rules.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
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hasMember
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International Table Tennis Federation
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International Table Tennis Federation
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shortName
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International Table Tennis Federation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
ITTF
this entity surface form:
ITTF