KEC

E400374

ice hockey club sports team

KEC is the common abbreviation for Kölner Haie, a professional ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
KEC canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3924949 — 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: KEC
Context triple: [Kölner Haie, shortName, KEC]

A. KCA
KCA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing life-saving HIV treatment, care, and support to children and families in underserved communities, particularly in Africa and India.
B. KEV
KEV is the common abbreviation for the Krefeld Pinguine, a professional ice hockey club based in Krefeld, Germany.
C. KCB
KCB is the post-nominal abbreviation for Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, a senior British order of chivalry.
D. KCS
KCS is the commonly used abbreviation for Knox County Schools, a public school district serving Knox County, Tennessee.
E. KVP
KVP (Katholieke Volkspartij) was a major Dutch Catholic political party that played a central role in post–World War II Dutch politics before merging into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
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: KEC
Target entity description: KEC is the common abbreviation for Kölner Haie, a professional ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany.

A. KCA
KCA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing life-saving HIV treatment, care, and support to children and families in underserved communities, particularly in Africa and India.
B. KEV
KEV is the common abbreviation for the Krefeld Pinguine, a professional ice hockey club based in Krefeld, Germany.
C. KCB
KCB is the post-nominal abbreviation for Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, a senior British order of chivalry.
D. KCS
KCS is the commonly used abbreviation for Knox County Schools, a public school district serving Knox County, Tennessee.
E. KVP
KVP (Katholieke Volkspartij) was a major Dutch Catholic political party that played a central role in post–World War II Dutch politics before merging into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ice hockey club ⓘ ice hockey club ⓘ sports team ⓘ sports team ⓘ
basedIn	Cologne ⓘ surface form: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
city	Cologne ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany Germany ⓘ
formerName	Kölner Haie ⓘ surface form: Kölner EC
founded	1972 ⓘ
fullName	Kölner Haie ⓘ
hasRivalryWith	Adler Mannheim ⓘ Düsseldorfer EG ⓘ
homeArena	Lanxess Arena ⓘ
homeCity	Cologne ⓘ surface form: Köln
homeCountryLeagueSystem	German ice hockey league system ⓘ
homeGamesLocation	Kölnarena ⓘ surface form: Lanxess Arena, Cologne
languageOfClubEnvironment	German ⓘ
league	Deutsche Eishockey Liga ⓘ
nickname	Die Haie ⓘ
playsIn	Deutsche Eishockey Liga ⓘ
shortName	KEC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
teamColors	black ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kölner Haie → shortName → KEC ⓘ

Kölner Haie → hasAbbreviation → KEC ⓘ

KEC → shortName → KEC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Kölner Haie

Die Haie → shortName → KEC ⓘ