Swimming
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Swimming is a water-based physical activity and sport involving self-propelled movement through water using coordinated limb and body motions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swimming canonical | 5 |
| Olympic Games swimming events | 2 |
| Olympic Games swimming | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5282923 — 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: Swimming Context triple: [The Swimming Hole, originalTitle, Swimming]
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A.
Swimfan
Swimfan is a 2002 teen psychological thriller film about a high school swimmer whose life is upended by a dangerously obsessive admirer.
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B.
Schwimmer
Schwimmer is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and activism.
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C.
World Aquatics
World Aquatics is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating global aquatic sports such as swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving.
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D.
Speedo
Speedo is a globally recognized swimwear and aquatic sports brand known for its performance-focused swimsuits and gear used by elite swimmers.
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E.
Sink or Swim
"Sink or Swim" is the 2007 debut studio album by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, blending punk energy with heartland rock influences.
- 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: Swimming Target entity description: Swimming is a water-based physical activity and sport involving self-propelled movement through water using coordinated limb and body motions.
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A.
Swimfan
Swimfan is a 2002 teen psychological thriller film about a high school swimmer whose life is upended by a dangerously obsessive admirer.
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B.
Schwimmer
Schwimmer is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and activism.
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C.
World Aquatics
World Aquatics is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating global aquatic sports such as swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving.
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D.
Speedo
Speedo is a globally recognized swimwear and aquatic sports brand known for its performance-focused swimsuits and gear used by elite swimmers.
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E.
Sink or Swim
"Sink or Swim" is the 2007 debut studio album by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, blending punk energy with heartland rock influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aquatic sport
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Exercise ⓘ Physical activity ⓘ Sport ⓘ |
| canBePracticedIn |
Lake
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Ocean ⓘ River ⓘ Swimming pool ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Commonwealth Games
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linked to:
Commonwealth Games series
Paralympic Games ⓘ Summer Olympic Games ⓘ World Aquatics Championships ⓘ |
| governedBy | World Aquatics ⓘ |
| hasBenefit |
Calorie expenditure
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Full-body workout ⓘ Low joint stress ⓘ Rehabilitation support ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Competitive sport
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Lifesaving ⓘ Military training ⓘ Recreational activity ⓘ Survival skill ⓘ Therapeutic exercise ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
Backstroke
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Breaststroke ⓘ Butterfly stroke ⓘ Diving ⓘ Freestyle swimming ⓘ Individual medley ⓘ Open water swimming ⓘ Synchronized swimming ⓘ Water polo ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
Drowning
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Hypothermia ⓘ Overuse injuries ⓘ |
| improves |
Cardiovascular fitness
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Flexibility ⓘ Lung capacity ⓘ Muscular endurance ⓘ Muscular strength ⓘ |
| involves |
Coordinated body motions
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Coordinated limb motions ⓘ Self-propelled movement through water ⓘ |
| isLowImpact | True ⓘ |
| isWeightBearing | False ⓘ |
| requiresSkill |
Body position control
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Breathing control ⓘ Buoyancy control ⓘ Kicking technique ⓘ Starts and dives ⓘ Stroke technique ⓘ Turning technique ⓘ |
| usesMedium | Water ⓘ |
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: Swimming Description of subject: Swimming is a water-based physical activity and sport involving self-propelled movement through water using coordinated limb and body motions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Swimming
linked to: Swimming
linked to: Swimming