Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records, responsible for certifying aviation and spaceflight achievements.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fédération Aéronautique Internationale canonical | 13 |
| FAI Ballooning Commission | 1 |
| FAI General Conference | 1 |
| FAI world and continental championships system | 1 |
| The World Air Sports Federation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6675266 — 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: Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Context triple: [Messerschmitt Me 209 V1, recordCertifiedBy, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]
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A.
Union Académique Internationale
The Union Académique Internationale is a global federation of national academies dedicated to advancing collaborative research and publications in the humanities and social sciences.
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B.
Aéro-Club de France
Aéro-Club de France is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious aviation organizations, historically influential in promoting early flight and issuing pilot licenses.
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C.
Global Association of International Sports Federations
The Global Association of International Sports Federations is an umbrella organization that brings together and represents the interests of international sports governing bodies worldwide.
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D.
FAI
FAI is the IATA airport code for Fairbanks International Airport, a major air transport hub serving Fairbanks and interior Alaska.
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E.
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.
- 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: Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Target entity description: The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records, responsible for certifying aviation and spaceflight achievements.
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A.
Union Académique Internationale
The Union Académique Internationale is a global federation of national academies dedicated to advancing collaborative research and publications in the humanities and social sciences.
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B.
Aéro-Club de France
Aéro-Club de France is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious aviation organizations, historically influential in promoting early flight and issuing pilot licenses.
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C.
Global Association of International Sports Federations
The Global Association of International Sports Federations is an umbrella organization that brings together and represents the interests of international sports governing bodies worldwide.
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D.
FAI
FAI is the IATA airport code for Fairbanks International Airport, a major air transport hub serving Fairbanks and interior Alaska.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aeronautical organization
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international sports federation ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FAI ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| field |
aeronautics
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air sports ⓘ aviation ⓘ spaceflight records ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| foundingDate | October 14, 1905 ⓘ |
| governsSport |
aerobatics
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ballooning ⓘ drone sports ⓘ general aviation air sports ⓘ gliding ⓘ hang gliding ⓘ helicopter air sports ⓘ microlight flying ⓘ model aircraft flying ⓘ paragliding ⓘ paramotoring ⓘ space records ⓘ |
| hasCommissionType |
air sport commissions
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technical commissions ⓘ |
| hasExecutiveBody | FAI Executive Board ⓘ |
| hasMainGoverningBody |
FAI General Conference
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linked to:
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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| hasMemberType | national airsport control organizations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lausanne, Switzerland ⓘ |
| inception | 1905 ⓘ |
| legalForm | association ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| motto |
The World Air Sports Federation
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linked to:
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
|
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| purpose |
certification of aeronautical world records
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certification of spaceflight records ⓘ governing body for air sports ⓘ |
| recognisedBy | International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
maintenance of world record database for air sports
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standardization of rules for international air sport competitions ⓘ verification of aviation world records ⓘ verification of spaceflight world records ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| shortName | FAI ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | non-profit ⓘ |
| usesRecordCode | FAI sporting code ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fai.org ⓘ |
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: Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Description of subject: The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records, responsible for certifying aviation and spaceflight achievements.
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