NCAA Division III women’s soccer
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NCAA Division III women’s soccer is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women’s soccer in the United States governed by the NCAA, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance of athletics, academics, and campus life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NCAA Division III women’s soccer canonical | 1 |
| NCAA Division III women’s soccer programs | 1 |
| NCAA Division III women’s soccer teams | 1 |
| NESCAC women's soccer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9610747 — 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)
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Target entity: NCAA Division III women’s soccer Context triple: [Washington University Bears women’s soccer, league, NCAA Division III women’s soccer]
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NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NCAA Division I women’s soccer is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s soccer in the United States, featuring top university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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B.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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C.
NCAA Division III men’s soccer championship
The NCAA Division III men’s soccer championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men’s soccer team among NCAA Division III schools in the United States.
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D.
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse is the intermediate level of U.S. college women's lacrosse competition, featuring schools that balance athletic scholarships with a strong emphasis on academics and regional play.
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E.
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top women's collegiate volleyball team among NCAA Division III schools in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: NCAA Division III women’s soccer Target entity description: NCAA Division III women’s soccer is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women’s soccer in the United States governed by the NCAA, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance of athletics, academics, and campus life.
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A.
NCAA Division I women’s soccer
NCAA Division I women’s soccer is the highest level of intercollegiate women’s soccer in the United States, featuring top university teams competing under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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B.
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
NCAA Division III women's lacrosse is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women's lacrosse in the United States that emphasizes student-athlete balance and broad participation across smaller colleges and universities.
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C.
NCAA Division III men’s soccer championship
The NCAA Division III men’s soccer championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men’s soccer team among NCAA Division III schools in the United States.
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D.
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse
NCAA Division II women's lacrosse is the intermediate level of U.S. college women's lacrosse competition, featuring schools that balance athletic scholarships with a strong emphasis on academics and regional play.
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E.
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top women's collegiate volleyball team among NCAA Division III schools in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college sports competition
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women’s soccer competition ⓘ |
| academicEmphasis | no minimum number of contests required for postseason eligibility beyond NCAA and conference standards ⓘ |
| ageGroup | college-aged athletes ⓘ |
| allows |
academic merit-based financial aid
ⓘ
need-based financial aid ⓘ |
| ballType | size 5 soccer ball ⓘ |
| championshipOrganizer | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | varsity intercollegiate ⓘ |
| competitionStructure |
non-conference regular season matches
ⓘ
regional and national rankings for tournament selection ⓘ regular season conference play ⓘ |
| competitionType | team sport ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| divisionLevel | Division III ⓘ |
| divisionOf | NCAA women’s soccer ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement |
compliance with NCAA Division III amateurism rules
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full-time undergraduate enrollment at member institution ⓘ |
| emphasizes | balance of athletics, academics, and campus life ⓘ |
| fieldType | outdoor soccer field ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
integration of athletics into educational mission
ⓘ
student-athlete experience ⓘ |
| gender | women ⓘ |
| governedByRules |
NCAA Division III Manual
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NCAA soccer rules and interpretations ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Women’s Soccer Rules Committee
|
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingBodyDivision | NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| hasChampionship | NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship ⓘ |
| hasPostseason |
NCAA Division III national tournament
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division III championships
conference tournaments ⓘ |
| matchDuration | two 45-minute halves (standard NCAA soccer timing, subject to rules updates) ⓘ |
| memberInstitutionsType | smaller colleges and universities ⓘ |
| objective | win matches by scoring more goals than opponent ⓘ |
| participantType | women’s college soccer teams ⓘ |
| philosophy |
no redshirting for purely athletic reasons (per Division III philosophy)
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participation and broad-based athletics programs ⓘ |
| region |
NCAA Division III geographic regions
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linked to:
NCAA Division III – Region 7
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| relatedTo |
NCAA Division I women’s soccer
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NCAA Division II women’s soccer ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division II women’s soccer championship
NCAA Division III men’s soccer ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division III men’s soccer teams
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| scholarshipPolicy | non-scholarship ⓘ |
| scholarshipRestriction | no athletic scholarships ⓘ |
| season | fall ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| substitutionRules | NCAA soccer substitution rules for Division III ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | single-elimination championship tournament ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: NCAA Division III women’s soccer Description of subject: NCAA Division III women’s soccer is the non-scholarship collegiate level of women’s soccer in the United States governed by the NCAA, featuring smaller institutions that emphasize a balance of athletics, academics, and campus life.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship
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participantType
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NCAA Division III women’s soccer teams
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linked to: NCAA Division III women’s soccer
NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship
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teamEligibility
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NCAA Division III women’s soccer programs
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linked to: NCAA Division III women’s soccer
linked to: NCAA Division III women’s soccer