IBF
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IBF (International Bowling Federation) is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of bowling worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBF canonical | 5 |
| IBF member federations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9673593 — 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: IBF Context triple: [World Tenpin Bowling Championships, organisedBy, IBF]
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A.
IBF
IBF is one of the major world governing bodies that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards championship titles across multiple weight divisions.
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B.
IBFAN
IBFAN is a global network of organizations that advocates for breastfeeding and monitors and campaigns against unethical marketing of breastmilk substitutes and baby foods.
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C.
IKF
IKF is the International Kabaddi Federation, the global governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of kabaddi worldwide.
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D.
IBAF
IBAF (International Baseball Federation) was the former global governing body responsible for overseeing international baseball competitions and promoting the sport worldwide.
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E.
IBA
IBA is the International Bar Association, a leading global organization of legal professionals and bar associations that works to shape the future of the legal profession and uphold the rule of law worldwide.
- 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: IBF Target entity description: IBF (International Bowling Federation) is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of bowling worldwide.
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A.
IBF
IBF is one of the major world governing bodies that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards championship titles across multiple weight divisions.
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B.
IBFAN
IBFAN is a global network of organizations that advocates for breastfeeding and monitors and campaigns against unethical marketing of breastmilk substitutes and baby foods.
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C.
IKF
IKF is the International Kabaddi Federation, the global governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of kabaddi worldwide.
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D.
IBAF
IBAF (International Baseball Federation) was the former global governing body responsible for overseeing international baseball competitions and promoting the sport worldwide.
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E.
IBA
IBA is the International Bar Association, a leading global organization of legal professionals and bar associations that works to shape the future of the legal profession and uphold the rule of law worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
governing body
ⓘ
international sports federation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IBF ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
National Olympic Committees
ⓘ
continental bowling federations ⓘ |
| formerName |
Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs
ⓘ
World Bowling ⓘ
linked to:
International Bowling Federation
|
| governsDiscipline |
nine-pin bowling
ⓘ
para bowling ⓘ ten-pin bowling ⓘ |
| governsSport | bowling ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | IBF ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| objective |
enhancement of bowling’s international profile
ⓘ
growth of bowling participation ⓘ promotion of bowling as a global sport ⓘ |
| oversees |
international bowling events
ⓘ
world bowling championships ⓘ
linked to:
World Tenpin Bowling Championships
|
| represents | member national bowling federations ⓘ |
| role |
development of bowling as a sport
ⓘ
global governing body for bowling ⓘ promotion of bowling worldwide ⓘ regulation of international bowling competitions ⓘ standardization of bowling rules ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| setsRulesFor | international bowling competitions ⓘ |
| shortName | IBF ⓘ |
| sport | bowling ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | non-profit sports organization ⓘ |
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: IBF Description of subject: IBF (International Bowling Federation) is the global governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting the sport of bowling worldwide.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.