Cotton Bowl Classic
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The Cotton Bowl Classic is a historic annual college football bowl game, traditionally held in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, that now serves as one of the rotating New Year's Six bowls in the College Football Playoff system.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotton Bowl Classic canonical | 13 |
| 1922 Dixie Classic | 1 |
| 1984 Cotton Bowl Classic | 1 |
| 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic | 1 |
| AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic | 1 |
| Cotton Bowl Athletic Association | 1 |
| Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T79242 — 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: Cotton Bowl Classic Context triple: [College Football Playoff, includesBowl, Cotton Bowl Classic]
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A.
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is one of college football’s oldest and most prestigious postseason bowl games, traditionally held in the Miami area and often featuring top-ranked teams.
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B.
Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl is a historic college football stadium and annual bowl game in Pasadena, California, often called "The Granddaddy of Them All" and now a key part of the College Football Playoff.
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C.
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is one of college football’s oldest and most prestigious postseason bowl games, traditionally held in New Orleans and often featuring top-ranked teams.
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D.
NFC Championship
The NFC Championship is the annual National Football Conference title game in the NFL that determines one of the two teams advancing to the Super Bowl.
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E.
National Championship Game
The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
- 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: Cotton Bowl Classic Target entity description: The Cotton Bowl Classic is a historic annual college football bowl game, traditionally held in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, that now serves as one of the rotating New Year's Six bowls in the College Football Playoff system.
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A.
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is one of college football’s oldest and most prestigious postseason bowl games, traditionally held in the Miami area and often featuring top-ranked teams.
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B.
Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl is a historic college football stadium and annual bowl game in Pasadena, California, often called "The Granddaddy of Them All" and now a key part of the College Football Playoff.
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C.
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is one of college football’s oldest and most prestigious postseason bowl games, traditionally held in New Orleans and often featuring top-ranked teams.
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D.
NFC Championship
The NFC Championship is the annual National Football Conference title game in the NFL that determines one of the two teams advancing to the Super Bowl.
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E.
National Championship Game
The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sporting event
ⓘ
college football bowl game ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cotton Bowl Classic
ⓘ
surface form:
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
|
| category |
College football bowls in Texas
ⓘ
New Year’s Six bowls ⓘ
surface form:
New Year's Six bowls
Sports competitions in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ⓘ |
| conferenceTieIn |
Big 12 Conference
ⓘ
Southeastern Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentVenue | AT&T Stadium ⓘ |
| firstGameDate | January 1, 1937 ⓘ |
| formerConferenceTieIn |
Big Ten Conference
ⓘ
Pac-12 Conference ⓘ Southwest Conference ⓘ |
| formerSponsor |
AT&T
ⓘ
Cotton Bowl Classic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
Mobil ⓘ Southwestern Bell ⓘ
surface form:
SBC Communications
Southwestern Bell ⓘ |
| formerVenue |
Cotton Bowl
ⓘ
surface form:
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
|
| hasInception | 1937 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.attcottonbowl.com/ ⓘ |
| inceptionSeason | 1937–38 bowl season ⓘ |
| levelOfCompetition |
Football Bowl Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I FBS
|
| locatedIn |
Arlington, Texas
ⓘ
Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInArea | Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cotton Bowl
ⓘ
surface form:
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
|
| notableFeature | one of the oldest major college football bowl games ⓘ |
| organizer |
Cotton Bowl Classic
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association
|
| partOf |
College Football Playoff
ⓘ
surface form:
College Football Playoff system
New Year’s Six bowls ⓘ
surface form:
New Year's Six
|
| playoffRole |
New Year’s Six bowls
ⓘ
surface form:
New Year's Six bowl
rotating College Football Playoff semifinal ⓘ |
| region | Texas ⓘ |
| rotationWith |
Fiesta Bowl
ⓘ
Orange Bowl ⓘ Peach Bowl ⓘ Rose Bowl ⓘ
surface form:
Rose Bowl Game
Sugar Bowl ⓘ |
| scheduling | postseason ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Goodyear
|
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| televisionPartner | ESPN ⓘ |
| traditionalDate |
New Year’s Day
ⓘ
surface form:
New Year's Day
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| typicalKickoffTime | afternoon ⓘ |
| venue |
AT&T Stadium
ⓘ
Cotton Bowl ⓘ
surface form:
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cotton Bowl Classic Description of subject: The Cotton Bowl Classic is a historic annual college football bowl game, traditionally held in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, that now serves as one of the rotating New Year's Six bowls in the College Football Playoff system.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
College Football Playoff
this entity surface form:
1922 Dixie Classic
this entity surface form:
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association
this entity surface form:
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
this entity surface form:
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
this entity surface form:
2014 Cotton Bowl Classic
this entity surface form:
1984 Cotton Bowl Classic