Selection Sunday
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Selection Sunday is the annual event when the NCAA reveals and seeds the teams chosen to compete in the Division I men’s basketball tournament, commonly known as the Big Dance.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selection Sunday canonical | 4 |
| Selection Sunday announcement of the tournament field | 1 |
| Selection Sunday show | 1 |
| Selection Sunday television show | 1 |
| SelectionSunday | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T203060 — 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: Selection Sunday Context triple: [The Big Dance, relatedConcept, Selection Sunday]
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A.
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
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B.
Sunday Night Football
Sunday Night Football is a weekly prime-time National Football League broadcast, traditionally airing on Sunday evenings and featuring marquee matchups between top NFL teams.
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C.
Thursday Night Football
Thursday Night Football is the National Football League’s weekly prime-time game series played on Thursday evenings during the regular season.
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D.
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.
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E.
NFL Draft
The NFL Draft is an annual event in which National Football League teams select eligible college football players to join their rosters.
- 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: Selection Sunday Target entity description: Selection Sunday is the annual event when the NCAA reveals and seeds the teams chosen to compete in the Division I men’s basketball tournament, commonly known as the Big Dance.
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A.
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
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B.
Sunday Night Football
Sunday Night Football is a weekly prime-time National Football League broadcast, traditionally airing on Sunday evenings and featuring marquee matchups between top NFL teams.
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C.
Thursday Night Football
Thursday Night Football is the National Football League’s weekly prime-time game series played on Thursday evenings during the regular season.
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D.
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.
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E.
NFL Draft
The NFL Draft is an annual event in which National Football League teams select eligible college football players to join their rosters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA basketball event
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annual event ⓘ sports scheduling event ⓘ sports television program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
NCAA Tournament Selection Show
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show
NCAA Tournament Selection Show ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium |
online streaming
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
CBS
ⓘ
TBS ⓘ |
| competition |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| determines |
regions for participating teams
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tournament matchups ⓘ tournament seeds ⓘ |
| follows | end of conference tournaments ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | sports special ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis by commentators
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bracket reveal ⓘ interviews with coaches and players ⓘ |
| involves |
announcement of bubble teams’ fate
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evaluation of team résumés ⓘ selection committee ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | United States television networks studios ⓘ |
| nicknameOfCompetition | Big Dance ⓘ |
| organizer |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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surface form:
NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| precedes | start of NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
announce at‑large bids and automatic qualifiers
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reveal NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament field ⓘ reveal tournament seeding and bracket ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
First Four
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NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form:
March Madness
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ Selection Monday ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| subjectOf | sports media coverage ⓘ |
| targetAudience | college basketball fans ⓘ |
| typicalDayOfWeek | Sunday ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | March ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bracket prediction by fans
ⓘ
office pools and bracket contests ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Selection Sunday Description of subject: Selection Sunday is the annual event when the NCAA reveals and seeds the teams chosen to compete in the Division I men’s basketball tournament, commonly known as the Big Dance.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Selection Sunday announcement of the tournament field
this entity surface form:
Selection Sunday show
this entity surface form:
SelectionSunday
this entity surface form:
Selection Sunday television show