NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men's ice hockey team in the United States.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225407 — 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 Men's Ice Hockey Championship Context triple: [Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey, notableTournament, NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship]
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ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
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B.
NHL Winter Classic
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, typically held on or around New Year’s Day in iconic open-air venues.
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C.
IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
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D.
World Cup of Hockey
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.
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E.
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship Target entity description: The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men's ice hockey team in the United States.
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A.
ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
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B.
NHL Winter Classic
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, typically held on or around New Year’s Day in iconic open-air venues.
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C.
IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
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D.
World Cup of Hockey
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.
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E.
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA championship
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college ice hockey tournament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Frozen Four ⓘ |
| bracketSize | 16-team bracket ⓘ |
| championshipGameParticipants | 2 teams ⓘ |
| confederation |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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surface form:
NCAA
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| determines |
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national champion
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| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| eligibility |
NCAA Division I
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surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey programs
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| finalStageFormat | semifinals and championship game ⓘ |
| finalStageName | Frozen Four ⓘ |
| firstChampion | Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey ⓘ |
| format | single-elimination tournament ⓘ |
| founded | 1948 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| frozenFourParticipants | 4 teams ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee ⓘ |
| governingRules | NCAA men's ice hockey rules ⓘ |
| governsSeasonEnd | end of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season ⓘ |
| importance | top title in U.S. men's college ice hockey ⓘ |
| inauguralSeason | 1947–48 ⓘ |
| knockoutPhase | single-elimination from regionals through final ⓘ |
| level | collegiate ⓘ |
| monthHeld |
April
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March ⓘ |
| notableProgramWithMostTitles |
Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey
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Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 16 ⓘ |
| organizer | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | determine national champion in men's college ice hockey ⓘ |
| regionalsStructure | four regional brackets ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ NCAA women’s ice hockey tournament ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship
|
| scope | national ⓘ |
| season | NCAA men's ice hockey season ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
at-large bids
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automatic bids for conference champions ⓘ |
| selectionShow | NCAA men's ice hockey selection show ⓘ |
| shortName |
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| sportCategory | college ice hockey in the United States ⓘ |
| televisionPartner | ESPN ⓘ |
| typeOfTitle | national championship ⓘ |
| venueType | neutral site arena ⓘ |
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 Men's Ice Hockey Championship Description of subject: The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men's ice hockey team in the United States.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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shortName
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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determines
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national champion
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
2011 NCAA Frozen Four
this entity surface form:
NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship 1979 with University of Minnesota
this entity surface form:
NCAA men’s ice hockey
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
this entity surface form:
2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Frozen Four (men’s ice hockey)
Boston University–Boston College men's ice hockey rivalry
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sharedTournament
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Boston University–Boston College men's ice hockey rivalry
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notableGameType
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Frozen Four game
Boston University–Northeastern men's ice hockey rivalry
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relatedTournament
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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relatedCompetition
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national champion
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
this entity surface form:
2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
1995 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's ice hockey championship
Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey
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tournamentEligibility
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NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
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this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's ice hockey national championship
this entity surface form:
Division I men's ice hockey tournament
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship
this entity surface form:
NCAA Frozen Four
this entity surface form:
NCAA men's ice hockey championship
subject surface form:
Ed Belfour
this entity surface form:
NCAA men’s ice hockey championship
subject surface form:
NCAA Division I
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship
subject surface form:
Atlantic Hockey
this entity surface form:
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament