NAIA World Series (college baseball)

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college baseball tournament national championship

The NAIA World Series is the annual championship tournament that determines the national champion of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college baseball in the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
NAIA Baseball World Series	2
NAIA baseball	2
NAIA World Series	1
NAIA World Series (college baseball) canonical	1
NAIA baseball opening round tournaments	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4334695 — 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: NAIA World Series (college baseball)
Context triple: [Lewiston, Idaho, hostsEvent, NAIA World Series (college baseball)]

A. NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament is the annual national championship playoff for top-tier U.S. college baseball teams, culminating in the College World Series.
B. AIAW Women’s College World Series
The AIAW Women’s College World Series was the national championship tournament for U.S. collegiate women’s softball organized by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women prior to the NCAA era.
C. National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament is a prestigious annual spring high school baseball championship in Japan, featuring top teams from across the country competing at Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
D. SEC Baseball Tournament
The SEC Baseball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the baseball champion of the Southeastern Conference, one of the premier college athletic conferences in the United States.
E. Big Ten baseball tournament
The Big Ten baseball tournament is the postseason championship event of the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference, determining its automatic qualifier for the NCAA baseball tournament.
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: NAIA World Series (college baseball)
Target entity description: The NAIA World Series is the annual championship tournament that determines the national champion of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) college baseball in the United States.

A. NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament is the annual national championship playoff for top-tier U.S. college baseball teams, culminating in the College World Series.
B. AIAW Women’s College World Series
The AIAW Women’s College World Series was the national championship tournament for U.S. collegiate women’s softball organized by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women prior to the NCAA era.
C. National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament is a prestigious annual spring high school baseball championship in Japan, featuring top teams from across the country competing at Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
D. SEC Baseball Tournament
The SEC Baseball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the baseball champion of the Southeastern Conference, one of the premier college athletic conferences in the United States.
E. Big Ten baseball tournament
The Big Ten baseball tournament is the postseason championship event of the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference, determining its automatic qualifier for the NCAA baseball tournament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college baseball tournament ⓘ national championship ⓘ
broadcastOn	ESPN3 ⓘ local radio ⓘ
competitionLevel	college ⓘ
competitionType	postseason tournament ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	NAIA baseball national champion ⓘ
eligibility	NAIA member institutions ⓘ
formerName	NAIA Baseball World Series ⓘ linked to: NAIA World Series (college baseball)
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	NAIA ⓘ
governsDivision	NAIA baseball programs ⓘ
hasChampionshipGame	NAIA baseball national championship game ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	national streaming platforms ⓘ regional media ⓘ
hasOutcome	national champion crowned ⓘ
hasParticipants	NAIA baseball teams ⓘ
hasPlayoffStructure	bracketed tournament ⓘ
host	Lewis–Clark State College ⓘ
inception	1957 ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	NCAA College World Series ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament NJCAA World Series ⓘ
isSubjectOf	NAIA baseball record books ⓘ
location	Lewiston, Idaho ⓘ
mostSuccessfulClub	Lewis–Clark State College baseball program ⓘ linked to: Lewis–Clark State College Warriors baseball
numberOfTeams	10 ⓘ
organizer	National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ⓘ
partOf	NAIA baseball ⓘ linked to: NAIA World Series (college baseball) NAIA championships ⓘ linked to: NAIA
qualificationMethod	NAIA baseball opening round tournaments ⓘ linked to: NAIA World Series (college baseball)
region	North America ⓘ
ruleSet	NAIA baseball rules ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seasonOfPlay	spring ⓘ
shortName	NAIA World Series ⓘ linked to: NAIA World Series (college baseball)
sponsorType	corporate sponsors ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
sportCategory	college baseball in the United States ⓘ
teamSport	yes ⓘ
tournamentFormat	double-elimination ⓘ
tournamentStage	final stage of NAIA baseball season ⓘ
usesBallpark	Harris Field in Lewiston ⓘ
venue	Harris Field ⓘ
website	https://www.naia.org/sports/bsb/index ⓘ