1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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The 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, famously known as the "Miracle on Ice" squad, was the underdog American team that stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union and went on to win gold at the Lake Placid Winter Games.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347441 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team Context triple: [2002 Winter Olympics, cauldronLighter, 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team]
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Russia men's national ice hockey team
The Russia men's national ice hockey team is one of the sport’s most historically dominant and decorated international teams, known for its skilled play, deep talent pool, and legacy as successor to the Soviet hockey powerhouse.
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Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was the former unified national team of Czechoslovakia and one of the world’s leading international ice hockey powers throughout much of the 20th century.
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Canada men's national ice hockey team
The Canada men's national ice hockey team is one of the world's most successful and historically dominant international hockey teams, renowned for its deep talent pool and numerous Olympic and World Championship titles.
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United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) and one of the league’s Original Six franchises.
- 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: 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team Target entity description: The 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, famously known as the "Miracle on Ice" squad, was the underdog American team that stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union and went on to win gold at the Lake Placid Winter Games.
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Russia men's national ice hockey team
The Russia men's national ice hockey team is one of the sport’s most historically dominant and decorated international teams, known for its skilled play, deep talent pool, and legacy as successor to the Soviet hockey powerhouse.
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Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was the former unified national team of Czechoslovakia and one of the world’s leading international ice hockey powers throughout much of the 20th century.
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Canada men's national ice hockey team
The Canada men's national ice hockey team is one of the world's most successful and historically dominant international hockey teams, renowned for its deep talent pool and numerous Olympic and World Championship titles.
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United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) and one of the league’s Original Six franchises.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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: 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team Description of subject: The 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, famously known as the "Miracle on Ice" squad, was the underdog American team that stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union and went on to win gold at the Lake Placid Winter Games.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Lake Placid, New York
this entity surface form:
1980 "Miracle on Ice" hockey game
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"Miracle on Ice" ice hockey game
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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this entity surface form:
Miracle on Ice team
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Miracle on Ice
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Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Miracle on Ice (informal association)
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United States won gold in men’s ice hockey
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1980 U.S. men's Olympic ice hockey team
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1980 Winter Olympics "Miracle on Ice" game
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United States vs. Soviet Union ice hockey game at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic team
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United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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"Miracle on Ice" U.S. ice hockey team
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"Miracle on Ice" game at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Miracle on Ice victory over the Soviet Union
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United States men's ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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United States men’s ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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U.S. men’s ice hockey team
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Miracle on Ice game against the Soviet Union
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ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics – men's tournament
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ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics – men's tournament
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United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics