FTC World Championship
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The FTC World Championship is the premier international robotics competition event for middle and high school students participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| FTC World Championship canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6784753 — 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: FTC World Championship Context triple: [FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, alsoKnownAs, FTC World Championship]
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A.
FFA Cup
The FFA Cup is Australia’s national knockout football (soccer) cup competition, featuring clubs from both the professional A-League and lower-tier leagues across the country.
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B.
World’s Championship Series
The World’s Championship Series, better known as the Temple Cup, was a late 19th-century postseason baseball series played between the National League’s first- and second-place teams.
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C.
CCCF Championship
The CCCF Championship was an international football tournament that served as the main regional competition for national teams from Central America and the Caribbean before the creation of CONCACAF.
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D.
Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
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E.
The Challenge: World Championship
The Challenge: World Championship is a global all-star edition of MTV’s reality competition franchise, bringing together top contenders from various international versions to compete for a world title.
- 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: FTC World Championship Target entity description: The FTC World Championship is the premier international robotics competition event for middle and high school students participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge program.
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A.
FFA Cup
The FFA Cup is Australia’s national knockout football (soccer) cup competition, featuring clubs from both the professional A-League and lower-tier leagues across the country.
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B.
World’s Championship Series
The World’s Championship Series, better known as the Temple Cup, was a late 19th-century postseason baseball series played between the National League’s first- and second-place teams.
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C.
CCCF Championship
The CCCF Championship was an international football tournament that served as the main regional competition for national teams from Central America and the Caribbean before the creation of CONCACAF.
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D.
Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
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E.
The Challenge: World Championship
The Challenge: World Championship is a global all-star edition of MTV’s reality competition franchise, bringing together top contenders from various international versions to compete for a world title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international competition
ⓘ
robotics competition ⓘ student competition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | FTC World Championship ⓘ |
| awards |
Connect Award
ⓘ
Control Award ⓘ Design Award ⓘ Innovate Award ⓘ Inspire Award ⓘ Judges’ Award ⓘ Motivate Award ⓘ Think Award ⓘ Winning Alliance Award ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | world championship ⓘ |
| focus |
STEM education
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computer science ⓘ engineering ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| fullName |
FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship
ⓘ
linked to:
FIRST Tech Challenge
|
| gameChanges | every season ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
alliance selection
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closing ceremonies ⓘ conference sessions ⓘ elimination tournament ⓘ innovation and outreach presentations ⓘ judged awards ⓘ opening ceremonies ⓘ practice fields ⓘ robot game matches ⓘ team pits ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
develop problem-solving skills
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encourage coopertition ⓘ encourage gracious professionalism ⓘ inspire young people to pursue STEM careers ⓘ promote teamwork and collaboration ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage |
local news outlets
ⓘ
social media ⓘ web streaming ⓘ |
| hasParticipantType |
judge
ⓘ
mentor ⓘ referee ⓘ student team ⓘ volunteer ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| hasVenueType |
arena
ⓘ
large convention center ⓘ |
| includesTeamsFrom |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isRelatedTo |
FIRST Championship
ⓘ
FLL World Festival ⓘ
linked to:
FIRST LEGO League
FRC World Championship ⓘ
linked to:
FIRST Robotics Competition
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizedBy | FIRST ⓘ |
| partOf | FIRST Tech Challenge ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
advancement from FTC regional championships
ⓘ
advancement from FTC state championships ⓘ qualification through regional FTC events ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy |
engineering companies
ⓘ
technology companies ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
high school students
ⓘ
middle school students ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | several days ⓘ |
| usesGameFormat | annual FTC game challenge ⓘ |
| usesPlatform |
Android-based robot controllers
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FTC competition field ⓘ FTC control system ⓘ |
| usesProgrammingLanguages |
Blocks-based programming
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Java ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: FTC World Championship Description of subject: The FTC World Championship is the premier international robotics competition event for middle and high school students participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge program.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
World Championship