Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
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The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Soviet Union women’s national basketball team Context triple: [Tatyana Ovechkina, memberOfSportsTeam, Soviet Union women’s national basketball team]
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United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team is the dominant international women's basketball squad representing the U.S., renowned for its multiple Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals and deep roster of WNBA stars.
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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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USA Basketball
USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
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Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a prominent Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, historically known for developing elite players such as Alex Ovechkin.
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United States futsal team
The United States futsal team is the national indoor five-a-side soccer team that represents the U.S. in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and CONCACAF championships.
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- 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: Soviet Union women’s national basketball team Target entity description: The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
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A.
United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team is the dominant international women's basketball squad representing the U.S., renowned for its multiple Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals and deep roster of WNBA stars.
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B.
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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C.
USA Basketball
USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
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D.
Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a prominent Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, historically known for developing elite players such as Alex Ovechkin.
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E.
United States futsal team
The United States futsal team is the national indoor five-a-side soccer team that represents the U.S. in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and CONCACAF championships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national sports team of the Soviet Union
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women’s national basketball team ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Cold War era ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1991 ⓘ |
| eraOfDominance | 1950s–1980s ⓘ |
| FIBAWomensWorldCupDebut |
FIBA Women’s World Championship
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surface form:
1959 FIBA Women’s World Championship
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| FIBAZone | FIBA Europe ⓘ |
| gender | women ⓘ |
| governingBody | Soviet Basketball Federation ⓘ |
| homeConfederation | European basketball confederation ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Angelė Rupšienė
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Uljana Semjonova ⓘ
surface form:
Ouliana Semjonova
Tetiana Zakharova ⓘ Uljana Semjonova ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesDebut | 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1976 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament
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1980 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ 1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ multiple EuroBasket Women tournaments ⓘ multiple FIBA Women’s World Championships ⓘ |
| represented |
Soviet Union
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surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successorTeam |
Belarus women’s national basketball team
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Latvia women’s national basketball team ⓘ Lithuania women’s national basketball team ⓘ Russian national women's basketball team ⓘ
surface form:
Russia women’s national basketball team
Ukraine women’s national basketball team ⓘ other post-Soviet women’s national basketball teams ⓘ |
| wonEuroBasketWomenGold |
1950 EuroBasket Women
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EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1952 EuroBasket Women
1954 EuroBasket Women ⓘ EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1956 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1960 EuroBasket Women
1962 EuroBasket Women ⓘ EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1964 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1966 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1968 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1970 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1972 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1974 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1976 EuroBasket Women
1978 EuroBasket Women ⓘ EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1980 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1983 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1985 EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women championship ⓘ
surface form:
1987 EuroBasket Women
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| wonOlympicBronze | 1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ |
| wonOlympicGold |
1976 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament
ⓘ
1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
surface form:
1980 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament
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| wonWorldChampionshipBronze |
FIBA Women’s World Championship
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surface form:
1989 FIBA Women’s World Championship
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| wonWorldChampionshipGold |
FIBA Women’s World Championship
ⓘ
surface form:
1959 FIBA Women’s World Championship
FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
1964 FIBA Women’s World Championship
FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
1967 FIBA Women’s World Championship
1971 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
1975 FIBA Women’s World Championship
FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
1983 FIBA Women’s World Championship
FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
1986 FIBA Women’s World Championship
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| wonWorldChampionshipSilver |
FIBA Women’s World Championship
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surface form:
1957 FIBA Women’s World Championship
FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form:
1960 FIBA Women’s World Championship
|
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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.
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Subject: Soviet Union women’s national basketball team Description of subject: The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team
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formedFrom
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Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
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this entity surface form:
Soviet Union women's national basketball team
Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team
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alsoKnownAs
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Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
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this entity surface form:
Unified Team women's basketball team
this entity surface form:
USSR women's national basketball team
Russian national women's basketball team
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successorOf
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Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
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this entity surface form:
Soviet Union women's national basketball team
this entity surface form:
Soviet Union women's national basketball team
1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament
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bronzeMedalist
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Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
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1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament
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qualifiedTeam
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Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
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this entity surface form:
USSR women's national basketball team