Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team
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The Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I program representing Cleveland State University, known for its competitive play in the Horizon League and occasional Cinderella runs in the NCAA Tournament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9161690 — 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: Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team Context triple: [Rollie Massimino, memberOfSportsTeamCoached, Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team]
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A.
University of Akron men's basketball team
The University of Akron men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I program of the University of Akron, competing in the Mid-American Conference and known for its competitive mid-major status and postseason appearances.
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B.
Cleveland Pipers basketball team
The Cleveland Pipers basketball team was a short-lived, early-1960s professional team in the American Basketball League best known for being owned and managed by future New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
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C.
Case Western Reserve Spartans
The Case Western Reserve Spartans are the varsity athletic teams representing Case Western Reserve University in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports.
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D.
Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball
Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program representing Youngstown State University, competing primarily in the Horizon League.
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E.
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of The Ohio State University, known for its rich history, multiple Final Four appearances, and producing legendary players such as John Havlicek and Jerry Lucas.
- 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: Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team Target entity description: The Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I program representing Cleveland State University, known for its competitive play in the Horizon League and occasional Cinderella runs in the NCAA Tournament.
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A.
University of Akron men's basketball team
The University of Akron men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I program of the University of Akron, competing in the Mid-American Conference and known for its competitive mid-major status and postseason appearances.
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B.
Cleveland Pipers basketball team
The Cleveland Pipers basketball team was a short-lived, early-1960s professional team in the American Basketball League best known for being owned and managed by future New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
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C.
Case Western Reserve Spartans
The Case Western Reserve Spartans are the varsity athletic teams representing Case Western Reserve University in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports.
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D.
Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball
Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program representing Youngstown State University, competing primarily in the Horizon League.
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E.
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of The Ohio State University, known for its rich history, multiple Final Four appearances, and producing legendary players such as John Havlicek and Jerry Lucas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | college men's basketball team ⓘ |
| bestNCAATournamentResult | Sweet Sixteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestNCAATournamentYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| cityMarketSize | mid-major market ⓘ |
| conference | Horizon League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceTournamentChampionship |
Horizon League 2009
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horizon League 2021 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstSeason | 1929–30 ⓘ |
| formerConference |
Mid-Continent Conference
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Star Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| hasCinderellaReputation | yes ⓘ |
| homeArena | Wolstein Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCapacity | approximately 13,610 ⓘ |
| homeCity | Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeState | Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Magnus the Viking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaMarket | Cleveland media market ⓘ |
| NCAADivision | Division I ⓘ |
| NCAATournamentAppearance |
1986
ⓘ
2009 ⓘ 2021 ⓘ |
| nickname | Vikings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Dennis Gates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Mackey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUpset | defeated Indiana in 1986 NCAA Tournament ⓘ |
| playsIn | Horizon League men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programLevel | mid-major ⓘ |
| regularSeasonConferenceTitle |
Horizon League 2021
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horizon League 2022 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Akron Zips men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Wright State Raiders men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| schoolColors |
forest green
ⓘ
green ⓘ white ⓘ white with accents of gold ⓘ |
| seedIn1986Tournament | 14 ⓘ |
| shortName | Cleveland State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| studentSectionName | The Viking Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfPlayReputation | defensive intensity ⓘ |
| university | Cleveland State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team Description of subject: The Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team is the NCAA Division I program representing Cleveland State University, known for its competitive play in the Horizon League and occasional Cinderella runs in the NCAA Tournament.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.