1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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The 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team was the underdog American squad that won a historic gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, marking the country's first Olympic hockey championship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team canonical | 1 |
| 1960 United States men's Olympic ice hockey team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11292972 — 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: 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team Context triple: [Bill Christian, isPartOf, 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team]
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1984 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
The 1984 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team was the national squad that represented the United States in men's ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
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1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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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Soviet Union national ice hockey team
The Soviet Union national ice hockey team was a dominant international powerhouse, renowned for its skillful, disciplined play and multiple world and Olympic titles during the Cold War era.
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Unified Team Olympic ice hockey team
The Unified Team Olympic ice hockey team was the temporary post-Soviet squad that competed under the Olympic flag at the 1992 Winter Games, bringing together players from several former Soviet republics.
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United States men's national ice hockey team
The United States men's national ice hockey team is the senior national squad representing the U.S. in international ice hockey competitions such as the IIHF World Championships and the Olympic Games.
- 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: 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team Target entity description: The 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team was the underdog American squad that won a historic gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, marking the country's first Olympic hockey championship.
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1984 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
The 1984 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team was the national squad that represented the United States in men's ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
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B.
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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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C.
Soviet Union national ice hockey team
The Soviet Union national ice hockey team was a dominant international powerhouse, renowned for its skillful, disciplined play and multiple world and Olympic titles during the Cold War era.
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D.
Unified Team Olympic ice hockey team
The Unified Team Olympic ice hockey team was the temporary post-Soviet squad that competed under the Olympic flag at the 1992 Winter Games, bringing together players from several former Soviet republics.
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E.
United States men's national ice hockey team
The United States men's national ice hockey team is the senior national squad representing the U.S. in international ice hockey competitions such as the IIHF World Championships and the Olympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic ice hockey team
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national ice hockey team ⓘ |
| achievement | first Olympic ice hockey gold medal for the United States ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team
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1960 United States men's Olympic ice hockey team ⓘ
linked to:
1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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| captain | Jack Kirrane ⓘ |
| coach | Jack Riley ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | round-robin final group ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | international ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| event | 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| finalStanding | 1st place ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| goaltender |
Jack McCartan
ⓘ
Larry Palmer ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Amateur Hockey Association of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
USA Hockey
|
| headCoach | Jack Riley ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first time the United States won Olympic ice hockey gold ⓘ |
| legacy | precursor to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. team in historical significance ⓘ |
| location |
Squaw Valley
ⓘ
Squaw Valley, California ⓘ
linked to:
Squaw Valley
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| medal | gold medal ⓘ |
| notableVictory |
victory over Canada in 1960 Winter Olympics
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victory over Soviet Union in 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| player |
Bill Christian
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Bill Cleary ⓘ Bill Reichart ⓘ Bob Cleary ⓘ Bob McVey ⓘ Bob Pangburn ⓘ George Konik ⓘ Jack Kirrane ⓘ Jack McCartan ⓘ John Mayasich ⓘ John Riley ⓘ Larry Alm ⓘ Paul Johnson ⓘ Roger Christian ⓘ Tommy Williams ⓘ Weldon Olson ⓘ |
| represented | United States at the 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| representedIn | Olympic Games ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| status | underdog ⓘ |
| tournament |
men's ice hockey tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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linked to:
Olympic men's ice hockey tournament
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| year | 1960 ⓘ |
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: 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team Description of subject: The 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team was the underdog American squad that won a historic gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, marking the country's first Olympic hockey championship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
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alsoKnownAs
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1960 United States men's Olympic ice hockey team
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linked to: 1960 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team