Western Conference Second Round

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NHL playoff round sports competition stage

The Western Conference Second Round is the National Hockey League’s conference semifinal playoff stage in which the remaining Western Conference teams compete to advance toward the conference finals.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Western Conference Second Round canonical	2
Western Conference playoffs	2
Western Conference Quarterfinals	1
Western Conference Semifinals	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T904531 — 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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Western Conference Second Round
Context triple: [Western Conference (NHL), hasPlayoffRound, Western Conference Second Round]

A. Western Conference First Round
The Western Conference First Round is the opening playoff series stage in the NHL’s Western Conference, where qualifying teams compete in best-of-seven matchups to advance toward the conference title.
B. Western Conference Finals
The Western Conference Finals is the National Basketball Association’s playoff series that determines the champion of the league’s Western Conference and one of the two teams that advance to the NBA Finals.
C. Eastern Conference Finals
The Eastern Conference Finals is the National Basketball Association playoff series that determines the champion of the league’s Eastern Conference and one of the two teams that advance to the NBA Finals.
D. Wild Card round
The Wild Card round is the opening weekend of the NFL postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in elimination games to advance further in the playoffs.
E. Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the National Hockey League, comprising franchises mainly based in the western regions of North America.
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: Western Conference Second Round
Target entity description: The Western Conference Second Round is the National Hockey League’s conference semifinal playoff stage in which the remaining Western Conference teams compete to advance toward the conference finals.

A. Western Conference First Round
The Western Conference First Round is the opening playoff series stage in the NHL’s Western Conference, where qualifying teams compete in best-of-seven matchups to advance toward the conference title.
B. Western Conference Finals
The Western Conference Finals is the National Basketball Association’s playoff series that determines the champion of the league’s Western Conference and one of the two teams that advance to the NBA Finals.
C. Eastern Conference Finals
The Eastern Conference Finals is the National Basketball Association playoff series that determines the champion of the league’s Eastern Conference and one of the two teams that advance to the NBA Finals.
D. Wild Card round
The Wild Card round is the opening weekend of the NFL postseason in which lower-seeded teams compete in elimination games to advance further in the playoffs.
E. Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of the two primary competitive groupings of teams in the National Hockey League, comprising franchises mainly based in the western regions of North America.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NHL playoff round ⓘ sports competition stage ⓘ
competitionLevel	professional ⓘ
conference	Western Conference ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governingBody	NHL Board of Governors ⓘ NHL Commissioner ⓘ
homeIceAdvantageCriteria	regular season standings ⓘ
involves	remaining Western Conference playoff teams ⓘ
league	National Hockey League ⓘ
loserEliminatedFrom	Stanley Cup contention ⓘ
numberOfSeries	2 ⓘ
occursAfterEvent	end of NHL regular season ⓘ
partOf	NHL postseason ⓘ NHL playoffs ⓘ surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
playoffBracketPosition	second round ⓘ
playoffStageType	conference semifinal ⓘ
purpose	determine qualifier for Western Conference Final ⓘ
relatedCompetition	Eastern Conference Semifinals ⓘ surface form: Eastern Conference Second Round Stanley Cup ⓘ surface form: Stanley Cup Final
seasonPhase	postseason ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
stageAfter	Western Conference First Round ⓘ
stageBefore	Western Conference Final ⓘ
temporalOccurrence	annually ⓘ
tieBreakingMethod	sudden-death overtime ⓘ
typicalFormat	best-of-seven series ⓘ
usesOvertimeRules	Stanley Cup playoff overtime rules ⓘ
winnerAdvancesTo	Western Conference Final ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Conference → hasPlayoffRound → Western Conference Second Round ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Conference (NHL)

Western Conference Finals → precededBy → Western Conference Second Round ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Conference Semifinals

Western Conference First Round → abbreviation → Western Conference Second Round ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Conference Quarterfinals

NHL Western Conference → organizes → Western Conference Second Round ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Conference playoffs

Western Conference Final → precededBy → Western Conference Second Round ⓘ

Central Division (NHL) → playoffPath → Western Conference Second Round ⓘ