Border War
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Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Border War canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1022893 — 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.
Target entity: Border War Context triple: [Missouri Tigers baseball team, rivalry, Border War]
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Battle of the Border
The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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Guerra del Asiento
Guerra del Asiento es el nombre en español de la Guerra del Asiento o Guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins, un conflicto del siglo XVIII entre Gran Bretaña y España principalmente por disputas comerciales y coloniales en el Caribe y América.
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Kansalaissota
Kansalaissota is the Finnish term for the Finnish Civil War of 1918, a brief but brutal conflict between the socialist Reds and the conservative Whites that shaped the newly independent nation’s political future.
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June War
The June War, more commonly known as the Six-Day War, was a brief 1967 conflict in which Israel fought neighboring Arab states and dramatically altered the political and territorial landscape of the Middle East.
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War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Border War Target entity description: Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
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A.
Battle of the Border
The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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B.
Guerra del Asiento
Guerra del Asiento es el nombre en español de la Guerra del Asiento o Guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins, un conflicto del siglo XVIII entre Gran Bretaña y España principalmente por disputas comerciales y coloniales en el Caribe y América.
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C.
Kansalaissota
Kansalaissota is the Finnish term for the Finnish Civil War of 1918, a brief but brutal conflict between the socialist Reds and the conservative Whites that shaped the newly independent nation’s political future.
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D.
June War
The June War, more commonly known as the Six-Day War, was a brief 1967 conflict in which Israel fought neighboring Arab states and dramatically altered the political and territorial landscape of the Middle East.
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E.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athletic rivalry
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college sports rivalry ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Border Showdown
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Kansas–Missouri rivalry ⓘ |
| competitionType | intercollegiate athletics ⓘ |
| featuresTeam |
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
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surface form:
Kansas Jayhawks
Missouri Tigers ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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surface form:
NCAA
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| hasCategory |
College basketball rivalries in the United States
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College football rivalries in the United States ⓘ College sports rivalries in the United States ⓘ Kansas Jayhawks sports rivalries ⓘ Missouri Tigers sports rivalries ⓘ |
| hasMainParticipants |
University of Kansas
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University of Missouri ⓘ |
| hasNotableVenue |
Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence
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Faurot Field in Columbia ⓘ Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium) ⓘ
surface form:
Memorial Stadium in Lawrence
Mizzou Arena ⓘ
surface form:
Mizzou Arena in Columbia
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| historicalContext | Bleeding Kansas era violence before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Missouri–Kansas state line
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surface form:
Missouri–Kansas border
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| primaryConferenceContext |
Big 12 Conference
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Big Eight Conference ⓘ |
| rivalryLevel | intense ⓘ |
| rootedIn |
cultural tensions between Missouri and Kansas
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regional tensions between Missouri and Kansas ⓘ |
| sportIncludes |
baseball
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college football ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ other collegiate sports ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ |
| stateInvolved |
Kansas
ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ |
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Subject: Border War Description of subject: Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
Referenced by (6)
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