WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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The WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Western Athletic Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1281222 — 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: WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Context triple: [Western Athletic Conference, hasChampionshipEvent, WAC Men's Basketball Tournament]
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A.
Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament
The Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event for women’s basketball teams in the Pac-12 Conference, determining the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
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B.
Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament
The Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.
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C.
Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Mountain West Conference men's basketball is an NCAA Division I collegiate basketball league featuring teams from universities primarily located in the western United States.
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D.
NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament that determines the collegiate basketball champion among NCAA Division II schools in the United States.
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E.
AIAW women’s basketball championship
The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.
- 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: WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Target entity description: The WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Western Athletic Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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A.
Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament
The Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event for women’s basketball teams in the Pac-12 Conference, determining the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
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B.
Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament
The Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.
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C.
Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Mountain West Conference men's basketball is an NCAA Division I collegiate basketball league featuring teams from universities primarily located in the western United States.
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D.
NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament that determines the collegiate basketball champion among NCAA Division II schools in the United States.
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E.
AIAW women’s basketball championship
The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college basketball conference tournament
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postseason basketball tournament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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surface form:
Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| conference | Western Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| determines | Western Athletic Conference tournament champion ⓘ |
| eligibility | member schools of the Western Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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surface form:
NCAA
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| hasParticipantType |
Western Athletic Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Athletic Conference men's basketball teams
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| organizer | Western Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCAA tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I men's basketball postseason
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| purpose |
determine Western Athletic Conference automatic qualifier for NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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determine Western Athletic Conference champion ⓘ |
| region |
western United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
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| relatedCompetition |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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| season | postseason ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| sportCategory | college men's basketball ⓘ |
| sportGoverningOrganization | Western Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
| typeOfQualification | automatic qualifier ⓘ |
| winnerReceives | automatic bid to NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Description of subject: The WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Western Athletic Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
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conferenceRegularSeasonTitle
→
WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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this entity surface form:
2004–05 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season
Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
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conferenceRegularSeasonTitle
→
WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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this entity surface form:
2006–07 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season