Big Ten Tournament championship
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NCAA Division I men’s basketball conference title
college basketball tournament championship
postseason conference championship
The Big Ten Tournament championship is the postseason title awarded to the winner of the Big Ten Conference’s annual men’s basketball tournament, which determines the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1502593 — 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: Big Ten Tournament championship Context triple: [Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball, conferenceTournamentTitle, Big Ten Tournament championship]
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A.
Big Ten regular season championship
The Big Ten regular season championship is the title awarded to the men's college basketball team that finishes with the best record in Big Ten Conference play over the course of the regular season.
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B.
National Championship Game
The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
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C.
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a long-running postseason college basketball competition in the United States that features teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament.
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D.
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game was the postseason college football matchup that determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision during the Bowl Championship Series era.
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E.
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the football champion of the Southeastern Conference, typically featuring its top teams in a high-stakes postseason contest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Big Ten Tournament championship Target entity description: The Big Ten Tournament championship is the postseason title awarded to the winner of the Big Ten Conference’s annual men’s basketball tournament, which determines the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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A.
Big Ten regular season championship
The Big Ten regular season championship is the title awarded to the men's college basketball team that finishes with the best record in Big Ten Conference play over the course of the regular season.
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B.
National Championship Game
The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
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C.
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a long-running postseason college basketball competition in the United States that features teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament.
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D.
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game was the postseason college football matchup that determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision during the Bowl Championship Series era.
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E.
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game is the annual title matchup that determines the football champion of the Southeastern Conference, typically featuring its top teams in a high-stakes postseason contest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball conference title
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college basketball tournament championship ⓘ postseason conference championship ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Big Ten Tournament championship
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament title
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| associatedWith |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship
|
| awardedBy | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| confers | automatic NCAA Tournament bid ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decidedBy | championship game of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| decides | conference tournament champion of the Big Ten ⓘ |
| determines | Big Ten Conference automatic qualifier to NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| eligibility |
Big Ten Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ten Conference men’s basketball teams
|
| firstAwarded | 1998 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men’s ⓘ |
| governingBody | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| inception | 1998 ⓘ |
| involves | member schools of the Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| locationType | neutral-site arena ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Big Ten Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ten Conference office
|
| partOf |
Big Ten Tournament championship
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament
|
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Big Ten regular season championship
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Ten regular-season championship
|
| seasonPhase | postseason ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | on-court tournament results ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
| winnerReceives |
Big Ten Tournament trophy
ⓘ
automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Big Ten Tournament championship Description of subject: The Big Ten Tournament championship is the postseason title awarded to the winner of the Big Ten Conference’s annual men’s basketball tournament, which determines the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
→
conferenceTournamentTitle
→
Big Ten Tournament championship
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
this entity surface form:
Big Ten men's basketball tournament
this entity surface form:
Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship
Big Ten Tournament championship
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partOf
→
Big Ten Tournament championship
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament title
this entity surface form:
Big Ten men's basketball tournament
this entity surface form:
2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Tournament
subject surface form:
RCA Dome
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Conference men’s basketball tournament