2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional
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The 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional was a round of the national college basketball championship tournament that determined which teams advanced to the Final Four.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional canonical | 1 |
| 2008 NCAA men’s basketball Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight round | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3097191 — 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: 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional Context triple: [NRG Stadium, hostedEvent, 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional]
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A.
2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 2007–08 college basketball season, famously won by the Kansas Jayhawks after Mario Chalmers’ last-second three-pointer forced overtime against the Memphis Tigers.
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B.
2007 NCAA Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Tournament was the Division I men's college basketball championship in which the Florida Gators successfully defended their national title, culminating the 2006–07 season.
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C.
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual March Madness championship in which Duke defeated Butler in a dramatic title game, highlighted by Butler's historic underdog run to the final.
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D.
2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the title game in which the University of Florida completed back-to-back national championships by defeating Ohio State to cap the 2006–07 college basketball season.
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E.
2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual March Madness championship event that culminated in the UConn Huskies defeating the Butler Bulldogs to win the national title.
- 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: 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional Target entity description: The 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional was a round of the national college basketball championship tournament that determined which teams advanced to the Final Four.
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A.
2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 2007–08 college basketball season, famously won by the Kansas Jayhawks after Mario Chalmers’ last-second three-pointer forced overtime against the Memphis Tigers.
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B.
2007 NCAA Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Tournament was the Division I men's college basketball championship in which the Florida Gators successfully defended their national title, culminating the 2006–07 season.
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C.
2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual March Madness championship in which Duke defeated Butler in a dramatic title game, highlighted by Butler's historic underdog run to the final.
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D.
2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the title game in which the University of Florida completed back-to-back national championships by defeating Ohio State to cap the 2006–07 college basketball season.
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E.
2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual March Madness championship event that culminated in the UConn Huskies defeating the Butler Bulldogs to win the national title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament round
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sports event series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional
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surface form:
2008 NCAA men’s basketball Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight round
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| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| determines | Final Four qualifiers ⓘ |
| division |
NCAA Division I
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surface form:
NCAA Division I men’s basketball
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| followedBy |
2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
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surface form:
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four
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| format | single-elimination tournament ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men’s ⓘ |
| includesRound |
Elite Eight
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Sweet Sixteen ⓘ |
| numberOfRegionals | 4 ⓘ |
| organizer | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| partOf |
2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
ⓘ
surface form:
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
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| precededBy | 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Rounds ⓘ |
| regionsIncluded |
East Region
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surface form:
East Regional
Midwest Region ⓘ
surface form:
Midwest Regional
South Region ⓘ
surface form:
South Regional
West Regional ⓘ |
| season |
2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
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surface form:
2007–08 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| tournamentStage | regional round ⓘ |
| tournamentStageRole | determined Final Four participants ⓘ |
| tournamentType | national college basketball championship ⓘ |
| year | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional Description of subject: The 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional was a round of the national college basketball championship tournament that determined which teams advanced to the Final Four.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional
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alsoKnownAs
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2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional
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this entity surface form:
2008 NCAA men’s basketball Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight round