World Snooker Championship
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The World Snooker Championship is the most prestigious professional snooker tournament, held annually and regarded as the sport’s premier world title event.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4281320 — 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: World Snooker Championship Context triple: [Crucible Theatre, knownFor, World Snooker Championship]
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A.
World Snooker Tour
The World Snooker Tour is the elite professional circuit for snooker, featuring top-ranked players competing in major ranking and invitational tournaments worldwide.
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B.
English Open
The English Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held in England as part of the World Snooker Tour.
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C.
UK Championship
The UK Championship is one of professional snooker’s most prestigious ranking tournaments and a key event in the sport’s Triple Crown.
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D.
Welsh Open
The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held annually in Wales and featuring many of the sport’s top players.
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E.
Alfred Dunhill Cup
The Alfred Dunhill Cup was an international team golf tournament held annually at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland from 1985 to 2000.
- 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: World Snooker Championship Target entity description: The World Snooker Championship is the most prestigious professional snooker tournament, held annually and regarded as the sport’s premier world title event.
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A.
World Snooker Tour
The World Snooker Tour is the elite professional circuit for snooker, featuring top-ranked players competing in major ranking and invitational tournaments worldwide.
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B.
English Open
The English Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held in England as part of the World Snooker Tour.
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C.
UK Championship
The UK Championship is one of professional snooker’s most prestigious ranking tournaments and a key event in the sport’s Triple Crown.
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D.
Welsh Open
The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held annually in Wales and featuring many of the sport’s top players.
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E.
Alfred Dunhill Cup
The Alfred Dunhill Cup was an international team golf tournament held annually at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland from 1985 to 2000.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sporting event
ⓘ
snooker tournament ⓘ world championship ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Snooker World Championship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Crucible curse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceType | global television audience ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | knockout tournament ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| country |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | modern era from 1969 ⓘ |
| finalMatchFormat | best of 35 frames ⓘ |
| firstHeld | 1927 ⓘ |
| founder | Joe Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody |
WPBSA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Snooker Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyAbbreviation | WST NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyPredecessor | Billiards Association and Control Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory | ranking event ⓘ |
| hasPrize | world champion title ⓘ |
| hasTrophy | World Championship trophy ⓘ |
| historicalFormatChange | became knockout format in 1969 ⓘ |
| hostNationSince1977 | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Crucible Theatre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostPrestigiousIn | professional snooker ⓘ |
| notableVenueFeature | intimate theatre setting ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayersInMainDraw | 32 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeededPlayers | 16 ⓘ |
| organiser |
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Snooker Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Triple Crown of Snooker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| qualificationProcess | qualifying tournament prior to main stages ⓘ |
| rankingPoints | highest ranking points in snooker calendar ⓘ |
| regionOfBroadcast | worldwide ⓘ |
| sport | snooker ⓘ |
| status | premier world title event in snooker ⓘ |
| surface | baize snooker table ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage |
BBC Sport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eurosport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ticketDemand | high ⓘ |
| typicalEndMonth | May ⓘ |
| typicalStartMonth | April ⓘ |
| venueSince | Crucible Theatre, 1977 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: World Snooker Championship Description of subject: The World Snooker Championship is the most prestigious professional snooker tournament, held annually and regarded as the sport’s premier world title event.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
2008 World Snooker Championship
this entity surface form:
World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre
subject surface form:
World Snooker Championship
this entity surface form:
Snooker World Championship
this entity surface form:
World Snooker Championship (through commercial arrangements/historically)
this entity surface form:
2005 World Snooker Championship
this entity surface form:
World Snooker Champion