2008 NLL championship
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The 2008 NLL Championship was the National Lacrosse League title series in which the Buffalo Bandits captured the league’s top honor for that season.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2008 NLL championship canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5463278 — 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 NLL championship Context triple: [Buffalo Bandits, leagueTitle, 2008 NLL championship]
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A.
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a professional indoor box lacrosse league in North America featuring teams from the United States and Canada.
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B.
Cyclone Taylor Cup
The Cyclone Taylor Cup is a Canadian ice hockey trophy awarded annually to the champion of British Columbia’s top junior B hockey league, named in honor of legendary player Cyclone Taylor.
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C.
2008 MLS Cup
The 2008 MLS Cup was the Major League Soccer championship match that concluded the 2008 season and crowned the league’s top club in North America’s premier professional soccer league.
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D.
2018 NWSL Championship
The 2018 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's season-ending title match held in 2018 to determine the league champion.
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E.
Ed Chynoweth Cup
The Ed Chynoweth Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the Western Hockey League in Canadian major junior ice hockey.
- 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 NLL championship Target entity description: The 2008 NLL Championship was the National Lacrosse League title series in which the Buffalo Bandits captured the league’s top honor for that season.
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A.
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a professional indoor box lacrosse league in North America featuring teams from the United States and Canada.
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B.
Cyclone Taylor Cup
The Cyclone Taylor Cup is a Canadian ice hockey trophy awarded annually to the champion of British Columbia’s top junior B hockey league, named in honor of legendary player Cyclone Taylor.
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C.
2008 MLS Cup
The 2008 MLS Cup was the Major League Soccer championship match that concluded the 2008 season and crowned the league’s top club in North America’s premier professional soccer league.
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D.
2018 NWSL Championship
The 2018 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's season-ending title match held in 2018 to determine the league champion.
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E.
Ed Chynoweth Cup
The Ed Chynoweth Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the Western Hockey League in Canadian major junior ice hockey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Lacrosse League championship game
ⓘ
sports championship ⓘ |
| arena | HSBC Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendance | 18390 ⓘ |
| awayTeam | Portland LumberJax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
TSN2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Versus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Buffalo Bandits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference |
Eastern Division champion Buffalo Bandits
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Division champion Portland LumberJax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | May 17, 2008 ⓘ |
| decidesTitleFor | 2008 National Lacrosse League season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredTeam |
Buffalo Bandits
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portland LumberJax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | Buffalo Bandits 14–13 Portland LumberJax ⓘ |
| format | single-game championship ⓘ |
| homeTeam | Buffalo Bandits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Buffalo Bandits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | National Lacrosse League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingCoach | Derek Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Mark Steenhuis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 2009 NLL Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 2007 NLL Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Portland LumberJax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | 2008 NLL season ⓘ |
| sport | box lacrosse ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| winner | Buffalo Bandits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningCoach | Darris Kilgour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningFranchiseTitleNumber | 4 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2008 NLL championship Description of subject: The 2008 NLL Championship was the National Lacrosse League title series in which the Buffalo Bandits captured the league’s top honor for that season.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.