Big Ten men's ice hockey
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Big Ten men's ice hockey is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's ice hockey conference featuring major Midwestern and Northeastern universities.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6785087 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Big Ten men's ice hockey Context triple: [Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey, belongsTo, Big Ten men's ice hockey]
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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of small private colleges in the state of Michigan and is recognized as the oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
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B.
Big Ten Conference (men's lacrosse)
The Big Ten Conference (men's lacrosse) is a collegiate athletic league that sponsors NCAA Division I men's lacrosse competition among member universities primarily in the Midwestern and Eastern United States.
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ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
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Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II collegiate athletic conference featuring universities primarily located in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
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Central Collegiate Hockey Association
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a former NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference that featured numerous Midwestern universities and produced several national championship teams and NHL players.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Ten men's ice hockey Target entity description: Big Ten men's ice hockey is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's ice hockey conference featuring major Midwestern and Northeastern universities.
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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed primarily of small private colleges in the state of Michigan and is recognized as the oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
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B.
Big Ten Conference (men's lacrosse)
The Big Ten Conference (men's lacrosse) is a collegiate athletic league that sponsors NCAA Division I men's lacrosse competition among member universities primarily in the Midwestern and Eastern United States.
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ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
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Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II collegiate athletic conference featuring universities primarily located in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
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Central Collegiate Hockey Association
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a former NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference that featured numerous Midwestern universities and produced several national championship teams and NHL players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference
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college athletic conference ⓘ |
| affiliation | Big Ten universities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ageGroup | college athletes ⓘ |
| broadcastPartners |
Big Ten Network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ESPN NERFINISHED ⓘ Fox Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipDetermination | postseason tournament ⓘ |
| competition |
conference tournament
ⓘ
regular season ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Division I ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eligibility | varsity men's ice hockey programs ⓘ |
| feedsInto | NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus | men's collegiate ice hockey ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Michigan State University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio State University NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania State University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Notre Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leagueFormat | college conference ⓘ |
| memberType | university ⓘ |
| organizes |
conference championship
ⓘ
conference schedule ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Big Ten Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantCategory | NCAA member institutions ⓘ |
| region |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| rulesFollowed | NCAA ice hockey rules ⓘ |
| seasonStructure | conference play plus non-conference games ⓘ |
| seasonType | winter sports season ⓘ |
| shortName | Big Ten Hockey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | NCAA Division I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamLimit | varsity teams only ⓘ |
| websiteType | official athletics conference site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Big Ten men's ice hockey Description of subject: Big Ten men's ice hockey is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's ice hockey conference featuring major Midwestern and Northeastern universities.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Big Ten (ice hockey, early years/affiliation context)
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey teams
this entity surface form:
Big Ten men's ice hockey (original WCHA/CCHA alignment predecessor context)
this entity surface form:
Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey programs