2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball's top division, featuring 68 teams competing for the national title each March.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament canonical | 2 |
| 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7095028 — 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: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Context triple: [Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball, NCAAappearances, 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]
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2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball featuring 68 top Division I men's teams competing for the national title.
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2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual March Madness championship event that determined the national champion of U.S. men's college basketball for the 2011–12 season.
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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.
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NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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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.
- 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: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Target entity description: The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball's top division, featuring 68 teams competing for the national title each March.
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A.
2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball featuring 68 top Division I men's teams competing for the national title.
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B.
2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual March Madness championship event that determined the national champion of U.S. men's college basketball for the 2011–12 season.
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C.
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.
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D.
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ |
| champion | Villanova Wildcats men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championSeed | No. 1 seed (East Regional) ⓘ |
| championshipGameDate | 2018-04-02 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| eliteEightEndDate | 2018-03-25 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2018-04-02 ⓘ |
| finalFourAppearanceCountForChampion | 3rd title for Villanova ⓘ |
| finalFourArena | Alamodome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalFourCity | San Antonio, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalFourStartDate | 2018-03-31 ⓘ |
| finalFourTeam |
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Loyola Ramblers men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan Wolverines men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Villanova Wildcats men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | 79–62 ⓘ |
| firstFourCity | Dayton, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFourLocation | University of Dayton Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| mostOutstandingPlayer | Donte DiVincenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostOutstandingPlayerTeam | Villanova Wildcats men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUpset | UMBC Retrievers men's basketball defeated Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball ⓘ |
| notableUpsetDetail | UMBC became the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the men's tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfFinalFourTeams | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 68 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | National Collegiate Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
East Regional
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midwest Regional NERFINISHED ⓘ South Regional ⓘ West Regional ⓘ |
| roundOf64EndDate | 2018-03-16 ⓘ |
| roundOf64StartDate | 2018-03-15 ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Michigan Wolverines men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpSeed | No. 3 seed (West Regional) ⓘ |
| season | 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| startDate | 2018-03-13 ⓘ |
| televisionBroadcaster |
CBS
NERFINISHED
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TBS NERFINISHED ⓘ TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ truTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Description of subject: The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball's top division, featuring 68 teams competing for the national title each March.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
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NCAAappearances
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2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball
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SweetSixteenAppearances
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2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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this entity surface form:
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship