The International (Dota 2)
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The International (Dota 2) is Valve’s annual premier Dota 2 world championship tournament, renowned for its massive crowdfunded prize pools and status as one of esports’ most prestigious events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The International (Dota 2) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7639260 — 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: The International (Dota 2) Context triple: [Intel Extreme Masters, competesInMarketWith, The International (Dota 2)]
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A.
Dota
Dota is a rural canton in Costa Rica’s San José Province known for its mountainous landscapes, coffee production, and ecotourism.
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B.
Call of Duty League
Call of Duty League is a professional franchised esports league featuring city-based teams competing in the Call of Duty video game series.
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C.
Riot
Riot is the first name of Riot Rose Mayers, the daughter of singer Rihanna and rapper A$AP Rocky.
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D.
C9 League
The C9 League is an elite alliance of nine top Chinese universities recognized for their leading roles in research, education, and academic excellence.
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E.
Heads Up International
Heads Up International is a jazz-focused record label known for releasing albums by contemporary artists such as Esperanza Spalding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The International (Dota 2) Target entity description: The International (Dota 2) is Valve’s annual premier Dota 2 world championship tournament, renowned for its massive crowdfunded prize pools and status as one of esports’ most prestigious events.
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A.
Dota
Dota is a rural canton in Costa Rica’s San José Province known for its mountainous landscapes, coffee production, and ecotourism.
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B.
Call of Duty League
Call of Duty League is a professional franchised esports league featuring city-based teams competing in the Call of Duty video game series.
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C.
Riot
Riot is the first name of Riot Rose Mayers, the daughter of singer Rihanna and rapper A$AP Rocky.
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D.
C9 League
The C9 League is an elite alliance of nine top Chinese universities recognized for their leading roles in research, education, and academic excellence.
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E.
Heads Up International
Heads Up International is a jazz-focused record label known for releasing albums by contemporary artists such as Esperanza Spalding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dota 2 tournament
ⓘ
Valve event ⓘ annual sporting event ⓘ esports tournament ⓘ world championship ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dota 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
Steam TV
NERFINISHED
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Twitch NERFINISHED ⓘ YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionType | professional ⓘ |
| developerOfGame | Valve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionEvent | Gamescom 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionLocation | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
Valve base contribution
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in-game cosmetic sales ⓘ |
| gameMode | 5v5 team competition ⓘ |
| genre | esports ⓘ |
| hasAudience | online viewers worldwide ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
The International 2011
NERFINISHED
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The International 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2019 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2021 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2022 NERFINISHED ⓘ The International 2023 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormatElement |
double-elimination playoffs
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grand finals ⓘ group stage ⓘ |
| hasGenre | competitive gaming ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSideEvent |
1v1 mid tournament
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All-Star match NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrophy | Aegis of Champions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2011 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
crowdfunded prize pools
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large prize pools ⓘ prestige in esports ⓘ |
| organizer | Valve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantType | professional Dota 2 teams ⓘ |
| platform | PC ⓘ |
| prizePoolCharacteristic | record-breaking amounts in esports ⓘ |
| publisherOfGame | Valve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| qualificationMethod |
Dota Pro Circuit points
ⓘ
regional qualifiers ⓘ |
| region | global ⓘ |
| sport | MOBA ⓘ |
| symbol | Aegis of Champions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalTeamSize | 5 players ⓘ |
| usesFundingMechanism | Battle Pass crowdfunding ⓘ |
| winnerReceives |
Aegis of Champions
NERFINISHED
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championship title ⓘ majority share of prize pool ⓘ |
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
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: The International (Dota 2) Description of subject: The International (Dota 2) is Valve’s annual premier Dota 2 world championship tournament, renowned for its massive crowdfunded prize pools and status as one of esports’ most prestigious events.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Intel Extreme Masters