1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team
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The 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team was a legendary college squad coached by Jim Valvano that made a dramatic underdog run to win the NCAA championship, later chronicled in the documentary "Survive and Advance."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8266982 — 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: 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team Context triple: [Survive and Advance, mainSubject, 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team]
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NC State Wolfpack football
NC State Wolfpack football is the college football program of North Carolina State University, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball is the NCAA Division I program of Wake Forest University, known for competing in the ACC and producing standout players such as Muggsy Bogues, Tim Duncan, and Chris Paul.
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North Carolina–NC State football rivalry
The North Carolina–NC State football rivalry is a longstanding in-state college football matchup between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the NC State Wolfpack that is one of the most intense and tradition-rich rivalries in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team is a storied NCAA Division I program known for its numerous national championships, Hall of Fame players and coaches, and its prominent role in college basketball history.
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NC State Wolfpack baseball
NC State Wolfpack baseball is the NCAA Division I baseball program of North Carolina State University, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference and known for its strong tradition and competitive success.
- 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)
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Target entity: 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team Target entity description: The 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team was a legendary college squad coached by Jim Valvano that made a dramatic underdog run to win the NCAA championship, later chronicled in the documentary "Survive and Advance."
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A.
NC State Wolfpack football
NC State Wolfpack football is the college football program of North Carolina State University, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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B.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball is the NCAA Division I program of Wake Forest University, known for competing in the ACC and producing standout players such as Muggsy Bogues, Tim Duncan, and Chris Paul.
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C.
North Carolina–NC State football rivalry
The North Carolina–NC State football rivalry is a longstanding in-state college football matchup between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the NC State Wolfpack that is one of the most intense and tradition-rich rivalries in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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D.
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team is a storied NCAA Division I program known for its numerous national championships, Hall of Fame players and coaches, and its prominent role in college basketball history.
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E.
NC State Wolfpack baseball
NC State Wolfpack baseball is the NCAA Division I baseball program of North Carolina State University, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference and known for its strong tradition and competitive success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | college men’s basketball team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ACC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipGameFinalScore | 54–52 ⓘ |
| championshipGameNicknameOfOpponent | Phi Slama Jama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipGameOpponent | Houston Cougars men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipGameWinningPlay | last-second dunk by Lorenzo Charles ⓘ |
| city | Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachingPhilosophy | never give up, survive and advance ⓘ |
| conference | Atlantic Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceTournament | 1983 ACC men’s basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defeatedInACCTournament |
North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Wake Forest Demon Deacons men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentaryType | ESPN 30 for 30 film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Survive and Advance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredNCAATournamentAs | ACC tournament champion automatic qualifier ⓘ |
| gender | men’s ⓘ |
| headCoach | Jim Valvano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Reynolds Coliseum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | dramatic underdog run to the national championship ⓘ |
| league | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| legacy | one of the greatest Cinderella stories in NCAA tournament history ⓘ |
| nationalSemifinalOpponent | Georgia Bulldogs men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Cardiac Pack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Dereck Whittenburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lorenzo Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurl Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overallRecord | 26–10 ⓘ |
| region | West Region of the 1983 NCAA tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonConferenceRecord | 8–6 in ACC play ⓘ |
| represented | NC State Wolfpack athletic program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | 1982–83 ⓘ |
| shortName | NC State Wolfpack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | deliberate, late-game clock management ⓘ |
| teamCaptain | Sidney Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentSeed | No. 6 seed in the West Region ⓘ |
| university | North Carolina State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upsetVictimInNCAATournament |
Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team
NERFINISHED
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Nevada-Reno Wolf Pack men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ UNLV Runnin’ Rebels men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonTitle | 1983 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonTournament |
1983 ACC men’s basketball tournament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1983 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team Description of subject: The 1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team was a legendary college squad coached by Jim Valvano that made a dramatic underdog run to win the NCAA championship, later chronicled in the documentary "Survive and Advance."
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