1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship
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The 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship was the national title game in which underdog Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, upset heavily favored Georgetown in one of college basketball’s most famous upsets.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | 1 |
| 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship canonical | 1 |
| 1985 NCAA Final Four (men's basketball) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9161694 — 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: 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship Context triple: [Rollie Massimino, achievement, 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship]
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1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers secured the collegiate basketball crown.
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1988 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1988 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game in which the underdog Kansas Jayhawks, led by coach Larry Brown and star forward Danny Manning, captured the national crown in a memorable "Danny and the Miracles" run.
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1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future stars Michael Jordan and James Worthy, secured Smith's first NCAA crown.
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1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1983–84 college basketball season, featuring the University of Houston's famed "Phi Slama Jama" squad in a bid for the national championship.
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1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1982–83 season, famously ending with Jim Valvano’s underdog NC State team defeating heavily favored Houston in one of the most dramatic finishes in college basketball history.
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- 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: 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship Target entity description: The 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship was the national title game in which underdog Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, upset heavily favored Georgetown in one of college basketball’s most famous upsets.
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A.
1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers secured the collegiate basketball crown.
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B.
1988 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1988 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game in which the underdog Kansas Jayhawks, led by coach Larry Brown and star forward Danny Manning, captured the national crown in a memorable "Danny and the Miracles" run.
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C.
1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future stars Michael Jordan and James Worthy, secured Smith's first NCAA crown.
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D.
1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1983–84 college basketball season, featuring the University of Houston's famed "Phi Slama Jama" squad in a bid for the national championship.
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E.
1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1982–83 season, famously ending with Jim Valvano’s underdog NC State team defeating heavily favored Houston in one of the most dramatic finishes in college basketball history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship game
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college basketball game ⓘ |
| attendance | 23,124 ⓘ |
| awayTeam | Villanova Wildcats men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastType | national television broadcast ⓘ |
| city | Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | April 1, 1985 ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| finalScore | Villanova 66–64 Georgetown ⓘ |
| GeorgetownCoach | John Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GeorgetownNickname | Hoyas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GeorgetownRanking | No. 1 in AP Poll entering the game ⓘ |
| GeorgetownStarPlayer | Patrick Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GeorgetownTitleCountBeforeGame | 1 ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| homeTeam | Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingCoach | John Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingScore | 64 ⓘ |
| losingTeamConference | Big East Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostOutstandingPlayer | Ed Pinckney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostOutstandingPlayerTeam | Villanova Wildcats men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Villanova’s highly efficient shooting performance
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major upset in NCAA Tournament history ⓘ one of college basketball’s most famous upsets ⓘ |
| overtime | no ⓘ |
| partOf | NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PatrickEwingTeam | Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | 1984–85 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| televisionNetwork | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournament | 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentFormatContext | last championship game before expansion to 64-team field was fully implemented ⓘ |
| tournamentSeedOfGeorgetown | 1 ⓘ |
| tournamentSeedOfVillanova | 8 ⓘ |
| venue | Rupp Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| VillanovaCoach | Rollie Massimino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| VillanovaFieldGoalPercentage | approximately 78.6% (22 of 28) ⓘ |
| VillanovaFreeThrowPercentage | approximately 90.9% (22 of 24) ⓘ |
| VillanovaNickname | Wildcats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| VillanovaThreePointPercentage | approximately 54.5% (6 of 11) ⓘ |
| VillanovaTitleCountAfterGame | 1 ⓘ |
| VillanovaUnderdogStatus | heavy underdog ⓘ |
| winner | Villanova Wildcats men’s basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningCoach | Rollie Massimino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningScore | 66 ⓘ |
| winningTeamConference | Big East Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1985 ⓘ |
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: 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship Description of subject: The 1985 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship was the national title game in which underdog Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, upset heavily favored Georgetown in one of college basketball’s most famous upsets.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1984 NCAA Final Four (men's basketball)
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this entity surface form:
1985 NCAA Final Four (men's basketball)