basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Mexico City, featuring national teams competing for the Olympic title under FIBA rules.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11847467 — 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)
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Target entity: basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics Context triple: [basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, nextEvent, basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics]
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basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Rome, featuring national teams from around the world and resulting in a gold medal for the United States.
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basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Tokyo, notable for featuring future stars like Bill Bradley and contributing to the sport’s growing global prominence.
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C.
basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Melbourne, Australia, featuring national teams competing for the Olympic title under FIBA rules.
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D.
1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament
The 1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the men's and women's international basketball competition held in Moscow as part of the 1980 Olympic Games, notable for featuring strong Eastern Bloc teams amid a U.S.-led boycott.
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E.
basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the tournament best known for featuring the USA "Dream Team," the first Olympic basketball squad composed of active NBA superstars.
- 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: basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics Target entity description: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Mexico City, featuring national teams competing for the Olympic title under FIBA rules.
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A.
basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Rome, featuring national teams from around the world and resulting in a gold medal for the United States.
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B.
basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Tokyo, notable for featuring future stars like Bill Bradley and contributing to the sport’s growing global prominence.
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C.
basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Melbourne, Australia, featuring national teams competing for the Olympic title under FIBA rules.
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D.
1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament
The 1980 Summer Olympics basketball tournament was the men's and women's international basketball competition held in Moscow as part of the 1980 Olympic Games, notable for featuring strong Eastern Bloc teams amid a U.S.-led boycott.
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E.
basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the tournament best known for featuring the USA "Dream Team," the first Olympic basketball squad composed of active NBA superstars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic basketball tournament
ⓘ
men's basketball tournament ⓘ |
| ageCategory | senior ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalist | Soviet Union men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfMainVenue | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | group stage and knockout stage ⓘ |
| competitionScope | international ⓘ |
| continentOfHostCity | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1968-10-25 ⓘ |
| fourthPlace | Brazil men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| goldMedalist | United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
FIBA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCity | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostContinent | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Organizing Committee of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostNation | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| level | senior international ⓘ |
| location | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medalEvent | yes ⓘ |
| multiSportEvent | yes ⓘ |
| nextEdition | basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| numberOfConfederations | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfGroupsInPreliminaryRound | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipatingNations | 16 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 16 ⓘ |
| organizedUnder | Olympic basketball tournament format ⓘ |
| partOf | 1968 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Olympic men's basketball tournaments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rules | FIBA rules ⓘ |
| season | 1968 ⓘ |
| silverMedalist | Yugoslavia men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| sportDiscipline | basketball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1968-10-13 ⓘ |
| surface | indoor hard court ⓘ |
| teamsPerGroupInPreliminaryRound | 8 ⓘ |
| timeZoneOfEvent | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
| titleNumberForChampion | 7 ⓘ |
| tournamentPhase |
classification round
ⓘ
final round ⓘ preliminary round ⓘ |
| venue | Palacio de los Deportes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics Description of subject: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the men's international basketball tournament held in Mexico City, featuring national teams competing for the Olympic title under FIBA rules.
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