NFL Draft
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The NFL Draft is an annual event in which National Football League teams select eligible college football players to join their rosters.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NFL Draft canonical | 50 |
| 2018 NFL Draft | 4 |
| NFL draft | 3 |
| 1994 NFL Draft | 2 |
| 2015 NFL Draft | 2 |
| NFL Supplemental Draft | 2 |
| 1981 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 1989 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 1997 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 2005 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 2006 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 2012 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 2021 NFL Draft | 1 |
| 2023 NFL Draft | 1 |
| National Football League Draft history | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T102310 — 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: NFL Draft Context triple: [National Football League, hasDraft, NFL Draft]
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A.
MLB Draft
The MLB Draft is Major League Baseball’s annual event in which professional teams select eligible amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to join their organizations.
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NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft is the annual event in which National Hockey League teams select rights to eligible amateur ice hockey players from around the world.
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C.
NFL–AFL merger
The NFL–AFL merger was the 1970 unification of the National Football League and the American Football League into a single league that created the modern NFL structure and led to the establishment of the Super Bowl as a championship game between the two conferences.
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D.
National Football League
The National Football League is the premier professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams that compete annually for the Super Bowl championship.
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College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
- 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: NFL Draft Target entity description: The NFL Draft is an annual event in which National Football League teams select eligible college football players to join their rosters.
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A.
MLB Draft
The MLB Draft is Major League Baseball’s annual event in which professional teams select eligible amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to join their organizations.
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B.
NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft is the annual event in which National Hockey League teams select rights to eligible amateur ice hockey players from around the world.
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C.
NFL playoffs
The NFL playoffs are the National Football League’s postseason elimination tournament that determines which teams advance to and ultimately compete in the Super Bowl.
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D.
NFL–AFL merger
The NFL–AFL merger was the 1970 unification of the National Football League and the American Football League into a single league that created the modern NFL structure and led to the establishment of the Super Bowl as a championship game between the two conferences.
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E.
National Football League
The National Football League is the premier professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams that compete annually for the Super Bowl championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sporting event
ⓘ
player selection meeting ⓘ sports draft ⓘ |
| broadcastPartners |
ABC
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ESPN ⓘ NFL Network ⓘ |
| competitiveBalanceGoal | to help weaker teams improve more quickly ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| economicImpact |
drives advertising and sponsorship revenue for NFL
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generates significant tourism revenue for host city ⓘ |
| eligibilityRule |
player must be at least three years removed from high school
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underclassmen must be granted special eligibility by the NFL ⓘ |
| eligibilitySource |
NCAA college football programs
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linked to:
NCAA Division I
other amateur or international leagues ⓘ |
| fanEngagement |
includes fan festivals and interactive events
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includes live audiences at draft venues ⓘ |
| firstHeld | 1936 ⓘ |
| founder | Bert Bell ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody |
NFL Commissioner
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NFL Management Council ⓘ |
| historicalFormatChange |
moved from weekday event to prime-time television event
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reduced from many rounds to seven rounds ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | professional ⓘ |
| legalStatus | governed by NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement ⓘ |
| locationPolicy | host city rotates annually ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
extensive national television coverage in the United States
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live streaming on digital platforms ⓘ |
| notableHostCity |
Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Las Vegas ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nashville ⓘ New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ |
| numberOfRounds | 7 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | National Football League ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| preDraftProcess |
interviews with players
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medical examinations ⓘ player evaluation by NFL teams ⓘ workout drills ⓘ |
| primaryParticipants |
NFL teams
ⓘ
college football players ⓘ |
| purpose | to allocate eligible players to NFL teams ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
compensatory draft picks
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draft pick trades ⓘ rookie contracts ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
NFL Scouting Combine
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NFL free agency period ⓘ Pro Day workouts ⓘ |
| selectionMechanism | teams select players in a predetermined order ⓘ |
| selectionOrderAdjustment | playoff results affect draft order ⓘ |
| selectionOrderBasis | previous season standings ⓘ |
| selectionOrderRule |
Super Bowl champion picks last in each round
ⓘ
team with worst record picks first in each round ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| teamRosterImpact | primary mechanism for adding young talent to NFL rosters ⓘ |
| typicalStartMonth | April ⓘ |
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: NFL Draft Description of subject: The NFL Draft is an annual event in which National Football League teams select eligible college football players to join their rosters.
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