1956 NCAA men's basketball championship
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The 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 1955–56 college basketball season, in which the San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, completed back-to-back national championships.
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| 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship canonical | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22271084 — 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: 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship Context triple: [1955 NCAA men's basketball championship, followedBy, 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship]
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1955 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship was the national title game in which the University of San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, captured their first NCAA basketball crown.
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1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which the University of Kansas, led by star center Clyde Lovellette, captured the collegiate basketball crown.
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1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which a Jerry Lucas–led Ohio State Buckeyes team captured the collegiate basketball crown.
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1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.
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1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national collegiate basketball tournament that concluded the 1960–61 season, culminating in Cincinnati winning its first NCAA title.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship Target entity description: The 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 1955–56 college basketball season, in which the San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, completed back-to-back national championships.
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A.
1955 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship was the national title game in which the University of San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, captured their first NCAA basketball crown.
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B.
1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which the University of Kansas, led by star center Clyde Lovellette, captured the collegiate basketball crown.
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C.
1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which a Jerry Lucas–led Ohio State Buckeyes team captured the collegiate basketball crown.
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D.
1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.
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E.
1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national collegiate basketball tournament that concluded the 1960–61 season, culminating in Cincinnati winning its first NCAA title.
- F. None of above. chosen
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