Avco World Trophy
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The Avco World Trophy was the championship cup awarded to the playoff winner of the World Hockey Association, a major professional ice hockey league that operated in the 1970s.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avco World Trophy canonical | 11 |
| Avco Cup | 2 |
| 1978–79 Avco World Trophy Finals | 1 |
| Avco World Trophy 1977 | 1 |
| Avco World Trophy Finals | 1 |
| Avco World Trophy playoffs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3103064 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Avco World Trophy Context triple: [World Hockey Association, championshipTrophy, Avco World Trophy]
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A.
Wanamaker Trophy
The Wanamaker Trophy is the large, historic silver cup awarded annually to the winner of the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major tournaments.
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B.
Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), one of the premier professional ice hockey leagues in Eurasia.
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C.
Paul Bunyan Trophy
The Paul Bunyan Trophy is a college football rivalry trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Michigan–Michigan State game, symbolizing one of the Big Ten’s most storied in-state matchups.
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D.
Kelly Cup
The Kelly Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the ECHL, a North American professional minor league ice hockey organization.
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E.
Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy
The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the gold trophy awarded annually to the NBA team that wins the league’s championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Avco World Trophy Target entity description: The Avco World Trophy was the championship cup awarded to the playoff winner of the World Hockey Association, a major professional ice hockey league that operated in the 1970s.
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A.
Wanamaker Trophy
The Wanamaker Trophy is the large, historic silver cup awarded annually to the winner of the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major tournaments.
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B.
Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), one of the premier professional ice hockey leagues in Eurasia.
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C.
Paul Bunyan Trophy
The Paul Bunyan Trophy is a college football rivalry trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Michigan–Michigan State game, symbolizing one of the Big Ten’s most storied in-state matchups.
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D.
Kelly Cup
The Kelly Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the ECHL, a North American professional minor league ice hockey organization.
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E.
Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy
The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the gold trophy awarded annually to the NBA team that wins the league’s championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
championship trophy
ⓘ
ice hockey trophy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
World Hockey Association–NHL merger
ⓘ
linked to:
1979 NHL–WHA merger
|
| awardedFor | World Hockey Association playoff championship ⓘ |
| awardedTo | WHA playoff champion team ⓘ |
| competition | World Hockey Association ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolvedWith | World Hockey Association ⓘ |
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1973 ⓘ |
| follows | WHA regular season ⓘ |
| genre | sports award ⓘ |
| inception | 1973 ⓘ |
| lastAwarded | 1979 ⓘ |
| league | World Hockey Association ⓘ |
| locationOfFinals | various WHA cities ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Avco Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Avco
|
| notableWinner |
Houston Aeros
ⓘ
New England Whalers ⓘ Quebec Nordiques ⓘ Winnipeg Jets ⓘ |
| partOf | World Hockey Association playoffs ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Edmonton Oilers 1979–80 NHL participation (Stanley Cup competition) ⓘ |
| shape | cup ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Avco Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Avco
|
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| status | defunct trophy ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Avco World Trophy Description of subject: The Avco World Trophy was the championship cup awarded to the playoff winner of the World Hockey Association, a major professional ice hockey league that operated in the 1970s.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Avco World Trophy
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subject linked to:
WHA playoffs 1977
linked to: Avco World Trophy