NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship
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The NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men’s volleyball team among NCAA Division III programs in the United States.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4398482 — 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: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship Context triple: [NCAA men’s volleyball, usesChampionship, NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship]
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NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top women's collegiate volleyball team among NCAA Division III schools in the United States.
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NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship is an annual collegiate tournament that crowns the national champion among U.S. Division II women's volleyball programs.
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C.
NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship
The NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship is an annual collegiate tournament in the United States that crowns the national men’s tennis team and individual champions among Division III schools.
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D.
NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament
The NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament is an annual single-elimination championship that determines the national title among U.S. colleges competing at the Division III level.
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E.
NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top men's ice hockey team among U.S. colleges competing at the NCAA Division III level.
- 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)
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Target entity: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship Target entity description: The NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men’s volleyball team among NCAA Division III programs in the United States.
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A.
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top women's collegiate volleyball team among NCAA Division III schools in the United States.
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B.
NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship is an annual collegiate tournament that crowns the national champion among U.S. Division II women's volleyball programs.
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C.
NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship
The NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship is an annual collegiate tournament in the United States that crowns the national men’s tennis team and individual champions among Division III schools.
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NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament
The NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament is an annual single-elimination championship that determines the national title among U.S. colleges competing at the Division III level.
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E.
NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top men's ice hockey team among U.S. colleges competing at the NCAA Division III level.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA championship
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college men’s volleyball tournament ⓘ |
| ballType | volleyball ⓘ |
| category |
NCAA Division III championships
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men’s volleyball competitions in the United States ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | collegiate ⓘ |
| confersTitle | NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball National Champion ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| determines | NCAA Division III men’s volleyball national champion ⓘ |
| division | NCAA Division III ⓘ |
| eligibility |
NCAA Division III institutions
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linked to:
NCAA Division III
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| format | single-elimination tournament ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBody |
NCAA
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linked to:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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| hasComponent |
national championship match
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national semifinals ⓘ regional rounds ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| indoorOrOutdoor | indoor ⓘ |
| languageOfCompetition | English ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtInception | 9 ⓘ |
| organizer | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| participantType | NCAA Division III men’s volleyball programs ⓘ |
| purpose | to crown the NCAA Division III men’s volleyball national champion ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
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NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship ⓘ NCAA Men’s National Collegiate Volleyball Championship ⓘ |
| ruleSet | NCAA men’s volleyball rules ⓘ |
| scheduling | held after conclusion of regular season and conference tournaments ⓘ |
| scope | national championship ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | end of NCAA men’s volleyball season ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | automatic bids and at-large bids ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | NCAA Men’s Volleyball Committee ⓘ |
| sport | men’s volleyball ⓘ |
| teamSport | true ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | various regional and streaming broadcasters ⓘ |
| typicalTournamentMonth | April ⓘ |
| typicalVenueType | indoor college arenas ⓘ |
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: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship Description of subject: The NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top collegiate men’s volleyball team among NCAA Division III programs in the United States.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship
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relatedCompetition
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NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship
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linked to: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
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relatedCompetition
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NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
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linked to: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship
National Collegiate (combined Division I and II)
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separateFrom
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NCAA Division III men’s volleyball championship
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linked to: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship
NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship
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confersTitle
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NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball National Champion
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linked to: NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship