National Championship Game
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The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Championship Game canonical | 9 |
| 1979 NCAA Championship Game | 1 |
| California vs West Virginia championship game | 1 |
| NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game | 1 |
| NCAA title game | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31144 — 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: National Championship Game Context triple: [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, hasPhase, National Championship Game]
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A.
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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B.
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.
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C.
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
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D.
NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament is the annual national championship playoff for top-tier U.S. college baseball teams, culminating in the College World Series.
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E.
Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
- 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: National Championship Game Target entity description: The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
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A.
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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B.
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.
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C.
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
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D.
NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament is the annual national championship playoff for top-tier U.S. college baseball teams, culminating in the College World Series.
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E.
Conference of Champions
The "Conference of Champions" is a nickname highlighting the Pac-12 Conference’s historic dominance and record number of NCAA team championships across multiple collegiate sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball event
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championship game ⓘ college basketball game ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | NCAA men’s basketball national championship game ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Final Four ⓘ |
| audienceScope | national ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium |
online streaming
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radio ⓘ television ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decidesTitleForSeason |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball season
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linked to:
NCAA Division I
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| determines |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion
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linked to:
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
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| format | single-elimination final ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gameOutcome | cannot end in a tie ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men’s ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| matchType | final game of tournament ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 2 ⓘ |
| organizer |
NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Committee
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linked to:
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee
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| overtimeRule | overtime periods played until a winner is determined ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament
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linked to:
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
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| region |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| selectionMethodForTeams | winners of the two national semifinal games ⓘ |
| shortName |
NCAA title game
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linked to:
National Championship Game
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| tournamentStructureRole | championship round ⓘ |
| typicalMonthPlayed | April ⓘ |
| winnerTakeAll | true ⓘ |
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
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: National Championship Game Description of subject: The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Championship Game
linked to: National Championship Game
1988 NCAA men's basketball championship
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partOfSeries
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NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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linked to: National Championship Game
linked to: National Championship Game