Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy

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NBA award basketball trophy sports trophy

The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the gold trophy awarded annually to the NBA team that wins the league’s championship.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy canonical	9
Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy	2
Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy	1
Larry OBrien Championship Trophy	1
NBA championship trophy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58078 — 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: Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy
Context triple: [NBA Finals games, decidesTrophy, Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy]

A. Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and is one of the most iconic and historic trophies in professional sports.
B. Philip F. Anschutz Trophy
The Philip F. Anschutz Trophy is the award presented annually to the team that wins the MLS Cup, the championship of Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada.
C. Stanley Cup trustees
The Stanley Cup trustees are the appointed officials responsible for overseeing the integrity, awarding, and custodianship of the Stanley Cup in professional ice hockey.
D. Golden Spikes Award
The Golden Spikes Award is an annual honor given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious amateur accolade.
E. Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a renowned museum and shrine in Toronto dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements, and greatest players of ice hockey.
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: Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy
Target entity description: The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the gold trophy awarded annually to the NBA team that wins the league’s championship.

A. Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and is one of the most iconic and historic trophies in professional sports.
B. Philip F. Anschutz Trophy
The Philip F. Anschutz Trophy is the award presented annually to the team that wins the MLS Cup, the championship of Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada.
C. Stanley Cup trustees
The Stanley Cup trustees are the appointed officials responsible for overseeing the integrity, awarding, and custodianship of the Stanley Cup in professional ice hockey.
D. Golden Spikes Award
The Golden Spikes Award is an annual honor given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious amateur accolade.
E. Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a renowned museum and shrine in Toronto dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements, and greatest players of ice hockey.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NBA award ⓘ basketball trophy ⓘ sports trophy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NBA championship trophy ⓘ linked to: Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy
associatedRegion	North America ⓘ
associatedWith	NBA Finals MVP ceremony ⓘ NBA playoffs ⓘ
awardedBy	National Basketball Association ⓘ
awardedFor	winning the NBA Finals ⓘ
awardedSince	late 1970s ⓘ
category	National Basketball Association trophies and awards ⓘ basketball awards ⓘ
competition	NBA Finals ⓘ linked to: NBA Finals games
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalSignificance	iconic symbol of NBA success ⓘ
designFeatures	ball positioned above a hoop and net ⓘ basketball tilted at a 23.5-degree angle ⓘ
designUpdates	periodically refined while retaining core form ⓘ
displayLocation	often displayed in winning team’s arena ⓘ
engraving	includes name of winning team ⓘ
eraOfUse	post-1977 NBA championships ⓘ
firstSeasonAwarded	1976–77 NBA season ⓘ
frequency	annually ⓘ
governingBody	NBA Board of Governors ⓘ linked to: National Basketball Association
height	about 2 feet ⓘ
inceptionContext	NBA rebranding of championship trophy in late 1970s ⓘ
introduced	1977 ⓘ
league	National Basketball Association ⓘ
manufacturer	Tiffany & Co. ⓘ
material	24-karat gold overlay ⓘ sterling silver ⓘ
mediaCoverage	televised presentation after deciding NBA Finals game ⓘ
namedAfter	Larry O’Brien ⓘ linked to: Maurice Podoloff
namedAfterFullName	Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation	former NBA commissioner ⓘ
namedAfterRole	former United States Postmaster General ⓘ former chairman of the Democratic National Committee ⓘ
ownership	permanently retained by winning team ⓘ
presentedTo	NBA champion team ⓘ
previousName	Walter A. Brown Trophy ⓘ
replaced	Walter A. Brown Trophy ⓘ
shape	basketball on a hoop and net ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
symbolizes	NBA championship ⓘ linked to: NBA champion supremacy in professional basketball in North America ⓘ
trophyType	league championship trophy ⓘ
weight	about 14.5 pounds ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NBA Finals games → decidesTrophy → Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy ⓘ

NBA champion → associatedTrophy → Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy ⓘ

Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy → alsoKnownAs → NBA championship trophy ⓘ