International League
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The International League is a long-standing Triple-A minor league baseball organization in the United States and Canada that serves as the top developmental level just below Major League Baseball.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International League canonical | 41 |
| International League East Division | 8 |
| Triple-A | 3 |
| International League (2022) | 2 |
| International League West Division | 2 |
| International League (from 2022 season) | 1 |
| International League championship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T103157 — 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: International League Context triple: [Durham Bulls, league, International League]
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A.
Western League
The Western League was a prominent late-19th-century minor baseball league that evolved into what is now known as Major League Baseball’s American League.
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B.
Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring)
Minor League Baseball (since the 2021 restructuring) is the organized system of professional developmental leagues in the United States and Canada that operate under the direct control and standardized structure of Major League Baseball.
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C.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the premier professional baseball organization in North America, comprising teams from the United States and Canada and representing the highest level of play in the sport.
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D.
American League
The American League is one of the two major professional baseball leagues in Major League Baseball, comprising teams primarily based in the United States and Canada.
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E.
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is the primary professional minor league for ice hockey in North America, serving as the top developmental league for the NHL.
- 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: International League Target entity description: The International League is a long-standing Triple-A minor league baseball organization in the United States and Canada that serves as the top developmental level just below Major League Baseball.
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A.
National League
The National League is one of the two major professional baseball leagues in the United States and Canada, forming half of Major League Baseball.
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B.
Western League
The Western League was a prominent late-19th-century minor baseball league that evolved into what is now known as Major League Baseball’s American League.
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C.
Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring)
Minor League Baseball (since the 2021 restructuring) is the organized system of professional developmental leagues in the United States and Canada that operate under the direct control and standardized structure of Major League Baseball.
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D.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the premier professional baseball organization in North America, comprising teams from the United States and Canada and representing the highest level of play in the sport.
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E.
American League
The American League is one of the two major professional baseball leagues in Major League Baseball, comprising teams primarily based in the United States and Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Triple-A baseball league
ⓘ
minor league baseball league ⓘ |
| ballType | hardball ⓘ |
| competitionCategory | men’s professional baseball ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | Triple-A ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developmentalLevelFor | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| gameFormat | regular season and playoffs ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | eastern and central North America ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring)
ⓘ
surface form:
Minor League Baseball
|
| hasAffiliationType | major league–minor league affiliation ⓘ |
| hasChampionshipTitle | league champion ⓘ |
| hasCompetitionFormat | league play ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMemberType | Triple-A baseball club ⓘ |
| hasPlayoffSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasTeamType | professional baseball team ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the oldest high-level minor leagues ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring)
ⓘ
surface form:
North American minor league baseball system
|
| leagueType |
baseball league
ⓘ
professional sports league ⓘ |
| levelInMinorLeagues | highest ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | regional sports media ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | league office with member clubs ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring)
ⓘ
surface form:
Minor League Baseball
|
| playerDevelopmentRole | preparing players for MLB competition ⓘ |
| playerEligibility | professional contracted players ⓘ |
| playsSeasonDuring | summer ⓘ |
| playsUnder | Professional Baseball Agreement framework ⓘ |
| positionInSystem | top minor league level below MLB ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | player development for MLB organizations ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | professional ⓘ |
| professionalTier | Triple-A ⓘ |
| scope | regional ⓘ |
| seasonFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| seasonStructure |
postseason championship series
ⓘ
schedule of regular-season games ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| talentPipelineFor | Major League Baseball clubs ⓘ |
| teamAffiliationType | MLB farm system ⓘ |
| teamRosterSize | similar to MLB active roster size ⓘ |
| umpiresProvidedBy | professional umpire staff ⓘ |
| usesDesignatedHitterRule | yes in most eras ⓘ |
| usesFarmSystemModel | yes ⓘ |
| usesRulesOf | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
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: International League Description of subject: The International League is a long-standing Triple-A minor league baseball organization in the United States and Canada that serves as the top developmental level just below Major League Baseball.
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Triple-A East
this entity surface form:
International League (2022)
subject surface form:
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp