1942 World Series
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The 1942 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees in five games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1942 World Series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13269624 — 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)
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Target entity: 1942 World Series Context triple: [Frankie Crosetti, playedInWorldSeries, 1942 World Series]
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A.
1940 World Series
The 1940 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the title in a seven-game matchup.
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B.
1944 World Series
The 1944 World Series was an all-St. Louis Major League Baseball championship matchup between the Browns and the Cardinals held during World War II.
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C.
1952 World Series
The 1952 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to claim the title.
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D.
1945 World Series
The 1945 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, remembered as the last Cubs pennant appearance before their long title drought and for being played during the final year of World War II.
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E.
1947 World Series
The 1947 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, remembered for Jackie Robinson’s historic participation and the Yankees’ seven-game victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1942 World Series Target entity description: The 1942 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees in five games.
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A.
1940 World Series
The 1940 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the title in a seven-game matchup.
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B.
1944 World Series
The 1944 World Series was an all-St. Louis Major League Baseball championship matchup between the Browns and the Cardinals held during World War II.
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C.
1952 World Series
The 1952 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to claim the title.
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D.
1945 World Series
The 1945 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, remembered as the last Cubs pennant appearance before their long title drought and for being played during the final year of World War II.
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E.
1947 World Series
The 1947 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, remembered for Jackie Robinson’s historic participation and the Yankees’ seven-game victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball championship series
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World Series ⓘ |
| americanLeagueChampion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendance | over 250000 total ⓘ |
| cardinalsHomeField | Sportsman’s Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cardinalsWorldSeriesTitleNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| champion | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championGamesWon | 4 ⓘ |
| city |
New York City, New York
NERFINISHED
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St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1942-10-05 ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
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surface form:
World War II era
|
| finalSeriesResult | St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Yankees 4–1 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1943 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game1Score | New York Yankees 7–4 St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| game1Winner | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game2Score | St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 New York Yankees ⓘ |
| game2Winner | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game3Score | St. Louis Cardinals 2–0 New York Yankees ⓘ |
| game3Winner | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game4Score | St. Louis Cardinals 9–6 New York Yankees ⓘ |
| game4Winner | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game5Score | St. Louis Cardinals 4–2 New York Yankees ⓘ |
| game5Winner | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league |
American League
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National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Sportsman’s Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfChampion | Billy Southworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfRunnerUp | Joe McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Whitey Kurowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalLeagueChampion | St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMoment | Whitey Kurowski hit a decisive two-run home run in Game 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGames | 5 ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1941 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioAnnouncer |
Jim Britt
NERFINISHED
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Mel Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioNetwork | Mutual Broadcasting System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpGamesWon | 1 ⓘ |
| seasonOfLeague | 1942 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1942-09-30 ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | none ⓘ |
| yankeesHomeField | Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yankeesWorldSeriesAppearanceNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| year | 1942 ⓘ |
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: 1942 World Series Description of subject: The 1942 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees in five games.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.