1939 World Series
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The 1939 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds to win their fourth consecutive title.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1939 World Series canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13269622 — 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: 1939 World Series Context triple: [Frankie Crosetti, playedInWorldSeries, 1939 World Series]
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1938 World Series
The 1938 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs to win their third consecutive title.
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B.
1937 World Series
The 1937 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants to win their second consecutive title.
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C.
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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D.
1929 World Series
The 1929 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship series in which the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago Cubs, highlighted by a historic 10-run inning in Game 4.
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E.
1936 World Series
The 1936 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants to claim the title.
- 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: 1939 World Series Target entity description: The 1939 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds to win their fourth consecutive title.
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A.
1938 World Series
The 1938 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs to win their third consecutive title.
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B.
1937 World Series
The 1937 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants to win their second consecutive title.
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C.
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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D.
1929 World Series
The 1929 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship series in which the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago Cubs, highlighted by a historic 10-run inning in Game 4.
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E.
1936 World Series
The 1936 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants to claim the title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball championship series
ⓘ
World Series ⓘ |
| champion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championConsecutiveTitlesNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| championFranchiseTitleNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| championGamesWon | 4 ⓘ |
| championLeague | American League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championPreviousTitle | 1938 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championTitleStreak | 4 ⓘ |
| cityOfGame1 | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfGame2 | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfGame3 | Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfGame4 | Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endDate | 1939-10-08 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1940 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | best-of-seven ⓘ |
| game1Location | Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game2Location | Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game3Location | Crosley Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game4Location | Crosley Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameCount | 4 ⓘ |
| league |
American League
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National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfChampion | Joe McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfRunnerUp | Bill McKechnie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Joe DiMaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayerTeam | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | New York Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Bill Dickey
NERFINISHED
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Bucky Walters NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank McCormick NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe DiMaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ Monte Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Ruffing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1938 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioAnnouncer |
Bill Corum
NERFINISHED
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Bob Elson NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioNetwork | Mutual Broadcasting System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpGamesWon | 0 ⓘ |
| runnerUpLeague | National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonOf | 1939 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| significance | fourth consecutive World Series title for the New York Yankees ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1939-10-04 ⓘ |
| sweep | true ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | none ⓘ |
| umpireCrewChief | Bill Summers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1939 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1939 World Series Description of subject: The 1939 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds to win their fourth consecutive title.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.