Francis Thomas Vincent Jr.
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Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. is an American lawyer and former Commissioner of Major League Baseball, widely known for his leadership of the sport from 1989 to 1992.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1194943 — 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.
Target entity: Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. Context triple: [Fay Vincent, name, Francis Thomas Vincent Jr.]
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John Patrick
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
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Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr.
Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. was an influential American political figure and sports executive who served as U.S. Postmaster General, chaired the Democratic National Committee, and later became commissioner of the National Basketball Association.
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C.
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Michael Augustine Corrigan was a prominent 19th-century American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York and played a key role in the Church’s growth and organization in the United States.
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D.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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E.
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a Welsh-born American merchant and statesman best known as one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence representing New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. Target entity description: Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. is an American lawyer and former Commissioner of Major League Baseball, widely known for his leadership of the sport from 1989 to 1992.
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A.
John Patrick
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
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B.
Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr.
Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. was an influential American political figure and sports executive who served as U.S. Postmaster General, chaired the Democratic National Committee, and later became commissioner of the National Basketball Association.
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C.
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Michael Augustine Corrigan was a prominent 19th-century American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York and played a key role in the Church’s growth and organization in the United States.
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D.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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E.
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a Welsh-born American merchant and statesman best known as one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence representing New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| endTime | 1992 ⓘ |
| familyName | Vincent ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
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sports administration ⓘ |
| genre | sports management ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| industry | professional baseball ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
MLB Commissioner’s Office
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surface form:
Major League Baseball leadership
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| name | Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | tenure as MLB Commissioner from 1989 to 1992 ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1992 ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Commissioner of Baseball
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surface form:
Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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| occupation |
baseball executive
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lawyer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commissioner of Baseball
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surface form:
Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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| startTime | 1989 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. Description of subject: Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. is an American lawyer and former Commissioner of Major League Baseball, widely known for his leadership of the sport from 1989 to 1992.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.