Football League First Division
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The Football League First Division was the top tier of English professional football from its creation in 1888 until it was replaced by the Premier League in 1992.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1586153 — 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: Football League First Division Context triple: [Newton Heath F.C., joinedLeague, Football League First Division]
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A.
English First Division 1951–52
The English First Division 1951–52 was the top-tier English football league season in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, secured the championship title.
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English Football League
The English Football League is a professional league competition featuring multiple tiers of association football clubs in England and parts of Wales, sitting below the Premier League in the English football pyramid.
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C.
English First Division 1964–65
The English First Division 1964–65 was the top-tier football league season in England in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, won the championship.
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D.
English First Division 1966–67
The English First Division 1966–67 was the top-tier English football league season in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, won the championship.
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E.
English First Division 1956–57
The English First Division 1956–57 was the top-tier English football league season in which Sir Matt Busby’s Manchester United side won the championship.
- 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: Football League First Division Target entity description: The Football League First Division was the top tier of English professional football from its creation in 1888 until it was replaced by the Premier League in 1992.
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A.
English First Division 1951–52
The English First Division 1951–52 was the top-tier English football league season in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, secured the championship title.
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B.
English Football League
The English Football League is a professional league competition featuring multiple tiers of association football clubs in England and parts of Wales, sitting below the Premier League in the English football pyramid.
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C.
English First Division 1964–65
The English First Division 1964–65 was the top-tier football league season in England in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, won the championship.
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English First Division 1966–67
The English First Division 1966–67 was the top-tier English football league season in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, won the championship.
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E.
English First Division 1956–57
The English First Division 1956–57 was the top-tier English football league season in which Sir Matt Busby’s Manchester United side won the championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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: Football League First Division Description of subject: The Football League First Division was the top tier of English professional football from its creation in 1888 until it was replaced by the Premier League in 1992.
Referenced by (124)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
Football League First Division (as second tier after 1992)
this entity surface form:
First Division (English top flight)
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
English First Division
subject surface form:
Don Revie
this entity surface form:
English First Division
this entity surface form:
English First Division
subject surface form:
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
this entity surface form:
Football League First Division (post-1992 second tier)