New Zealand national softball team
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The New Zealand national softball team is the country’s top men’s softball side, internationally recognized for its strong performances and multiple world championship titles.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Zealand men's national softball team | 2 |
| New Zealand national softball team canonical | 1 |
| New Zealand national women’s softball team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2063120 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: New Zealand national softball team Context triple: [New Zealand national sports teams, notableTeam, New Zealand national softball team]
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A.
New Zealand national netball team
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, is one of the world’s leading netball sides and a multiple-time World Cup and Commonwealth Games champion.
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B.
New Zealand national cricket team
The New Zealand national cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, is the country’s premier men’s international cricket side and a consistently competitive force in all major global cricket tournaments.
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C.
New Zealand women’s national basketball team
The New Zealand women’s national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women’s basketball competitions and is governed by Basketball New Zealand.
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D.
New Zealand national sports teams
New Zealand national sports teams are the official representative squads of New Zealand in various international sports, commonly known for their distinctive black uniforms and iconic teams like the All Blacks in rugby union.
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E.
New Zealand national basketball team
The New Zealand national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Blacks, is the country's senior men's team that competes in major international tournaments such as the FIBA World Cup and the Olympic Games.
- 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: New Zealand national softball team Target entity description: The New Zealand national softball team is the country’s top men’s softball side, internationally recognized for its strong performances and multiple world championship titles.
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A.
New Zealand national netball team
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, is one of the world’s leading netball sides and a multiple-time World Cup and Commonwealth Games champion.
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B.
New Zealand national cricket team
The New Zealand national cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, is the country’s premier men’s international cricket side and a consistently competitive force in all major global cricket tournaments.
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C.
New Zealand women’s national basketball team
The New Zealand women’s national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women’s basketball competitions and is governed by Basketball New Zealand.
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D.
New Zealand national sports teams
New Zealand national sports teams are the official representative squads of New Zealand in various international sports, commonly known for their distinctive black uniforms and iconic teams like the All Blacks in rugby union.
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E.
New Zealand national basketball team
The New Zealand national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Blacks, is the country's senior men's team that competes in major international tournaments such as the FIBA World Cup and the Olympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
men's national softball team
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sports team ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
New Zealand national softball team
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surface form:
New Zealand men's national softball team
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| confederation | WBSC Oceania ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| firstWorldTitleYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| formerInternationalFederation | International Softball Federation ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | Softball New Zealand ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
multiple world championship titles
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strong international performances ⓘ |
| homeCountry | New Zealand ⓘ |
| internationalFederation | World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ |
| nickname | Black Sox ⓘ |
| notableRival | Australia men's national softball team ⓘ |
| primaryCompetition |
WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup
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surface form:
Men's Softball World Championship
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| represents | New Zealand ⓘ |
| sport | softball ⓘ |
| status | senior national team ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
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white ⓘ |
| worldChampionshipTitles | 7 ⓘ |
| worldTitleYear |
1976
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1984 ⓘ 1996 ⓘ 2000 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Zealand national softball team Description of subject: The New Zealand national softball team is the country’s top men’s softball side, internationally recognized for its strong performances and multiple world championship titles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Zealand national women’s softball team
this entity surface form:
New Zealand men's national softball team
this entity surface form:
New Zealand men's national softball team