Melbourne Cricket Ground
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground is a historic, large-capacity sports stadium in Melbourne renowned as one of the world’s premier venues for cricket and Australian rules football.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melbourne Cricket Ground canonical | 79 |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground playing field | 1 |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground precinct | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T234975 — 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: Melbourne Cricket Ground Context triple: [Melbourne, hasSportsVenue, Melbourne Cricket Ground]
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A.
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia)
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) is a large multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Sydney, originally built for the 2000 Summer Olympics and now hosting major rugby, football, and concert events.
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B.
Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Brisbane, Australia, best known as a premier rugby league and soccer stadium.
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C.
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium is a major football and events stadium in London, England, renowned as the home of the England national team and for hosting major sporting and music events.
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D.
Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Cardiff, Wales, best known as the national stadium for Welsh rugby and football.
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E.
St James’s Park
St James’s Park is a historic royal park in central London known for its lake, wildlife, and views of landmarks such as Buckingham Palace and the surrounding government district.
- 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: Melbourne Cricket Ground Target entity description: The Melbourne Cricket Ground is a historic, large-capacity sports stadium in Melbourne renowned as one of the world’s premier venues for cricket and Australian rules football.
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A.
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia)
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) is a large multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Sydney, originally built for the 2000 Summer Olympics and now hosting major rugby, football, and concert events.
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B.
Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Brisbane, Australia, best known as a premier rugby league and soccer stadium.
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C.
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium is a major football and events stadium in London, England, renowned as the home of the England national team and for hosting major sporting and music events.
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D.
Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Cardiff, Wales, best known as the national stadium for Welsh rugby and football.
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E.
St James’s Park
St James’s Park is a historic royal park in central London known for its lake, wildlife, and views of landmarks such as Buckingham Palace and the surrounding government district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian rules football venue
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cricket ground ⓘ landmark ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ |
| capacity |
approximately 100024
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over 100000 ⓘ |
| city | Melbourne ⓘ |
| contains | National Sports Museum ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Melbourne Cricket Club
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surface form:
Melbourne Cricket Club Committee
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| hasFeature |
Great Southern Stand
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Olympic Stand ⓘ Ponsford Stand ⓘ light towers ⓘ members reserve ⓘ museum spaces ⓘ scoreboards ⓘ underground car park ⓘ video screens ⓘ |
| hasTenant |
Carlton Football Club
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Collingwood Football Club ⓘ Hawthorn Football Club ⓘ Melbourne Cricket Club ⓘ Melbourne Football Club ⓘ Richmond Football Club ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | heritage-listed ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
1956 Summer Olympics
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surface form:
1956 Olympic Games closing ceremony
1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
surface form:
1956 Olympic Games opening ceremony
1992 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
surface form:
1992 Cricket World Cup final
2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony ⓘ 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony ⓘ 2015 Cricket World Cup final ⓘ 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup ⓘ
surface form:
T20 World Cup matches
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| hosts |
AFL Grand Final
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Australian Football League matches ⓘ Boxing Day Test ⓘ One Day International cricket matches ⓘ Test cricket matches ⓘ Twenty20 International cricket matches ⓘ association football matches ⓘ concerts ⓘ international rugby league matches ⓘ international rugby union matches ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Melbourne
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Victoria ⓘ |
| locatedInSuburb | East Melbourne ⓘ |
| near |
Jolimont railway station
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Melbourne Park ⓘ Richmond railway station ⓘ Rod Laver Arena ⓘ Yarra Park ⓘ |
| nickname | The G ⓘ |
| opened | 1853 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Melbourne Cricket Club ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
Australian rules football
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cricket ⓘ |
| recordAttendance | over 120000 ⓘ |
| recordAttendanceEvent |
1956 Summer Olympics
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surface form:
1956 Olympic Games
AFL Grand Final ⓘ Billy Graham crusade ⓘ |
| region | Victoria ⓘ |
| renovated |
1956
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ early 2000s ⓘ |
| shortName | MCG ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the largest stadiums in the Southern Hemisphere
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one of the most famous cricket grounds in the world ⓘ spiritual home of Australian sport ⓘ |
| surface | grass ⓘ |
| timeZone | Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Australian Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ |
| wasMainVenueFor |
1956 Summer Olympics
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2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Melbourne Cricket Ground Description of subject: The Melbourne Cricket Ground is a historic, large-capacity sports stadium in Melbourne renowned as one of the world’s premier venues for cricket and Australian rules football.
Referenced by (81)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Melbourne Cricket Ground playing field
this entity surface form:
Melbourne Cricket Ground precinct
subject surface form:
Richmond Football Club