FA Cup 1939
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The FA Cup 1939 was the final edition of England’s premier knockout football competition held before World War II, culminating in Portsmouth F.C. winning the trophy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FA Cup 1939 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4392353 — 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: FA Cup 1939 Context triple: [Portsmouth F.C., won, FA Cup 1939]
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A.
1976 FA Cup Final
The 1976 FA Cup Final was a major English football match in which underdogs Southampton defeated Manchester United to win their first and only FA Cup title.
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B.
FA Cup
The FA Cup is the oldest national football knockout competition in the world, held annually in England and open to clubs across multiple tiers of the football league system.
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C.
London Round (1946)
London Round (1946) was an early post-World War II multilateral trade negotiation under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that helped lay the groundwork for the modern global trading system.
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D.
Jordan FA Cup
The Jordan FA Cup is the premier national knockout football tournament in Jordan, featuring clubs from across the country competing for one of its most prestigious trophies.
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E.
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the men's international football championship, held in France and notable for being the last tournament before World War II.
- 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: FA Cup 1939 Target entity description: The FA Cup 1939 was the final edition of England’s premier knockout football competition held before World War II, culminating in Portsmouth F.C. winning the trophy.
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A.
1976 FA Cup Final
The 1976 FA Cup Final was a major English football match in which underdogs Southampton defeated Manchester United to win their first and only FA Cup title.
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B.
FA Cup
The FA Cup is the oldest national football knockout competition in the world, held annually in England and open to clubs across multiple tiers of the football league system.
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C.
London Round (1946)
London Round (1946) was an early post-World War II multilateral trade negotiation under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that helped lay the groundwork for the modern global trading system.
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D.
Jordan FA Cup
The Jordan FA Cup is the premier national knockout football tournament in Jordan, featuring clubs from across the country competing for one of its most prestigious trophies.
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E.
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the men's international football championship, held in France and notable for being the last tournament before World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FA Cup season
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football competition ⓘ |
| commonName | FA Cup 1939 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | national cup ⓘ |
| competitionName | The Football Association Challenge Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confederation | The Football Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| endYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| finalAttendance | 99000 ⓘ |
| finalCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalDate | 1939-04-29 ⓘ |
| finalRunnerUp | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | Portsmouth 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers ⓘ |
| finalStadium | Empire Stadium, Wembley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Wembley Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalWinner | Portsmouth F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | FA Cup 1945–46 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | knockout tournament ⓘ |
| governingBody | The Football Association ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Arsenal F.C.
NERFINISHED
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Everton F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Grimsby Town F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Huddersfield Town A.F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Manchester United F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Portsmouth F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRound |
Fifth Round Proper
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Final ⓘ First Round Proper ⓘ Fourth Round Proper ⓘ Second Round Proper ⓘ Semi-finals ⓘ Sixth Round Proper ⓘ Third Round Proper ⓘ |
| notableFact |
Portsmouth held the FA Cup for the duration of World War II
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last FA Cup completed before World War II ⓘ |
| organisedBy | The Football Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | FA Cup 1937–38 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUpClubCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonInterruptedBy | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 64 ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Tommy Lawton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerGoals | 9 ⓘ |
| winnerCaptain | Jimmy Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerClubCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerFirstTitle | true ⓘ |
| winnerManager | Jack Tinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: FA Cup 1939 Description of subject: The FA Cup 1939 was the final edition of England’s premier knockout football competition held before World War II, culminating in Portsmouth F.C. winning the trophy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.