Pacific League Climax Series
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The Pacific League Climax Series is a postseason playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball that determines the Pacific League representative for the Japan Series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pacific League Climax Series canonical | 3 |
| Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4830756 — 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: Pacific League Climax Series Context triple: [Climax Series, hasPart, Pacific League Climax Series]
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A.
Japan Series
The Japan Series is the annual championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball that determines the top professional baseball team in Japan.
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B.
Pacific League
The Pacific League is one of the two professional baseball leagues that make up Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, featuring teams primarily based in the western and northern regions of the country.
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C.
Tokyo Big6 Baseball League
The Tokyo Big6 Baseball League is a prestigious Japanese collegiate baseball league comprising six major universities in Tokyo that has produced many prominent players and enjoys a long-standing tradition and strong fan following.
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D.
NPB All-Star Game
The NPB All-Star Game is the annual midseason exhibition matchup in Nippon Professional Baseball that showcases top players from Japan’s Central and Pacific Leagues.
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E.
Asian Baseball Championship
The Asian Baseball Championship is a premier international tournament that determines the top national baseball team in Asia.
- 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: Pacific League Climax Series Target entity description: The Pacific League Climax Series is a postseason playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball that determines the Pacific League representative for the Japan Series.
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A.
Japan Series
The Japan Series is the annual championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball that determines the top professional baseball team in Japan.
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B.
Pacific League
The Pacific League is one of the two professional baseball leagues that make up Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, featuring teams primarily based in the western and northern regions of the country.
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C.
Tokyo Big6 Baseball League
The Tokyo Big6 Baseball League is a prestigious Japanese collegiate baseball league comprising six major universities in Tokyo that has produced many prominent players and enjoys a long-standing tradition and strong fan following.
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D.
NPB All-Star Game
The NPB All-Star Game is the annual midseason exhibition matchup in Nippon Professional Baseball that showcases top players from Japan’s Central and Pacific Leagues.
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E.
Asian Baseball Championship
The Asian Baseball Championship is a premier international tournament that determines the top national baseball team in Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nippon Professional Baseball postseason
ⓘ
baseball competition ⓘ postseason playoff series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
P League Climax Series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PL Climax Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| competitionPhase | postseason ⓘ |
| confersQualificationFor | Japan Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confersTitle | Pacific League champion for Japan Series purposes ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| determines | Pacific League representative for the Japan Series ⓘ |
| eligibility | top Pacific League regular-season teams ⓘ |
| establishedTo | create more postseason games in NPB ⓘ |
| formatType | multi-stage playoff ⓘ |
| governingCompetition | Japan Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCounterpart | Central League Climax Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormatChangeHistory | yes ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPrecursor | Pacific League Playoff (pre-2007) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | NPB official site ⓘ |
| hasStage |
Final Stage
ⓘ
First Stage ⓘ |
| inception | 2007 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | North American-style playoffs ⓘ |
| introducedInSeason | 2007 NPB season ⓘ |
| isPlayoffFor | Pacific League pennant winner’s Japan Series berth ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Japanese ⓘ |
| league | Pacific League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | various ballparks in Japan ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 2 ⓘ |
| organizer |
Nippon Professional Baseball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific League office ⓘ |
| participationRestriction | Pacific League teams only ⓘ |
| partOf | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playoffSystem | Climax Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postseasonFor | Pacific League regular season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonalOccurrence | annually ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| sportGoverningBody | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionCoverage | Japanese sports broadcasters ⓘ |
| typicalStartPeriod | October ⓘ |
| usesSeriesFormat | best-of series ⓘ |
| winnerAdvancesTo | Japan Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Pacific League Climax Series Description of subject: The Pacific League Climax Series is a postseason playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball that determines the Pacific League representative for the Japan Series.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nippon Professional Baseball Climax Series
subject surface form:
Pacific League
subject surface form:
Pacific League