1961 World Series games
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The 1961 World Series games were the championship baseball contests that concluded Major League Baseball’s 1961 season, featuring the New York Yankees defeating the Cincinnati Reds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1961 World Series games canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5062127 — 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: 1961 World Series games Context triple: [Crosley Field, hostedEvent, 1961 World Series games]
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A.
1941 World Series games
The 1941 World Series games were the championship baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, remembered for dramatic moments like Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike.
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B.
1964 World Series
The 1964 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, remembered for the Cardinals’ seven-game victory and the end of the Yankees’ early-20th-century dynasty era.
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C.
1966 World Series
The 1966 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Baltimore Orioles swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first World Series title.
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D.
1960 World Series
The 1960 World Series was a historic Major League Baseball championship between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees, famously decided by Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run in Game 7.
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E.
1969 World Series
The 1969 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the underdog New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles, earning the Mets their first World Series title.
- 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: 1961 World Series games Target entity description: The 1961 World Series games were the championship baseball contests that concluded Major League Baseball’s 1961 season, featuring the New York Yankees defeating the Cincinnati Reds.
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A.
1941 World Series games
The 1941 World Series games were the championship baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, remembered for dramatic moments like Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike.
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B.
1964 World Series
The 1964 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, remembered for the Cardinals’ seven-game victory and the end of the Yankees’ early-20th-century dynasty era.
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C.
1966 World Series
The 1966 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Baltimore Orioles swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first World Series title.
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D.
1960 World Series
The 1960 World Series was a historic Major League Baseball championship between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees, famously decided by Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run in Game 7.
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E.
1969 World Series
The 1969 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the underdog New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles, earning the Mets their first World Series title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball championship series
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World Series ⓘ |
| champion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfCrosleyField | Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfYankeeStadium | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1961-10-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1962 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game1Date | 1961-10-04 ⓘ |
| game1Score | New York Yankees 2–0 Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| game1Venue | Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game1Winner | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game2Date | 1961-10-05 ⓘ |
| game2Score | Cincinnati Reds 6–2 New York Yankees ⓘ |
| game2Venue | Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game2Winner | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game3Date | 1961-10-07 ⓘ |
| game3Score | New York Yankees 3–2 Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| game3Venue | Crosley Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game3Winner | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game4Date | 1961-10-08 ⓘ |
| game4Score | New York Yankees 7–0 Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| game4Venue | Crosley Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game4Winner | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game5Date | 1961-10-09 ⓘ |
| game5Score | New York Yankees 13–5 Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| game5Venue | Crosley Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game5Winner | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| leagueChampionAL | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueChampionNL | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfCincinnatiReds | Fred Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managerOfNewYorkYankees | Ralph Houk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Whitey Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHitter |
Mickey Mantle
NERFINISHED
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Roger Maris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePitcher | Whitey Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGames | 5 ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1960 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioNetworkUS | NBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonOf | 1961 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| seriesResult | New York Yankees won 4–1 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1961-10-04 ⓘ |
| teamAL | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamNL | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionNetworkUS | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1961 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1961 World Series games Description of subject: The 1961 World Series games were the championship baseball contests that concluded Major League Baseball’s 1961 season, featuring the New York Yankees defeating the Cincinnati Reds.
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