bloody sock game
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The "bloody sock game" refers to Curt Schilling’s legendary, injury-hampered pitching performance for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS, symbolizing the team’s dramatic comeback against the New York Yankees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| bloody sock game canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T393148 — 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: bloody sock game Context triple: [Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series, alsoKnownAs, bloody sock game]
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A.
The Gamester
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B.
Two Can Play That Game
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C.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
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D.
Romper Stomper
Romper Stomper is a 1992 Australian drama film about violent neo-Nazi skinheads in Melbourne, widely recognized for one of Russell Crowe’s breakout performances.
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E.
Plink
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- 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: bloody sock game Target entity description: The "bloody sock game" refers to Curt Schilling’s legendary, injury-hampered pitching performance for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS, symbolizing the team’s dramatic comeback against the New York Yankees.
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A.
The Gamester
The Gamester is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on themes of gambling, honor, and social intrigue.
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B.
Two Can Play That Game
Two Can Play That Game is a 2001 romantic comedy film about modern dating mind games, starring Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut.
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C.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
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D.
Romper Stomper
Romper Stomper is a 1992 Australian drama film about violent neo-Nazi skinheads in Melbourne, widely recognized for one of Russell Crowe’s breakout performances.
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E.
Plink
Plink is a command-line network connection tool that forms part of the PuTTY suite, commonly used for automating SSH and other remote sessions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball game
ⓘ
historical sports moment ⓘ sports event ⓘ |
| associatedObject | bloody sock ⓘ |
| associatedTeamAchievement | Red Sox first World Series title since 1918 in 2004 ⓘ |
| awayTeam | Boston Red Sox ⓘ |
| broadcastRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| competitionStage | league championship series ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
frequently referenced in MLB postseason lore
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iconic moment in Red Sox history ⓘ |
| era | early 21st century MLB postseason ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series
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surface form:
Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS
|
| hasKeyPlayer |
Curt Schilling
ⓘ
David Ortiz ⓘ Manny Ramirez ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | "bloody sock game" ⓘ |
| hasNickNameOrigin | blood-stained sock worn by Curt Schilling ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Boston Red Sox
ⓘ
Curt Schilling ⓘ New York Yankees ⓘ |
| homeTeam | New York Yankees ⓘ |
| importanceToFranchise | defining moment in modern Boston Red Sox identity ⓘ |
| injuryContext |
right ankle tendon injury
ⓘ
surgically stabilized ankle tendon ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| legacy |
often cited among greatest postseason pitching performances
ⓘ
subject of ongoing debate about authenticity of blood stain ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national television coverage ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
key step toward breaking the "Curse of the Bambino"
ⓘ
turning point in 2004 ALCS ⓘ |
| notableFeature | visible blood stain on Curt Schilling’s sock ⓘ |
| outcome | Boston Red Sox win ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | 2004 American League Championship Series ⓘ |
| pitcher | Curt Schilling ⓘ |
| positionPlayedByCurtSchilling | starting pitcher ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Game 5 of the 2004 American League Championship Series
ⓘ
surface form:
Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS
|
| rivalryContext |
Yankees–Red Sox rivalry
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Sox–Yankees rivalry
|
| season | 2004 MLB season ⓘ |
| seriesScoreContext | Red Sox trailing 3–2 in ALCS before game ⓘ |
| seriesType | best-of-seven series ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Boston Red Sox comeback against New York Yankees
ⓘ
playing through injury ⓘ postseason heroics ⓘ |
| team1 | Boston Red Sox ⓘ |
| team1League | American League ⓘ |
| team2 | New York Yankees ⓘ |
| team2League | American League ⓘ |
| venue | Yankee Stadium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: bloody sock game Description of subject: The "bloody sock game" refers to Curt Schilling’s legendary, injury-hampered pitching performance for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS, symbolizing the team’s dramatic comeback against the New York Yankees.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.