1997–98 Detroit Red Wings
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The 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings were an NHL team that won back-to-back Stanley Cups under legendary coach Scotty Bowman, cementing their status as a late-1990s hockey dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings canonical | 1 |
| Detroit Red Wings 1990s dynasty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5207498 — 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: 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings Context triple: [Scotty Bowman, coachedStanleyCupWinningTeam, 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings]
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A.
2001–02 Detroit Red Wings
The 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings were an NHL team that dominated the regular season and went on to win the Stanley Cup with a star-studded roster under legendary coach Scotty Bowman.
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B.
1998 NHL All-Star Game
The 1998 NHL All-Star Game was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase held during the 1997–98 season, featuring the league’s top players in a special international-format matchup.
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C.
1998 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals was the NHL championship series in which the Detroit Red Wings swept the Washington Capitals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
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D.
NHL All-Star Game 1997
The NHL All-Star Game 1997 was the league’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players competing in a star-studded matchup.
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E.
1992 NHL All-Star Game
The 1992 NHL All-Star Game was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players competing in a star-studded matchup.
- 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: 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings Target entity description: The 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings were an NHL team that won back-to-back Stanley Cups under legendary coach Scotty Bowman, cementing their status as a late-1990s hockey dynasty.
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A.
2001–02 Detroit Red Wings
The 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings were an NHL team that dominated the regular season and went on to win the Stanley Cup with a star-studded roster under legendary coach Scotty Bowman.
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B.
1998 NHL All-Star Game
The 1998 NHL All-Star Game was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase held during the 1997–98 season, featuring the league’s top players in a special international-format matchup.
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C.
1998 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals was the NHL championship series in which the Detroit Red Wings swept the Washington Capitals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
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D.
NHL All-Star Game 1997
The NHL All-Star Game 1997 was the league’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players competing in a star-studded matchup.
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E.
1992 NHL All-Star Game
The 1992 NHL All-Star Game was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players competing in a star-studded matchup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NHL team season ⓘ |
| assistantCoach |
Barry Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Slava Fetisov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backToBackStanleyCups | true ⓘ |
| captain | Steve Yzerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | Western Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conferenceRank | 3 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | late-1990s hockey dynasty team ⓘ |
| division | Central Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divisionRank | 2 ⓘ |
| eliminatedDallasStarsIn | Western Conference Finals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eliminatedPhoenixCoyotesIn | Western Conference Quarterfinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eliminatedStLouisBluesIn | Western Conference Semifinals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eliminatedWashingtonCapitalsIn | Stanley Cup Finals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Detroit Red Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generalManager | Ken Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goalsAgainst | 196 ⓘ |
| goalsFor | 250 ⓘ |
| goaltendingCoach | Jim Bedard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoach | Scotty Bowman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Joe Louis Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| losses | 23 ⓘ |
| madePlayoffs | true ⓘ |
| notableEvent | won second consecutive Stanley Cup under Scotty Bowman ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Brendan Shanahan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Osgood NERFINISHED ⓘ Darren McCarty NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Larionov NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Maltby NERFINISHED ⓘ Kris Draper NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicklas Lidström NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Fedorov NERFINISHED ⓘ Slava Fetisov NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Yzerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomas Holmström NERFINISHED ⓘ Vyacheslav Kozlov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playoffOpponent |
Dallas Stars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phoenix Coyotes NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Capitals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| points | 103 ⓘ |
| previousStanleyCupSeason | 1996–97 Detroit Red Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonRecord | 44–23–15 ⓘ |
| seasonEndYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| seasonStartYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| StanleyCupFinalClinchingGameCity | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| StanleyCupFinalClinchingGameLocation | MCI Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| StanleyCupFinalClinchingGameScore | 4–1 ⓘ |
| StanleyCupFinalOpponent | Washington Capitals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| StanleyCupFinalSeriesResult | 4–0 ⓘ |
| ties | 15 ⓘ |
| wins | 44 ⓘ |
| wonStanleyCup | true ⓘ |
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: 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings Description of subject: The 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings were an NHL team that won back-to-back Stanley Cups under legendary coach Scotty Bowman, cementing their status as a late-1990s hockey dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scotty Bowman
this entity surface form:
Detroit Red Wings 1990s dynasty