Whalers
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Whalers was the short name of the New England Whalers, a former professional ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL as the Hartford Whalers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whalers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5809204 — 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: Whalers Context triple: [New England Whalers, shortName, Whalers]
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A.
Whale Wars
Whale Wars is a reality television series that follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's confrontational efforts to disrupt Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean.
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B.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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C.
The Whale
The Whale is a 2022 psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s play, about a reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher seeking redemption and reconnection with his estranged daughter.
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D.
The Whale
The Whale is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a large World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its bulky fuselage and heavy-lift capability.
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E.
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea is a historical adventure-drama film depicting the real-life 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex, an event that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.
- 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: Whalers Target entity description: Whalers was the short name of the New England Whalers, a former professional ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL as the Hartford Whalers.
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A.
Whale Wars
Whale Wars is a reality television series that follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's confrontational efforts to disrupt Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean.
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B.
The Whale
The Whale is a 2022 psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s play, about a reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher seeking redemption and reconnection with his estranged daughter.
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C.
The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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D.
The Whale
The Whale is the nickname of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, a large World War II-era American military transport aircraft known for its bulky fuselage and heavy-lift capability.
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E.
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea is a historical adventure-drama film depicting the real-life 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex, an event that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | professional ice hockey team ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hartford Whalers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
defunct National Hockey League team
ⓘ
defunct World Hockey Association team ⓘ |
| ceasedOperationsUnderName | 1997 ⓘ |
| championshipSeason | 1972–73 WHA season ⓘ |
| conference |
Eastern Conference
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wales Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| division |
Adams Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norris Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fanCulture | Brass Bonanza goal song ⓘ |
| founded | 1972 ⓘ |
| fullName | New England Whalers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena |
Boston Garden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hartford Civic Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity |
Boston, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetired |
19 for John McKenzie
ⓘ
2 for Rick Ley ⓘ 9 for Gordie Howe ⓘ |
| joinedLeague |
National Hockey League in 1979
ⓘ
World Hockey Association in 1972 ⓘ |
| league |
National Hockey League
ⓘ
World Hockey Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLExpansion | 1979 NHL–WHA merger ⓘ |
| NHLFranchiseSuccessor | Carolina Hurricanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLTeamName | Hartford Whalers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Emile Francis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Holmgren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Gordie Howe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kevin Dineen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Liut NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRepresented | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relocatedAndRenamed | Carolina Hurricanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relocationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ white ⓘ |
| WHAStatus | founding member of the WHA ⓘ |
| WhaTeamName | New England Whalers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonChampionship | Avco World Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Whalers Description of subject: Whalers was the short name of the New England Whalers, a former professional ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL as the Hartford Whalers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.