1989 NFL season
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The 1989 NFL season was the league year culminating in the San Francisco 49ers’ dominant championship run, highlighted by Joe Montana’s MVP performance and a lopsided Super Bowl victory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1989 NFL season canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6629356 — 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: 1989 NFL season Context triple: [Super Bowl XXIV, partOf, 1989 NFL season]
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1989 NFC Championship Game
The 1989 NFC Championship Game was a dominant postseason matchup in which the San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams to advance to Super Bowl XXIV during their late-1980s dynasty run.
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1984 NFL season
The 1984 NFL season was the league campaign that culminated in Super Bowl XIX, featuring a dominant year by the San Francisco 49ers and the record-setting play of quarterback Dan Marino.
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C.
1987 NFL season
The 1987 NFL season was a strike-shortened professional American football season that culminated in the Washington Redskins winning the Super Bowl behind a standout performance by quarterback Doug Williams.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989 is the class of inductees honored that year by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for their exceptional contributions to professional American football.
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E.
1981 NFC Wild Card Game
The 1981 NFC Wild Card Game was a pivotal NFL playoff matchup between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles that marked the Giants’ first postseason appearance in nearly two decades and helped reignite their long-standing rivalry.
- 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: 1989 NFL season Target entity description: The 1989 NFL season was the league year culminating in the San Francisco 49ers’ dominant championship run, highlighted by Joe Montana’s MVP performance and a lopsided Super Bowl victory.
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A.
1989 NFC Championship Game
The 1989 NFC Championship Game was a dominant postseason matchup in which the San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams to advance to Super Bowl XXIV during their late-1980s dynasty run.
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B.
1984 NFL season
The 1984 NFL season was the league campaign that culminated in Super Bowl XIX, featuring a dominant year by the San Francisco 49ers and the record-setting play of quarterback Dan Marino.
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C.
1987 NFL season
The 1987 NFL season was a strike-shortened professional American football season that culminated in the Washington Redskins winning the Super Bowl behind a standout performance by quarterback Doug Williams.
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D.
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989 is the class of inductees honored that year by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for their exceptional contributions to professional American football.
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E.
1981 NFC Wild Card Game
The 1981 NFC Wild Card Game was a pivotal NFL playoff matchup between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles that marked the Giants’ first postseason appearance in nearly two decades and helped reignite their long-standing rivalry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NFL season ⓘ |
| AFCChampion | Denver Broncos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| APMVP | Joe Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | San Francisco 49ers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipGame | Super Bowl XXIV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CoachOfTheYear | Bud Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference |
American Football Conference
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Football Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| DefensivePlayerOfTheYear | Keith Millard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| DefensiveRookieOfTheYear | Derrick Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draft | 1989 NFL Draft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftTopPick | Troy Aikman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftTopPickTeam | Dallas Cowboys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| nextSeason | 1990 NFL season ⓘ |
| NFCChampion | San Francisco 49ers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
San Francisco 49ers achieved one of the largest margins of victory in Super Bowl history
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San Francisco 49ers won second consecutive Super Bowl ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Barry Sanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ John Elway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Denver Broncos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco 49ers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 28 ⓘ |
| OffensivePlayerOfTheYear | Joe Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| OffensiveRookieOfTheYear | Barry Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playoffsEndDate | 1990-01-28 ⓘ |
| playoffsStartDate | 1989-12-31 ⓘ |
| previousSeason | 1988 NFL season ⓘ |
| ProBowlCity | Honolulu, Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ProBowlDate | 1990-02-04 ⓘ |
| ProBowlSite | Aloha Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonEndDate | 1989-12-25 ⓘ |
| regularSeasonStartDate | 1989-09-10 ⓘ |
| ruleChange | Instant replay was used for the final season of its original implementation period ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Denver Broncos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 70 ⓘ |
| SuperBowlCity | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SuperBowlDate | 1990-01-28 ⓘ |
| SuperBowlFinalScore | San Francisco 49ers 55–10 Denver Broncos ⓘ |
| SuperBowlMVP | Joe Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SuperBowlSite | Louisiana Superdome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionPartner |
ABC
NERFINISHED
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CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ ESPN NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WalterPaytonManOfTheYear | Warren Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1989 NFL season Description of subject: The 1989 NFL season was the league year culminating in the San Francisco 49ers’ dominant championship run, highlighted by Joe Montana’s MVP performance and a lopsided Super Bowl victory.
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