Major League Baseball season 1996
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The 1996 Major League Baseball season was a professional baseball campaign highlighted by the New York Yankees winning their first World Series title since 1978 and the emergence of several future stars across the league.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major League Baseball season 1996 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8504457 — 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: Major League Baseball season 1996 Context triple: [Mark Gardner, participantIn, Major League Baseball season 1996]
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A.
Major League Baseball season 1995
The 1995 Major League Baseball season was the strike-shortened campaign that marked the sport’s return after the 1994 players’ strike, featuring a condensed schedule and the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series.
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B.
Major League Baseball season 1992
The 1992 Major League Baseball season was a professional baseball campaign highlighted by the Toronto Blue Jays becoming the first team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
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C.
Major League Baseball season 2000
The 2000 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year that culminated in the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in the "Subway Series" World Series.
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D.
1994 Major League Baseball season
The 1994 Major League Baseball season was a strike-shortened campaign that ended prematurely in August, resulting in the cancellation of the postseason and the World Series for the first time since 1904.
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E.
1996 World Series
The 1996 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves to win their first title since 1978.
- 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: Major League Baseball season 1996 Target entity description: The 1996 Major League Baseball season was a professional baseball campaign highlighted by the New York Yankees winning their first World Series title since 1978 and the emergence of several future stars across the league.
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A.
Major League Baseball season 1995
The 1995 Major League Baseball season was the strike-shortened campaign that marked the sport’s return after the 1994 players’ strike, featuring a condensed schedule and the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series.
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B.
Major League Baseball season 1992
The 1992 Major League Baseball season was a professional baseball campaign highlighted by the Toronto Blue Jays becoming the first team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
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C.
Major League Baseball season 2000
The 2000 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year that culminated in the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in the "Subway Series" World Series.
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D.
1994 Major League Baseball season
The 1994 Major League Baseball season was a strike-shortened campaign that ended prematurely in August, resulting in the cancellation of the postseason and the World Series for the first time since 1904.
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E.
1996 World Series
The 1996 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves to win their first title since 1978.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| ALChampion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALCSMatchup | New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALCSResult | New York Yankees defeated Baltimore Orioles 4–1 ⓘ |
| ALCyYoungAwardWinner | Pat Hentgen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALManagerOfTheYear | Johnny Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALMVP | Juan González NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALRookieOfTheYear | Derek Jeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championship | 1996 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Commissioner | Bud Selig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1996-10-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1997 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| introducedInterleaguePlay | false ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| NLChampion | Atlanta Braves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLCSMatchup | Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| NLCSResult | Atlanta Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 ⓘ |
| NLCyYoungAwardWinner | John Smoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLManagerOfTheYear | Bruce Bochy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLMVP | Ken Caminiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLRookieOfTheYear | Todd Hollandsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Derek Jeter completed first full MLB season and won AL Rookie of the Year
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York Yankees began late-1990s dynasty with first championship under manager Joe Torre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Alex Rodriguez
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andruw Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Chipper Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Derek Jeter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Smoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan González NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Caminiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariano Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Atlanta Braves
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baltimore Orioles NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPerTeam | 162 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 28 ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1995 Major League Baseball season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonFormat | two leagues with three divisions each ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1996-03-31 ⓘ |
| wildCardTeamAL | Baltimore Orioles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wildCardTeamNL | Los Angeles Dodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesChampion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesMVP | John Wetteland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesResult | New York Yankees defeated Atlanta Braves 4–2 ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesRunnerUp | Atlanta Braves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| YankeesFirstTitleSince | 1978 ⓘ |
| YankeesWorldSeriesTitleNumber | 23 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Major League Baseball season 1996 Description of subject: The 1996 Major League Baseball season was a professional baseball campaign highlighted by the New York Yankees winning their first World Series title since 1978 and the emergence of several future stars across the league.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mark Gardner