1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
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The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was the global preliminary competition through which national football teams contested for places at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8815766 — 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: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Context triple: [Netherlands Antilles national football team, fifaWorldCupQualifyingParticipation, 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification]
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1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was a global football tournament held in Mexico, remembered for Diego Maradona’s iconic performances that led Argentina to the title.
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B.
1954 FIFA World Cup qualification cycle
The 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification cycle was the global series of regional qualifying tournaments that determined which national football teams advanced to the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.
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C.
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th edition of the men's international football championship, held in Italy and won by West Germany.
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D.
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th edition of the tournament, held in Spain, where Italy won its third world title after defeating West Germany in the final.
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E.
FIFA Confederations Cup 1992
The FIFA Confederations Cup 1992 was the inaugural edition of the intercontinental national team tournament, then known as the King Fahd Cup, held in Saudi Arabia as a precursor to the modern FIFA Confederations Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Target entity description: The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was the global preliminary competition through which national football teams contested for places at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico.
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A.
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was a global football tournament held in Mexico, remembered for Diego Maradona’s iconic performances that led Argentina to the title.
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B.
1954 FIFA World Cup qualification cycle
The 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification cycle was the global series of regional qualifying tournaments that determined which national football teams advanced to the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.
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C.
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th edition of the men's international football championship, held in Italy and won by West Germany.
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D.
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th edition of the tournament, held in Spain, where Italy won its third world title after defeating West Germany in the final.
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E.
FIFA Confederations Cup 1992
The FIFA Confederations Cup 1992 was the inaugural edition of the intercontinental national team tournament, then known as the King Fahd Cup, held in Saudi Arabia as a precursor to the modern FIFA Confederations Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | FIFA World Cup qualification tournament ⓘ |
| confederation |
AFC
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CAF NERFINISHED ⓘ CONCACAF ⓘ CONMEBOL ⓘ OFC NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA ⓘ |
| defendingChampionAutomaticQualifiers | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1985 ⓘ |
| forCompetition | 1986 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostAutomaticQualifiers | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostTournamentCountry | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableChange | expansion of World Cup finals to 24 teams ⓘ |
| numberOfConfederations | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipatingTeams | 121 ⓘ |
| organizer | FIFA ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| qualificationFormat |
home-and-away group stage
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inter-confederation play-offs ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1984 ⓘ |
| teamsQualifiedFromAFC |
Iraq
NERFINISHED
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South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamsQualifiedFromCAF |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
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Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamsQualifiedFromCONCACAF |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamsQualifiedFromCONMEBOL |
Argentina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamsQualifiedFromOFC |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamsQualifiedFromUEFA |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalPlacesAtFinals | 24 ⓘ |
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: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Description of subject: The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was the global preliminary competition through which national football teams contested for places at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Netherlands Antilles national football team
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fifaWorldCupQualifyingParticipation
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1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
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