2017 Arena Football League season
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The 2017 Arena Football League season was a professional indoor American football season that marked a period of contraction and restructuring for the league, including the debut of new franchises such as the Baltimore Brigade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2017 Arena Football League season canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9883796 — 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: 2017 Arena Football League season Context triple: [Baltimore Brigade, inauguralSeason, 2017 Arena Football League season]
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A.
Champions Indoor Football 2017 season
The Champions Indoor Football 2017 season was a professional indoor American football campaign featuring multiple teams competing for the CIF championship title.
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B.
Alliance of American Football
The Alliance of American Football was a short-lived professional spring American football league that operated in 2019 as an alternative to the NFL before abruptly ceasing operations mid-season.
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C.
World League of American Football
The World League of American Football was an NFL-backed spring developmental football league that operated in North America and Europe before evolving into NFL Europe.
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D.
Champions Professional Indoor Football League 2014 season
The Champions Professional Indoor Football League 2014 season was a professional indoor American football campaign featuring teams from the CPIFL competing for the league championship.
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E.
National Arena League
The National Arena League is a professional indoor American football league in the United States featuring regional teams that compete in a fast-paced, high-scoring arena format.
- 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: 2017 Arena Football League season Target entity description: The 2017 Arena Football League season was a professional indoor American football season that marked a period of contraction and restructuring for the league, including the debut of new franchises such as the Baltimore Brigade.
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A.
Champions Indoor Football 2017 season
The Champions Indoor Football 2017 season was a professional indoor American football campaign featuring multiple teams competing for the CIF championship title.
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B.
Alliance of American Football
The Alliance of American Football was a short-lived professional spring American football league that operated in 2019 as an alternative to the NFL before abruptly ceasing operations mid-season.
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C.
World League of American Football
The World League of American Football was an NFL-backed spring developmental football league that operated in North America and Europe before evolving into NFL Europe.
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D.
Champions Professional Indoor Football League 2014 season
The Champions Professional Indoor Football League 2014 season was a professional indoor American football campaign featuring teams from the CPIFL competing for the league championship.
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E.
National Arena League
The National Arena League is a professional indoor American football league in the United States featuring regional teams that compete in a fast-paced, high-scoring arena format.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arena Football League season
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sports season ⓘ |
| ArenaBowlCity | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ArenaBowlVenue | Wells Fargo Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Philadelphia Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipGame | ArenaBowl XXX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-level indoor American football in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 2017-08-26 ⓘ |
| featuredTeam |
Baltimore Brigade
NERFINISHED
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Cleveland Gladiators NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ Tampa Bay Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Valor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalsMVP | Darius Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Arena Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConference | none ⓘ |
| hasDivision | none ⓘ |
| league | Arena Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Dan Raudabaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| newFranchise |
Baltimore Brigade
NERFINISHED
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Washington Valor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSeason | 2018 Arena Football League season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableChange |
elimination of conferences and divisions
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reduced number of franchises compared to previous seasons ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
introduction of new franchises in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
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league contraction to five teams ⓘ |
| numberOfArenaBowl | 30 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfRegularSeasonGamesPerTeam | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 5 ⓘ |
| playoffFormat | two-round bracket ⓘ |
| playoffStartDate | 2017-08-12 ⓘ |
| playoffTeams | 4 ⓘ |
| previousSeason | 2016 Arena Football League season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonChampion | Philadelphia Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rules | Arena Football rules ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Tampa Bay Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonFormat | single-division ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 30 ⓘ |
| seasonType | professional ⓘ |
| sport | indoor American football ⓘ |
| startDate | 2017-04-07 ⓘ |
| televisionPartner |
CBS Sports Network
NERFINISHED
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ESPN3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Univision Deportes Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: 2017 Arena Football League season Description of subject: The 2017 Arena Football League season was a professional indoor American football season that marked a period of contraction and restructuring for the league, including the debut of new franchises such as the Baltimore Brigade.
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