2001 MLS SuperDraft
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The 2001 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual event in which teams selected eligible college and youth players to join the league ahead of the 2001 season.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2001 MLS SuperDraft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9902814 — 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: 2001 MLS SuperDraft Context triple: [2002 MLS SuperDraft, follows, 2001 MLS SuperDraft]
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A.
2002 MLS SuperDraft
The 2002 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual college and youth player draft that notably introduced future star striker Taylor Twellman to the league.
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B.
2006 MLS SuperDraft
The 2006 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual player draft event in which MLS clubs selected eligible college and youth players entering the league that year.
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C.
2005 MLS SuperDraft
The 2005 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual college and youth player draft in which future U.S. national team goalkeeper Brad Guzan was selected.
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D.
MLS SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft is Major League Soccer’s annual event where clubs select eligible college players and other prospects to join the league.
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E.
2001 Major League Soccer season
The 2001 Major League Soccer season was the sixth year of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, featuring clubs from across the country competing for the MLS Cup amid a schedule disrupted by the September 11 attacks.
- 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: 2001 MLS SuperDraft Target entity description: The 2001 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual event in which teams selected eligible college and youth players to join the league ahead of the 2001 season.
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A.
2002 MLS SuperDraft
The 2002 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual college and youth player draft that notably introduced future star striker Taylor Twellman to the league.
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B.
2006 MLS SuperDraft
The 2006 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual player draft event in which MLS clubs selected eligible college and youth players entering the league that year.
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C.
2005 MLS SuperDraft
The 2005 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual college and youth player draft in which future U.S. national team goalkeeper Brad Guzan was selected.
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D.
MLS SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft is Major League Soccer’s annual event where clubs select eligible college players and other prospects to join the league.
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E.
2001 Major League Soccer season
The 2001 Major League Soccer season was the sixth year of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, featuring clubs from across the country competing for the MLS Cup amid a schedule disrupted by the September 11 attacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Soccer event
ⓘ
sports draft ⓘ |
| city | Fort Lauderdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| date | 2001-02-05 ⓘ |
| draftType |
college draft
ⓘ
youth player draft ⓘ |
| eligibility |
college players
ⓘ
youth players ⓘ |
| firstOverallPick | Chris Carrieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstOverallTeam | San Jose Earthquakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2002 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesRound |
Round 1
ⓘ
Round 2 ⓘ Round 3 ⓘ Round 4 ⓘ Round 5 ⓘ Round 6 ⓘ |
| league | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| location | Fort Lauderdale, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSelection |
Brian Ching
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eddie Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Edson Buddle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Nelsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Major League Soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overallPicks | 72 ⓘ |
| partOf | MLS player acquisition mechanisms ⓘ |
| precededBy | 2000 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to allow MLS teams to select eligible players for the 2001 season ⓘ |
| rounds | 6 ⓘ |
| season | 2001 Major League Soccer season ⓘ |
| secondOverallPick | Mark Lisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedBy |
Columbus Crew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
D.C. United NERFINISHED ⓘ D.C. United NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas Burn NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ San Jose Earthquakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedIn |
2001 MLS SuperDraft
NERFINISHED
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2001 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ 2001 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ 2001 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ 2001 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ 2001 MLS SuperDraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionNumber |
1
ⓘ
2 ⓘ 4 ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| thirdOverallPick | Ryan Nelsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: 2001 MLS SuperDraft Description of subject: The 2001 MLS SuperDraft was Major League Soccer’s annual event in which teams selected eligible college and youth players to join the league ahead of the 2001 season.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.