ECHL Bakersfield Condors
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The ECHL Bakersfield Condors were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California, that competed in the ECHL before the market transitioned to an AHL franchise under the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ECHL Bakersfield Condors canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10426988 — 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: ECHL Bakersfield Condors Context triple: [Bakersfield Condors, predecessorTeamInCity, ECHL Bakersfield Condors]
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ECHL
The ECHL is a professional mid-level ice hockey league in North America that serves as a primary developmental system for NHL and AHL teams.
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ECHL Western Conference
The ECHL Western Conference is one of the two main competitive groupings in the ECHL, comprising professional minor league ice hockey teams primarily based in the western regions of North America.
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ECHL Mountain Division
The ECHL Mountain Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams that compete in the ECHL’s Western Conference.
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ECHL Central Division
The ECHL Central Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams within the ECHL, featuring Midwestern clubs that compete against each other during the regular season and playoffs.
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ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs
The ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs are the league’s annual postseason tournament that determines the champion of the ECHL, a premier North American minor professional ice hockey league.
- 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: ECHL Bakersfield Condors Target entity description: The ECHL Bakersfield Condors were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California, that competed in the ECHL before the market transitioned to an AHL franchise under the same name.
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A.
ECHL
The ECHL is a professional mid-level ice hockey league in North America that serves as a primary developmental system for NHL and AHL teams.
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B.
ECHL Western Conference
The ECHL Western Conference is one of the two main competitive groupings in the ECHL, comprising professional minor league ice hockey teams primarily based in the western regions of North America.
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C.
ECHL Mountain Division
The ECHL Mountain Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams that compete in the ECHL’s Western Conference.
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ECHL Central Division
The ECHL Central Division is a regional grouping of professional minor league ice hockey teams within the ECHL, featuring Midwestern clubs that compete against each other during the regular season and playoffs.
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E.
ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs
The ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs are the league’s annual postseason tournament that determines the champion of the ECHL, a premier North American minor professional ice hockey league.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports team
ⓘ
ice hockey team ⓘ |
| basedInMetropolitanArea | Kern County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Bakersfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | ECHL Western Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2015 ⓘ |
| division | Pacific Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fanBaseRegion | Central Valley of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerLeague | West Coast Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerNHLAffiliate |
Anaheim Ducks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1998 ⓘ |
| governingBody | ECHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeArena | Rabobank Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCountryLeagueTier | AA-level professional ice hockey ⓘ |
| homeGamesPlayedAt | Rabobank Arena, Theater and Convention Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeOpenerFirstSeason | 1998 ⓘ |
| joinedECHL | 2003 ⓘ |
| league | ECHL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| level | minor league ⓘ |
| location | Bakersfield, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketTransitionedTo | AHL franchise Bakersfield Condors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot |
Baby Cal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colonel Claw’d NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| minorLeague | true ⓘ |
| nameRetainedBy | AHL Bakersfield Condors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLAffiliate | Edmonton Oilers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Ontario Reign (ECHL)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stockton Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUntilSeason | 2014–15 ECHL season ⓘ |
| playedIn | ECHL Western Conference Finals 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | WCHL Bakersfield Fog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professional | true ⓘ |
| reasonForRelocationChange | AHL expansion and NHL affiliate realignment ⓘ |
| rebrandedFrom | Bakersfield Fog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | AHL Bakersfield Condors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
blue
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orange ⓘ white ⓘ |
| teamName | Bakersfield Condors 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: ECHL Bakersfield Condors Description of subject: The ECHL Bakersfield Condors were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California, that competed in the ECHL before the market transitioned to an AHL franchise under the same name.
Referenced by (1)
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