Polo Grounds
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Polo Grounds was a historic New York City sports stadium best known as the longtime home of the New York Giants baseball team and the site of numerous iconic moments in American sports history.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polo Grounds canonical | 33 |
| Polo Grounds III | 2 |
| Polo Grounds IV | 2 |
| Polo Grounds (as New York Yankees) | 1 |
| Polo Grounds Towers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T24104 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polo Grounds Context triple: [New York Giants, previousHomeStadium, Polo Grounds]
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A.
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium is a renowned baseball stadium in the Bronx, New York City, best known as the iconic home venue of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees.
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B.
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden is a famous multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and entertainment spectacles.
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C.
MetLife Stadium
MetLife Stadium is a large, modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known for hosting NFL games for both the New York Giants and New York Jets.
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D.
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a historic Major League Baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, renowned as one of the oldest and most iconic ballparks in the United States.
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E.
Franklin Field
Franklin Field is a historic college football stadium in Philadelphia best known as the longtime home of the University of Pennsylvania’s football program and the Penn Relays.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polo Grounds Target entity description: Polo Grounds was a historic New York City sports stadium best known as the longtime home of the New York Giants baseball team and the site of numerous iconic moments in American sports history.
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A.
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium is a renowned baseball stadium in the Bronx, New York City, best known as the iconic home venue of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees.
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B.
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden is a famous multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and entertainment spectacles.
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C.
MetLife Stadium
MetLife Stadium is a large, modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known for hosting NFL games for both the New York Giants and New York Jets.
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D.
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a historic Major League Baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, renowned as one of the oldest and most iconic ballparks in the United States.
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E.
Franklin Field
Franklin Field is a historic college football stadium in Philadelphia best known as the longtime home of the University of Pennsylvania’s football program and the Penn Relays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball park
ⓘ
defunct stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ |
| alsoTenant |
New York Brickley Giants (NFL)
ⓘ
New York Giants ⓘ
surface form:
New York Giants (NFL)
New York Mets ⓘ
surface form:
New York Mets (MLB)
New York Jets ⓘ
surface form:
New York Titans (AFL)
New York Yankees ⓘ
surface form:
New York Yankees (MLB)
|
| alsoTenantFrom | 1962 ⓘ |
| alsoTenantTo | 1963 ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| capacityPeak | over 50,000 ⓘ |
| centerFieldDistance | approximately 483 feet ⓘ |
| city |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York
|
| closed | 1963 ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | historical plaques at the former site ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentSiteUse | public housing complex ⓘ |
| demolished | 1964 ⓘ |
| era |
Dead-ball era
ⓘ
surface form:
dead-ball era
live-ball era ⓘ |
| feature |
very deep center field
ⓘ
very short distances down the foul lines ⓘ |
| fieldShape | distinctive bathtub-shaped outfield ⓘ |
| hostedWorldSeries | multiple World Series games ⓘ |
| location |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Coogan's Hollow ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff
ⓘ
Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch in 1954 World Series ⓘ first home game in New York Mets history ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | 1951-10-03 ⓘ |
| opened | 1890 ⓘ |
| owner |
New York Giants
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Giants (various periods)
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| predecessor | earlier Polo Grounds venues in upper Manhattan ⓘ |
| primaryTenant |
New York Giants
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Giants (MLB)
|
| primaryTenantFrom | 1891 ⓘ |
| primaryTenantTo | 1957 ⓘ |
| sport |
American football
ⓘ
baseball ⓘ boxing ⓘ soccer ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| successorVenueForGiants | Candlestick Park ⓘ |
| successorVenueForMets | Shea Stadium ⓘ |
| surface | natural grass ⓘ |
| YankeesTenantFrom | 1913 ⓘ |
| YankeesTenantTo | 1922 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Polo Grounds Description of subject: Polo Grounds was a historic New York City sports stadium best known as the longtime home of the New York Giants baseball team and the site of numerous iconic moments in American sports history.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Polo Grounds III
this entity surface form:
Polo Grounds IV
this entity surface form:
Polo Grounds III
this entity surface form:
Polo Grounds IV
this entity surface form:
Polo Grounds Towers
this entity surface form:
Polo Grounds (as New York Yankees)
subject surface form:
Shot Heard Round the World (baseball)