1987 World Championships in Athletics
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The 1987 World Championships in Athletics was a major global track and field competition held in Rome, Italy, featuring many of the world's top athletes across a wide range of events.
All labels observed (1)
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| 1987 World Championships in Athletics canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2221239 — 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: 1987 World Championships in Athletics Context triple: [Carl Lewis, worldChampionshipsParticipatedIn, 1987 World Championships in Athletics]
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1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Seoul that marked South Korea’s emergence on the global stage and featured the last Games in which both the Soviet Union and East Germany competed.
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1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event marked by a Soviet-led boycott, significant commercial success, and standout athletic performances, including those of Carl Lewis.
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2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 2003 World Championships in Athletics was a major international track and field competition organized by World Athletics and held in Paris, France.
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1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, marked by a large-scale boycott led by the United States during the Cold War.
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2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
The 2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics was a major global track and field competition organized by the IAAF and held in London, featuring top athletes from around the world competing for world titles.
- 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: 1987 World Championships in Athletics Target entity description: The 1987 World Championships in Athletics was a major global track and field competition held in Rome, Italy, featuring many of the world's top athletes across a wide range of events.
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A.
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Seoul that marked South Korea’s emergence on the global stage and featured the last Games in which both the Soviet Union and East Germany competed.
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B.
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event marked by a Soviet-led boycott, significant commercial success, and standout athletic performances, including those of Carl Lewis.
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C.
2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 2003 World Championships in Athletics was a major international track and field competition organized by World Athletics and held in Paris, France.
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D.
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, marked by a large-scale boycott led by the United States during the Cold War.
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E.
2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
The 2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics was a major global track and field competition organized by the IAAF and held in London, featuring top athletes from around the world competing for world titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1987 World Championships in Athletics Description of subject: The 1987 World Championships in Athletics was a major global track and field competition held in Rome, Italy, featuring many of the world's top athletes across a wide range of events.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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1987 World Championships in Athletics
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