American League Wild Card Series
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The American League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which wild card teams advance further in the American League playoffs.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American League Wild Card Series canonical | 5 |
| Wild Card Series | 3 |
| American League Wild Card | 1 |
| American League Wild Card Game | 1 |
| American League Wild Card races | 1 |
| American League playoffs | 1 |
| Wild Card round | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T303860 — 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: American League Wild Card Series Context triple: [American League Division Series, relatedCompetition, American League Wild Card Series]
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A.
American League Division Series
The American League Division Series is a Major League Baseball postseason round that determines which American League teams advance toward the league championship and ultimately the World Series.
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B.
American League Championship Series
The American League Championship Series is Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff round that determines the American League pennant winner and World Series participant.
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C.
National League Division Series
The National League Division Series is a best-of-five playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which National League teams advance to the League Championship Series.
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D.
National League Championship Series
The National League Championship Series is Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff series that determines the National League champion and one of the two teams that advance to the World Series.
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E.
American League Wild Card teams
American League Wild Card teams are MLB clubs that qualify for the postseason without winning their division and compete in the American League playoff bracket.
- 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: American League Wild Card Series Target entity description: The American League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which wild card teams advance further in the American League playoffs.
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A.
American League Division Series
The American League Division Series is a Major League Baseball postseason round that determines which American League teams advance toward the league championship and ultimately the World Series.
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B.
American League Championship Series
The American League Championship Series is Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff round that determines the American League pennant winner and World Series participant.
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C.
National League Division Series
The National League Division Series is a best-of-five playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which National League teams advance to the League Championship Series.
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D.
National League Championship Series
The National League Championship Series is Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff series that determines the National League champion and one of the two teams that advance to the World Series.
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E.
American League Wild Card teams
American League Wild Card teams are MLB clubs that qualify for the postseason without winning their division and compete in the American League playoff bracket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball playoff round
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postseason baseball series ⓘ |
| advancesTo | American League Division Series ⓘ |
| category |
American League
ⓘ
MLB playoffs ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball playoffs
wild card playoffs ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | best-of-three series ⓘ |
| determines | which American League wild card clubs continue in the postseason ⓘ |
| eliminationFormat | short series elimination ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasOutcome | elimination of losing wild card teams ⓘ |
| league | American League ⓘ |
| levelOfCompetition | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| numberOfGames | 3 ⓘ |
| organizer | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| partOf |
American League Wild Card Series
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
American League playoffs
MLB playoffs ⓘ
surface form:
Major League Baseball postseason
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| playoffStage | first round of American League postseason ⓘ |
| postseasonRoundType | wild card round ⓘ |
| purpose | to determine which American League wild card teams advance in the playoffs ⓘ |
| replaces |
Wild Card Game
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surface form:
single-elimination American League Wild Card Game
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| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamSport | yes ⓘ |
| uses | wild card teams from the American League standings ⓘ |
| usesStandingsFrom |
MLB regular season
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surface form:
Major League Baseball regular season
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: American League Wild Card Series Description of subject: The American League Wild Card Series is a best-of-three postseason playoff round in Major League Baseball that determines which wild card teams advance further in the American League playoffs.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wild Card Series
this entity surface form:
Wild Card round
subject surface form:
American League Division Series
subject surface form:
American League Division Series
this entity surface form:
American League Wild Card Game
subject surface form:
American League Wild Card team
this entity surface form:
Wild Card Series
subject surface form:
American League Wild Card team
American League Wild Card Series
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partOf
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American League Wild Card Series
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
American League playoffs
this entity surface form:
Wild Card Series
this entity surface form:
American League Wild Card races
this entity surface form:
American League Wild Card