New York Lincoln Giants
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The New York Lincoln Giants were a prominent early 20th-century Negro league baseball team based in New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York Lincoln Giants canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5137690 — 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: New York Lincoln Giants Context triple: [Turkey Stearnes, memberOfSportsTeam, New York Lincoln Giants]
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Philadelphia Giants
The Philadelphia Giants were a prominent early 20th-century Negro league baseball team based in Philadelphia, known for featuring several of the era’s top Black players.
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B.
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) and one of its oldest and most storied franchises.
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C.
New York Giants
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team based in New York City, now known as the San Francisco Giants, and one of the sport’s most historic and successful franchises.
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D.
New York Saints
The New York Saints were a professional box lacrosse team that competed in the National Lacrosse League and played their home games on Long Island.
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E.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a historic NFL franchise based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, renowned for their passionate fan base, community ownership, and multiple championship titles.
- 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: New York Lincoln Giants Target entity description: The New York Lincoln Giants were a prominent early 20th-century Negro league baseball team based in New York City.
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A.
Philadelphia Giants
The Philadelphia Giants were a prominent early 20th-century Negro league baseball team based in Philadelphia, known for featuring several of the era’s top Black players.
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B.
New York Giants
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team based in New York City, now known as the San Francisco Giants, and one of the sport’s most historic and successful franchises.
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C.
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL) and one of its oldest and most storied franchises.
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D.
New York Saints
The New York Saints were a professional box lacrosse team that competed in the National Lacrosse League and played their home games on Long Island.
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E.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a historic NFL franchise based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, renowned for their passionate fan base, community ownership, and multiple championship titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Negro league baseball team
ⓘ
defunct baseball team ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lincoln Giants ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Harlem
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| colorLineContext | played during racial segregation in American professional baseball ⓘ |
| competitionType | independent Negro league competition ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolved | 1930 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnoCulturalContext | African-American baseball team ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ed McMahon
ⓘ
Jess McMahon ⓘ Solomon White ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped establish New York City as a major center of Black baseball ⓘ |
| homeBallpark |
Lenox Oval
ⓘ
Olympic Field ⓘ
linked to:
Francis Olympic Field
|
| homeRegion | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1911 ⓘ |
| league |
Negro leagues
ⓘ
linked to:
Negro Leagues
|
| legacy | considered one of the strongest pre-World War I Black baseball teams ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | covered in African-American newspapers such as the New York Age ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the leading early 20th-century Negro league teams
ⓘ
strong barnstorming schedule against top Black and white teams ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Bill Pettus
ⓘ
Dick Redding ⓘ John Henry Lloyd ⓘ Jules Thomas ⓘ Louis Santop ⓘ Pop Lloyd ⓘ Spottswood Poles ⓘ |
| organizationalSuccessor |
Lincoln Stars
ⓘ
New York Lincoln Stars ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln Stars
|
| organizationalType | professional baseball club ⓘ |
| playedAgainst |
Brooklyn Royal Giants
ⓘ
Chicago American Giants ⓘ Cuban Stars (East) ⓘ Hilldale Club ⓘ various white semi-professional and professional teams ⓘ |
| segregationEra | Jim Crow era in the United States ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| timePeriodActive |
1910s
ⓘ
1920s ⓘ |
| wonChampionship | unofficial Eastern championship titles in the 1910s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New York Lincoln Giants Description of subject: The New York Lincoln Giants were a prominent early 20th-century Negro league baseball team based in New York City.
Referenced by (8)
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