Blatchford Field
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Blatchford Field is the historic airfield in Edmonton that served for decades as the city’s main airport and an important hub in Canadian aviation history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blatchford Field canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5835874 — 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: Blatchford Field Context triple: [Edmonton City Centre Airport, alsoKnownAs, Blatchford Field]
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A.
Bainton Field
Bainton Field is the home baseball stadium for Rutgers University, hosting the Scarlet Knights’ collegiate baseball games and related athletic events.
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B.
Holloway Field
Holloway Field is a collegiate athletic facility associated with Rice University, primarily used for hosting the university’s outdoor sports events and competitions.
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C.
Dudy Noble Field
Dudy Noble Field is the renowned college baseball stadium and home field of the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball program in Starkville, Mississippi.
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D.
Mills Field
Mills Field was the original name of the airport that later became San Francisco International Airport, serving as the main airfield for the San Francisco Bay Area in its early years.
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E.
Eichelberger Field
Eichelberger Field is a collegiate softball stadium that serves as the home field for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini softball team.
- 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: Blatchford Field Target entity description: Blatchford Field is the historic airfield in Edmonton that served for decades as the city’s main airport and an important hub in Canadian aviation history.
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A.
Bainton Field
Bainton Field is the home baseball stadium for Rutgers University, hosting the Scarlet Knights’ collegiate baseball games and related athletic events.
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B.
Holloway Field
Holloway Field is a collegiate athletic facility associated with Rice University, primarily used for hosting the university’s outdoor sports events and competitions.
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C.
Dudy Noble Field
Dudy Noble Field is the renowned college baseball stadium and home field of the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball program in Starkville, Mississippi.
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D.
Mills Field
Mills Field was the original name of the airport that later became San Francisco International Airport, serving as the main airfield for the San Francisco Bay Area in its early years.
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E.
Eichelberger Field
Eichelberger Field is a collegiate softball stadium that serves as the home field for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini softball team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
ⓘ
airport ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Edmonton City Centre Airport
ⓘ
Edmonton Municipal Airport ⓘ
linked to:
Edmonton City Centre Airport
YXD ⓘ |
| cityServed | Edmonton ⓘ |
| closureReason | redevelopment of lands ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
2201 ft
ⓘ
671 m ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Airports in Alberta
ⓘ
Aviation history of Canada ⓘ Defunct airports in Canada ⓘ History of Edmonton ⓘ Transport in Edmonton ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | historic airfield ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important hub in Canadian aviation history
ⓘ
major northern aviation gateway ⓘ |
| IATAcode | YXD ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | CYXD ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Edmonton ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| locatedNear | downtown Edmonton ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Blatchford lands
ⓘ
linked to:
Blatchford
|
| namedAfter | Kenneth Alexander Blatchford ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering northern air routes
ⓘ
role in development of Edmonton as aviation hub ⓘ |
| operatedAs | Edmonton City Centre Airport ⓘ |
| operator |
City of Edmonton
ⓘ
linked to:
Edmonton
|
| ownedBy |
City of Edmonton
ⓘ
linked to:
Edmonton
|
| partOf |
City of Edmonton
ⓘ
linked to:
Edmonton
|
| servedRegion |
Edmonton metropolitan region
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Edmonton area
Northern Canada ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| successor | Edmonton International Airport ⓘ |
| transportType | air transport ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airmail service
ⓘ
cargo flights ⓘ civil aviation ⓘ flight training ⓘ military aviation ⓘ passenger flights ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blatchford Field Description of subject: Blatchford Field is the historic airfield in Edmonton that served for decades as the city’s main airport and an important hub in Canadian aviation history.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.