Olympic softball tournament

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Olympic tournament international softball competition

The Olympic softball tournament is an international women's softball competition held as part of the Summer Olympic Games, featuring national teams competing for Olympic medals.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Olympic Games softball tournament	1
Olympic softball program	1
Olympic softball tournament canonical	1
Softball at the Summer Olympics	1
softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics	1
softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics	1
softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics	1
softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics	1
softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10185026 — 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: Olympic softball tournament
Context triple: [Olympic Games baseball tournament, associatedEvent, Olympic softball tournament]

A. WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup
The WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup is the premier international women’s softball tournament, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for the world championship title.
B. Olympic Games baseball tournament
The Olympic Games baseball tournament was an international baseball competition held as part of the Summer Olympics, featuring national teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
C. softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball team sport similar to baseball but played on a smaller field with a larger ball and underhand pitching, popular worldwide in both recreational and competitive formats.
D. WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup
The WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup is the premier global tournament for women’s national baseball teams, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation to determine the world champion in women’s baseball.
E. WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup
The WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup is an international youth softball championship for women under 18, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for a world title.
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: Olympic softball tournament
Target entity description: The Olympic softball tournament is an international women's softball competition held as part of the Summer Olympic Games, featuring national teams competing for Olympic medals.

A. WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup
The WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup is the premier international women’s softball tournament, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for the world championship title.
B. Olympic Games baseball tournament
The Olympic Games baseball tournament was an international baseball competition held as part of the Summer Olympics, featuring national teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
C. softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball team sport similar to baseball but played on a smaller field with a larger ball and underhand pitching, popular worldwide in both recreational and competitive formats.
D. WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup
The WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup is the premier global tournament for women’s national baseball teams, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation to determine the world champion in women’s baseball.
E. WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup
The WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup is an international youth softball championship for women under 18, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for a world title.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic tournament ⓘ international softball competition ⓘ
ageCategory	adult ⓘ
ballType	yellow optic softball ⓘ
category	Softball at the Summer Olympics ⓘ linked to: Olympic softball tournament
competitionFormat	knockout stage ⓘ round-robin group stage ⓘ
competitionLevel	elite international ⓘ
eligibility	national teams ⓘ
fieldType	outdoor field ⓘ
firstHeld	1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ
firstHostCity	Atlanta ⓘ
firstHostCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
firstYear	1996 ⓘ
frequency	every four years ⓘ
genderCategory	women's tournament ⓘ
governingBody	World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ
inningsPerGame	7 innings ⓘ
introducedBy	International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
medalEvent	yes ⓘ
medalsAwarded	bronze medal ⓘ gold medal ⓘ silver medal ⓘ
notableDominantNation	Japan ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
OlympicStatus	optional sport on Olympic programme ⓘ
organizer	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
partOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
pitchingStyle	underhand fastpitch ⓘ
purpose	to determine Olympic softball champion ⓘ
qualificationMethod	continental qualification tournaments ⓘ world championship results ⓘ
reinstatedFor	2020 Summer Olympics ⓘ
reinstatedHostCity	Tokyo ⓘ
reinstatedHostCountry	Japan ⓘ
relatedTournament	Olympic baseball tournament ⓘ linked to: Olympic Games baseball tournament
removedFromProgramme	2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
ruleSetBasedOn	international softball rules ⓘ
scope	worldwide ⓘ
sport	softball ⓘ
sportFamily	bat-and-ball games ⓘ
teamSizeOnField	9 players ⓘ
teamType	senior national team ⓘ
typicalNumberOfTeams	8 ⓘ
venueType	softball stadium ⓘ

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