MLB playoffs

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Major League Baseball event postseason tournament sports competition

The MLB playoffs are the postseason elimination tournament in Major League Baseball that determines the league’s annual World Series champion.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Major League Baseball postseason	58
MLB postseason	7
Major League Baseball postseason games	7
Major League Baseball playoffs	4
2004 Major League Baseball postseason	3
MLB playoffs canonical	2
American League postseason	1
Introduction of the wild card in MLB postseason	1
Major League Baseball postseason qualification system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T49221 — 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: MLB playoffs
Context triple: [Major League Baseball, postseasonTournament, MLB playoffs]

A. World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, determining the league's overall champion.
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.
C. 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.
D. Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the premier professional baseball organization in North America, comprising teams from the United States and Canada and representing the highest level of play in the sport.
E. 2018 World Series
The 2018 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 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: MLB playoffs
Target entity description: The MLB playoffs are the postseason elimination tournament in Major League Baseball that determines the league’s annual World Series champion.

A. World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, determining the league's overall champion.
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.
C. 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.
D. Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the premier professional baseball organization in North America, comprising teams from the United States and Canada and representing the highest level of play in the sport.
E. 2018 World Series
The 2018 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the title.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball event ⓘ postseason tournament ⓘ sports competition ⓘ
alsoPlayedIn	Canada ⓘ
broadcastOn	ESPN ⓘ FS1 ⓘ Fox ⓘ MLB Network ⓘ TBS ⓘ
competitiveLevel	professional ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
determines	American League champion ⓘ National League champion ⓘ World Series champion ⓘ
feature	home-field advantage ⓘ series-based matchups ⓘ tiebreaker rules ⓘ
follows	MLB regular season ⓘ
format	elimination tournament ⓘ
gender	men's competition ⓘ
governingBody	Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
hasStage	Division Series round ⓘ League Championship Series round ⓘ American League Wild Card Series ⓘ surface form: Wild Card round World Series round ⓘ
includes	Division Series ⓘ League Championship Series ⓘ American League Wild Card Series ⓘ surface form: Wild Card Series World Series ⓘ
league	American League ⓘ National League ⓘ
nickname	October baseball ⓘ the postseason ⓘ
numberOfLeagues	2 ⓘ
organizer	Major League Baseball ⓘ
partOf	MLB regular season ⓘ surface form: Major League Baseball season
precededBy	MLB regular season ⓘ
relatedTo	MLB regular season standings ⓘ World Series Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ surface form: World Series MVP award
selectionBasis	regular season standings ⓘ wild card berths ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
teamSport	true ⓘ
timeOfYear	autumn ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	October ⓘ
uses	best-of series ⓘ

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