1996 American League Championship Series
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The 1996 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven MLB playoff matchup in which the New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles, highlighted by Derek Jeter’s controversial “Jeffrey Maier” home run.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1996 American League Championship Series canonical | 5 |
| 1996 American League Championship Series interference incident | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T221993 — 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: 1996 American League Championship Series Context triple: [New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles, notablePostseasonSeries, 1996 American League Championship Series]
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2003 American League Championship Series
The 2003 American League Championship Series was a dramatic, seven-game playoff between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox that became famous for its intense rivalry moments and Aaron Boone’s walk-off home run in Game 7.
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2004 American League Championship Series
The 2004 American League Championship Series was a historic MLB playoff matchup in which the Boston Red Sox became the first team in baseball history to overcome a 3–0 series deficit, defeating the New York Yankees and propelling themselves toward their first World Series title in 86 years.
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C.
1993 World Series
The 1993 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies, remembered for Joe Carter’s dramatic walk-off home run that clinched a second consecutive title for Toronto.
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D.
1989 World Series
The 1989 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants that became infamous for being interrupted by a powerful earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series
Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series is the famous contest in which Curt Schilling pitched with a sutured ankle in the “bloody sock” game, helping the Boston Red Sox continue their historic comeback against the New York Yankees.
- 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: 1996 American League Championship Series Target entity description: The 1996 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven MLB playoff matchup in which the New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles, highlighted by Derek Jeter’s controversial “Jeffrey Maier” home run.
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A.
2003 American League Championship Series
The 2003 American League Championship Series was a dramatic, seven-game playoff between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox that became famous for its intense rivalry moments and Aaron Boone’s walk-off home run in Game 7.
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B.
2004 American League Championship Series
The 2004 American League Championship Series was a historic MLB playoff matchup in which the Boston Red Sox became the first team in baseball history to overcome a 3–0 series deficit, defeating the New York Yankees and propelling themselves toward their first World Series title in 86 years.
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C.
1993 World Series
The 1993 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies, remembered for Joe Carter’s dramatic walk-off home run that clinched a second consecutive title for Toronto.
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D.
1989 World Series
The 1989 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants that became infamous for being interrupted by a powerful earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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E.
Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series
Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series is the famous contest in which Curt Schilling pitched with a sutured ankle in the “bloody sock” game, helping the Boston Red Sox continue their historic comeback against the New York Yankees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1996 American League Championship Series Description of subject: The 1996 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven MLB playoff matchup in which the New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles, highlighted by Derek Jeter’s controversial “Jeffrey Maier” home run.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
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notablePostseasonSeries
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1996 American League Championship Series
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