2017 Major League Baseball season
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The 2017 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year in which the Houston Astros won their first World Series title amid a later-revealed sign-stealing scandal that significantly impacted the sport.
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| 2017 Major League Baseball season canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3502849 — 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: 2017 Major League Baseball season Context triple: [2016 Major League Baseball season, followedBy, 2017 Major League Baseball season]
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2016 Major League Baseball season
The 2016 Major League Baseball season was the 147th regular season of MLB, culminating in a historic postseason highlighted by the Chicago Cubs ending their 108-year championship drought.
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B.
2007 Major League Baseball season
The 2007 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year in which the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, highlighted by standout performances from players like David Ortiz and Josh Beckett.
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C.
2014 Major League Baseball season
The 2014 Major League Baseball season was the 144th regular season of MLB, culminating in the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series over the Kansas City Royals.
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D.
2012 Major League Baseball season
The 2012 Major League Baseball season was the 143rd regular season of MLB, highlighted by the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series and the introduction of a new second wild card playoff format.
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2017 World Series
The 2017 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series for the 2017 season, featuring the Houston Astros defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2017 Major League Baseball season Target entity description: The 2017 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year in which the Houston Astros won their first World Series title amid a later-revealed sign-stealing scandal that significantly impacted the sport.
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A.
2016 Major League Baseball season
The 2016 Major League Baseball season was the 147th regular season of MLB, culminating in a historic postseason highlighted by the Chicago Cubs ending their 108-year championship drought.
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B.
2007 Major League Baseball season
The 2007 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year in which the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, highlighted by standout performances from players like David Ortiz and Josh Beckett.
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C.
2014 Major League Baseball season
The 2014 Major League Baseball season was the 144th regular season of MLB, culminating in the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series over the Kansas City Royals.
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D.
2012 Major League Baseball season
The 2012 Major League Baseball season was the 143rd regular season of MLB, highlighted by the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series and the introduction of a new second wild card playoff format.
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E.
2017 World Series
The 2017 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series for the 2017 season, featuring the Houston Astros defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2017 Major League Baseball season Description of subject: The 2017 Major League Baseball season was the professional baseball year in which the Houston Astros won their first World Series title amid a later-revealed sign-stealing scandal that significantly impacted the sport.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Major League Baseball season 2018