The National Pastime
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"The National Pastime" is a lively musical theater song, best known from the stage adaptation of "Damn Yankees," that humorously celebrates America's love of baseball.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The National Pastime canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6279700 — 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: The National Pastime Context triple: [Bombshell, featuresSong, The National Pastime]
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A.
Grays Sports Almanac
Grays Sports Almanac is a fictional sports statistics book from the Back to the Future franchise that becomes a pivotal plot device when used for time-travel-based gambling.
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B.
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
The Major League Baseball All-Time Team is a legendary roster selected to recognize the greatest players in MLB history across all positions.
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C.
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
The Major League Baseball All-Century Team is a roster of the sport’s greatest players of the 20th century, selected through fan voting and a panel of experts and unveiled in 1999.
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D.
Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball is a bestselling non-fiction book that analyzes the strategies, psychology, and intricacies of professional baseball through in-depth profiles of players and managers.
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E.
The Boys of Summer
"The Boys of Summer" is a 1984 rock song by Don Henley, acclaimed for its nostalgic lyrics and atmospheric production, and widely regarded as one of his signature solo hits.
- 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: The National Pastime Target entity description: "The National Pastime" is a lively musical theater song, best known from the stage adaptation of "Damn Yankees," that humorously celebrates America's love of baseball.
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A.
Grays Sports Almanac
Grays Sports Almanac is a fictional sports statistics book from the Back to the Future franchise that becomes a pivotal plot device when used for time-travel-based gambling.
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B.
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
The Major League Baseball All-Time Team is a legendary roster selected to recognize the greatest players in MLB history across all positions.
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C.
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
The Major League Baseball All-Century Team is a roster of the sport’s greatest players of the 20th century, selected through fan voting and a panel of experts and unveiled in 1999.
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D.
Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball is a bestselling non-fiction book that analyzes the strategies, psychology, and intricacies of professional baseball through in-depth profiles of players and managers.
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E.
The Boys of Summer
"The Boys of Summer" is a 1984 rock song by Don Henley, acclaimed for its nostalgic lyrics and atmospheric production, and widely regarded as one of his signature solo hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American baseball culture
ⓘ
Damn Yankees (musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Damn Yankees (1955 Broadway musical)
|
| basedOn | baseball ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs |
comic number
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ lively ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | stage adaptation of Damn Yankees ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
musical theatre fans
ⓘ
theatre audiences ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
comic
ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American culture
ⓘ
baseball ⓘ sports fandom ⓘ |
| intendedFor | theatrical performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celebrating America's love of baseball
ⓘ
comic portrayal of baseball enthusiasm ⓘ |
| partOf | Damn Yankees ⓘ |
| performingArtsForm | musical theatre ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
America's national pastime
ⓘ
baseball as national pastime ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext | stage musical production ⓘ |
| workType | musical number ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The National Pastime Description of subject: "The National Pastime" is a lively musical theater song, best known from the stage adaptation of "Damn Yankees," that humorously celebrates America's love of baseball.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The First (Broadway musical)