FIFA World Cup Silver Ball
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The FIFA World Cup Silver Ball is an individual tournament award given to the second-best performing player at each men's FIFA World Cup.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FIFA World Cup Silver Ball canonical | 5 |
| FIFA World Cup Silver Ball (1958) | 1 |
| FIFA World Cup Silver Ball 1958 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6632502 — 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: FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Context triple: [Ronaldo, awardReceived, FIFA World Cup Silver Ball]
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A.
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball is an individual award presented to the tournament’s second-best player, as judged by the organizing committee.
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B.
FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
The FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball is the official award given to the third-best overall player at a FIFA World Cup tournament, as determined by the tournament’s technical committee and media vote.
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C.
FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe
The FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe is an individual football award given to the tournament’s second-highest goal scorer.
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D.
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball is the official award given to the tournament’s best overall player, as judged by FIFA’s technical experts.
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E.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
- 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: FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Target entity description: The FIFA World Cup Silver Ball is an individual tournament award given to the second-best performing player at each men's FIFA World Cup.
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A.
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball is an individual award presented to the tournament’s second-best player, as judged by the organizing committee.
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B.
FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
The FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball is the official award given to the third-best overall player at a FIFA World Cup tournament, as determined by the tournament’s technical committee and media vote.
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C.
FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe
The FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe is an individual football award given to the tournament’s second-highest goal scorer.
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D.
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball is the official award given to the tournament’s best overall player, as judged by FIFA’s technical experts.
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E.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | football award ⓘ |
| awardedDuring |
FIFA World Cup final tournament
ⓘ
linked to:
FIFA World Cup
|
| awardFor | second-best player of the tournament ⓘ |
| awardType | player of the tournament award ⓘ |
| category |
FIFA World Cup awards
ⓘ
linked to:
FIFA award
association football trophies and awards ⓘ |
| competition | FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| countryOfGoverningBody | Switzerland ⓘ |
| eligibility | players participating in the men's FIFA World Cup finals ⓘ |
| firstWinner | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ⓘ |
| firstWinnerTournament | 1982 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| frequency | every FIFA World Cup edition ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men's football ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquarters | Zurich ⓘ |
| inception | 1982 FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Diego Maradona
ⓘ
Kylian Mbappé ⓘ Lionel Messi ⓘ Luka Modrić ⓘ Ronaldo Nazário ⓘ
linked to:
Ronaldo
Wesley Sneijder ⓘ Zinedine Zidane ⓘ |
| organizer | FIFA ⓘ |
| presentedBy | FIFA officials ⓘ |
| rankingAmongPlayerAwards | second-highest individual player award at the FIFA World Cup ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
ⓘ
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball ⓘ |
| relativeRank | second place in Golden Ball voting ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionBasis | overall performance during the World Cup finals tournament ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| trophyMaterial | metal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Description of subject: The FIFA World Cup Silver Ball is an individual tournament award given to the second-best performing player at each men's FIFA World Cup.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.