The Ball
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The Ball is the central object used in football (soccer), whose movement and status determine when play is active or stopped according to the Laws of the Game.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ball canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6611325 — 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 Ball Context triple: [The Ball In and Out of Play, relatedTo, The Ball]
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A.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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B.
The Ball
"The Ball" is a short story by renowned Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, reflecting his characteristic blend of psychological insight and modernist narrative style.
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C.
Welcome to the Ball
"Welcome to the Ball" is a segment or component of the 1949 animated short film "Out of the Game."
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D.
Have a Ball
"Have a Ball" is the first full-length album by punk rock cover supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, featuring fast, melodic punk renditions of classic pop songs.
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E.
Whiteyball
Whiteyball was the speed-, defense-, and pitching-focused style of play popularized by manager Whitey Herzog’s St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980s, emphasizing small ball over power hitting.
- 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 Ball Target entity description: The Ball is the central object used in football (soccer), whose movement and status determine when play is active or stopped according to the Laws of the Game.
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A.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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B.
The Ball
"The Ball" is a short story by renowned Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, reflecting his characteristic blend of psychological insight and modernist narrative style.
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C.
Welcome to the Ball
"Welcome to the Ball" is a segment or component of the 1949 animated short film "Out of the Game."
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D.
Have a Ball
"Have a Ball" is the first full-length album by punk rock cover supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, featuring fast, melodic punk renditions of classic pop songs.
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E.
Whiteyball
Whiteyball was the speed-, defense-, and pitching-focused style of play popularized by manager Whitey Herzog’s St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980s, emphasizing small ball over power hitting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football equipment
ⓘ
sports ball ⓘ |
| ageVariant | smaller sizes used for youth football ⓘ |
| branding | often branded with competition or manufacturer logos ⓘ |
| circumference | 68–70 cm ⓘ |
| color | usually white or brightly colored ⓘ |
| competitionRequirement | must meet FIFA Quality Programme standards in top competitions ⓘ |
| contactRules | may be played with any part of the body except arms and hands by outfield players ⓘ |
| designFeature |
often has textured surface for better control
ⓘ
typically composed of multiple panels ⓘ |
| determines |
start of play in association football
ⓘ
stoppage of play in association football ⓘ whether a goal is scored ⓘ |
| fieldRelation | must be within the field boundaries to be in play ⓘ |
| goalkeeperException | may be handled by the goalkeeper within their own penalty area ⓘ |
| governingBodyStandard |
FIFA
ⓘ
IFAB Laws of the Game ⓘ
linked to:
Laws of the Game of association football
|
| inPlayDefinition | in play when it is on the field of play and the referee has not stopped the game ⓘ |
| inspectionBy | referee before the match ⓘ |
| material | leather or other suitable material ⓘ |
| movementDetermines |
ball in and out of play
ⓘ
offside decisions ⓘ |
| mustBe | spherical ⓘ |
| mustNotBe | dangerous to players ⓘ |
| outOfPlayDefinition |
out of play when it has wholly crossed the goal line or touchline
ⓘ
out of play when the referee has stopped the game ⓘ |
| pressure | 0.6–1.1 atmosphere at sea level ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | to be kicked, passed, and controlled by players ⓘ |
| replacementCondition | replaced if defective during the match ⓘ |
| restartTypes |
corner kick
ⓘ
drop ball ⓘ free kick ⓘ goal kick ⓘ kick-off ⓘ penalty kick ⓘ throw-in ⓘ |
| roleInGame | central object of play in association football ⓘ |
| scoringCondition | a goal is scored when it wholly crosses the goal line between the goalposts and under the crossbar ⓘ |
| sizeCategory | Size 5 for adult football ⓘ |
| standardization | specifications defined in Law 2 of the Laws of the Game ⓘ |
| statusDefinedBy |
Laws of the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
Laws of the Game of association football
|
| surfaceSuitability | designed for use on grass or artificial turf ⓘ |
| usedBy |
goalkeepers
ⓘ
outfield players ⓘ |
| usedIn |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| weatherVariant | special designs for wet or winter conditions ⓘ |
| weight | 410–450 g at kick-off ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Ball Description of subject: The Ball is the central object used in football (soccer), whose movement and status determine when play is active or stopped according to the Laws of the Game.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.