Play Index (historical name for search tools)
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Play Index is Baseball-Reference.com's former name for its advanced statistical search and query tools that let users explore historical baseball data in detail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Play Index (historical name for search tools) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7340467 — 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: Play Index (historical name for search tools) Context triple: [Baseball-Reference.com, hasFeature, Play Index (historical name for search tools)]
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A.
Archie search engine
Archie search engine was one of the earliest Internet search tools, designed to index and help users locate files on public FTP servers before the World Wide Web became widespread.
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B.
Jetpack Search
Jetpack Search is a powerful WordPress search enhancement tool that provides fast, relevant, and customizable search results for websites using the Jetpack plugin.
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C.
ESearch
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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D.
Zeen web curation service
Zeen web curation service was an online platform that allowed users to collect, organize, and present web content in magazine-style formats.
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E.
Alexander Search
Alexander Search is one of Fernando Pessoa’s English-writing heteronyms, used to compose poetry and prose distinct in style and persona from Pessoa himself.
- 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: Play Index (historical name for search tools) Target entity description: Play Index is Baseball-Reference.com's former name for its advanced statistical search and query tools that let users explore historical baseball data in detail.
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A.
Archie search engine
Archie search engine was one of the earliest Internet search tools, designed to index and help users locate files on public FTP servers before the World Wide Web became widespread.
-
B.
Jetpack Search
Jetpack Search is a powerful WordPress search enhancement tool that provides fast, relevant, and customizable search results for websites using the Jetpack plugin.
-
C.
ESearch
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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D.
Zeen web curation service
Zeen web curation service was an online platform that allowed users to collect, organize, and present web content in magazine-style formats.
-
E.
Alexander Search
Alexander Search is one of Fernando Pessoa’s English-writing heteronyms, used to compose poetry and prose distinct in style and persona from Pessoa himself.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball statistics search tool
ⓘ
sports statistics database feature ⓘ |
| accessMethod | web browser ⓘ |
| availableOnWebsite | Baseball-Reference.com ⓘ |
| dataScope |
career totals
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game logs ⓘ historical MLB statistics ⓘ leaderboards ⓘ player statistics ⓘ season totals ⓘ splits ⓘ team statistics ⓘ |
| domain | baseball statistics ⓘ |
| feature |
custom query filters
ⓘ
exportable results ⓘ game-level searches ⓘ multi-season searches ⓘ playoff and regular-season filters ⓘ search by age ⓘ search by ballparks ⓘ search by batting hand ⓘ search by date ranges ⓘ search by pitching hand ⓘ search by positions ⓘ search by teams ⓘ sorting by statistical categories ⓘ statistical leader searches ⓘ |
| formerNameOf |
Stathead Baseball
ⓘ
linked to:
Baseball-Reference.com
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| monetizationModel | subscription-based for full functionality ⓘ |
| notableFor |
granular historical baseball queries
ⓘ
supporting sabermetric research ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Baseball-Reference.com
ⓘ
Sports Reference LLC ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stathead suite
ⓘ
linked to:
Sports Reference LLC
|
| primaryFunction |
advanced statistical search
ⓘ
baseball record exploration ⓘ historical data query ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs |
Stathead
ⓘ
linked to:
Sports Reference LLC
Stathead Baseball ⓘ
linked to:
Baseball-Reference.com
|
| requires | Baseball-Reference user account for full access ⓘ |
| status | rebranded ⓘ |
| supportsLeague | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
baseball fans
ⓘ
baseball researchers ⓘ sports journalists ⓘ statisticians ⓘ |
| websiteType | online tool ⓘ |
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: Play Index (historical name for search tools) Description of subject: Play Index is Baseball-Reference.com's former name for its advanced statistical search and query tools that let users explore historical baseball data in detail.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.