Yogi-isms
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Yogi-isms are the famously humorous, paradoxical, and often unintentionally witty sayings attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yogi-isms canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T678447 — 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: Yogi-isms Context triple: [Yogi Berra, knownFor, Yogi-isms]
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Sankhya Yoga
Sankhya Yoga is the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, presenting a foundational exposition of spiritual wisdom that distinguishes the eternal self from the temporary body and introduces the path of disciplined, knowledge-based understanding.
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Dasbodh
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Swami Rock
Swami Rock is a prominent cliff and headland in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, famed for its dramatic ocean views, historical Hindu temple, and reputation as one of the world’s finest natural harbors viewpoints.
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Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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The Tao of Wu
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- 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: Yogi-isms Target entity description: Yogi-isms are the famously humorous, paradoxical, and often unintentionally witty sayings attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra.
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A.
Sankhya Yoga
Sankhya Yoga is the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, presenting a foundational exposition of spiritual wisdom that distinguishes the eternal self from the temporary body and introduces the path of disciplined, knowledge-based understanding.
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B.
Dasbodh
Dasbodh is a 17th-century Marathi spiritual and philosophical text by Samarth Ramdas that offers practical guidance on devotion, ethics, and everyday life.
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C.
Swami Rock
Swami Rock is a prominent cliff and headland in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, famed for its dramatic ocean views, historical Hindu temple, and reputation as one of the world’s finest natural harbors viewpoints.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
The Tao of Wu
The Tao of Wu is a philosophical and autobiographical book by RZA that blends Wu-Tang Clan history with lessons drawn from Eastern spirituality, Five Percent Nation teachings, and personal experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American idiom
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collection of quotations ⓘ cultural phenomenon ⓘ humorous saying ⓘ malapropism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American popular culture
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Major League Baseball ⓘ New York Yankees ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Yogi Berra ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| documentedIn |
books about Yogi Berra
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sports journalism ⓘ |
| genre |
aphorism
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humor ⓘ wit ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
illogical
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memorable ⓘ paradoxical ⓘ quotable ⓘ unintentionally witty ⓘ |
| influenced | American comedic style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yogi Berra ⓘ |
| notableExample |
A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.
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Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours. ⓘ Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical. ⓘ I really didn’t say everything I said. ⓘ If you can’t imitate him, don’t copy him. ⓘ If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. ⓘ It ain’t over till it’s over. ⓘ It gets late early out there. ⓘ It’s déjà vu all over again. ⓘ Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded. ⓘ Pair up in threes. ⓘ The future ain’t what it used to be. ⓘ We made too many wrong mistakes. ⓘ When you come to a fork in the road, take it. ⓘ You can observe a lot by watching. ⓘ You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you. ⓘ You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there. ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
comic paradox
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homespun wisdom ⓘ |
| typicalStructure |
apparent contradiction
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short sentence ⓘ |
| usedIn |
business speeches
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motivational talks ⓘ sports commentary ⓘ |
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: Yogi-isms Description of subject: Yogi-isms are the famously humorous, paradoxical, and often unintentionally witty sayings attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.