Carlos Gracie
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Carlos Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist and co-founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, instrumental in developing and popularizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carlos Gracie canonical | 8 |
| Carlos Gracie Jr. | 1 |
| Mitsuyo Maeda (indirectly through Carlos Gracie) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1188409 — 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: Carlos Gracie Context triple: [Brazilian jiu-jitsu, notableFamily, Carlos Gracie]
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A.
Helio Gracie
Helio Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist who co-founded and popularized Brazilian jiu-jitsu, helping to establish the Gracie family as pioneers in modern mixed martial arts.
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B.
José Alexandre
José Alexandre is the birth name of Xanana Gusmão, the prominent East Timorese independence leader and statesman.
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C.
Tadeu Marroco
Tadeu Marroco is a Brazilian-born business executive who serves as the chief executive officer of British American Tobacco.
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D.
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega was a prominent Puerto Rican architect known for designing major public buildings and shaping early 20th-century Puerto Rican civic architecture.
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E.
Heitor dos Prazeres
Heitor dos Prazeres was a Brazilian painter, composer, and pioneering samba musician known for his vibrant depictions of Rio de Janeiro’s popular culture and Afro-Brazilian life.
- 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: Carlos Gracie Target entity description: Carlos Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist and co-founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, instrumental in developing and popularizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide.
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A.
Helio Gracie
Helio Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist who co-founded and popularized Brazilian jiu-jitsu, helping to establish the Gracie family as pioneers in modern mixed martial arts.
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B.
José Alexandre
José Alexandre is the birth name of Xanana Gusmão, the prominent East Timorese independence leader and statesman.
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C.
Tadeu Marroco
Tadeu Marroco is a Brazilian-born business executive who serves as the chief executive officer of British American Tobacco.
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D.
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega was a prominent Puerto Rican architect known for designing major public buildings and shaping early 20th-century Puerto Rican civic architecture.
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E.
Heitor dos Prazeres
Heitor dos Prazeres was a Brazilian painter, composer, and pioneering samba musician known for his vibrant depictions of Rio de Janeiro’s popular culture and Afro-Brazilian life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner
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Brazilian person ⓘ coach ⓘ human ⓘ martial artist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gracie Barra ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1902-09-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Belém do Pará
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surface form:
Belém, Pará, Brazil
|
| child |
Carley Gracie
ⓘ
Carlos Gracie Jr. ⓘ Carlson Gracie ⓘ Relson Gracie ⓘ
surface form:
Reyson Gracie
Robson Gracie ⓘ Rolls Gracie ⓘ |
| citizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
surface form:
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
|
| deathDate | 1994-10-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Rio de Janeiro
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surface form:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| developedStyle |
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
ⓘ
Brazilian jiu-jitsu ⓘ
surface form:
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
|
| ethnicity |
of Portuguese descent
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of Scottish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Gracie ⓘ |
| founded | first Gracie Jiu-Jitsu academy in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| givenName | Carlos ⓘ |
| influenced |
Carlos Gracie Jr.
ⓘ
Carlson Gracie ⓘ Gracie family ⓘ Helio Gracie ⓘ
surface form:
Hélio Gracie
mixed martial arts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
ⓘ
founding the Gracie family martial arts tradition ⓘ popularizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of the founders of Brazilian jiu-jitsu ⓘ |
| name | Carlos Gracie self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu system ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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fighter ⓘ martial arts instructor ⓘ |
| promoted | challenge matches to demonstrate Gracie Jiu-Jitsu effectiveness ⓘ |
| relative | Gracie family ⓘ |
| religion |
Spiritualism
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surface form:
Spiritism (associated)
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| residence |
Rio de Janeiro
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surface form:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| sibling |
Helio Gracie
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surface form:
Hélio Gracie
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| studentOf | Mitsuyo Maeda ⓘ |
| trainedIn |
Japanese jiu-jitsu
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Judo ⓘ |
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: Carlos Gracie Description of subject: Carlos Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist and co-founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, instrumental in developing and popularizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hélio Gracie
subject surface form:
Hélio Gracie
this entity surface form:
Carlos Gracie Jr.
subject surface form:
Hélio Gracie
subject surface form:
Hélio Gracie
this entity surface form:
Mitsuyo Maeda (indirectly through Carlos Gracie)