Les Snead
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Les Snead is an American football executive best known for building the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl–winning roster through bold trades and aggressive roster moves.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1024518 — 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: Les Snead Context triple: [Los Angeles Rams, generalManager, Les Snead]
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A.
Phil Sellers
Phil Sellers was a standout forward for Rutgers University in the 1970s who became the program’s all-time leading scorer and led the team to the 1976 Final Four.
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B.
Phil Smith
Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
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C.
Lee Garmes
Lee Garmes was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting and camera techniques in early Hollywood cinema, including his Academy Award-winning work on "Shanghai Express."
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D.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American golfer and the son of filmmaker and actor Ron Howard.
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E.
Nat Wartels
Nat Wartels was a publisher best known as a co-founder and driving force behind the American publishing house Crown Publishers.
- 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: Les Snead Target entity description: Les Snead is an American football executive best known for building the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl–winning roster through bold trades and aggressive roster moves.
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A.
Phil Sellers
Phil Sellers was a standout forward for Rutgers University in the 1970s who became the program’s all-time leading scorer and led the team to the 1976 Final Four.
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B.
Phil Smith
Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
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C.
Lee Garmes
Lee Garmes was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting and camera techniques in early Hollywood cinema, including his Academy Award-winning work on "Shanghai Express."
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D.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American golfer and the son of filmmaker and actor Ron Howard.
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E.
Nat Wartels
Nat Wartels was a publisher best known as a co-founder and driving force behind the American publishing house Crown Publishers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football executive
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Auburn Tigers football
ⓘ
surface form:
Auburn University Tigers football program
|
| awardReceived | Super Bowl champion (executive) ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1971-01-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Eufaula, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Auburn University ⓘ |
| employer |
Los Angeles Rams
ⓘ
Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis Rams
|
| familyName |
Les Snead
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Snead
|
| genre | sports management ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel Lester ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive use of trades and draft picks
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building the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl LVI–winning roster ⓘ “F them picks” team-building philosophy ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Los Angeles Rams front office ⓘ |
| name | Les Snead self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
helped lead Rams to Super Bowl LIII appearance
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helped lead Rams to Super Bowl LVI victory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
acquisition of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
ⓘ
drafting defensive tackle Aaron Donald ⓘ drafting wide receiver Cooper Kupp ⓘ drafting wide receiver Tavon Austin ⓘ signing of linebacker Von Miller ⓘ trade for cornerback Jalen Ramsey ⓘ trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football executive
ⓘ
general manager ⓘ |
| playedCollegeFootballFor |
Auburn Tigers football
ⓘ
surface form:
Auburn Tigers (as a walk-on, offensive lineman)
|
| positionHeld |
director of player personnel for the Atlanta Falcons
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general manager of the Los Angeles Rams ⓘ general manager of the St. Louis Rams ⓘ |
| previousEmployer | Atlanta Falcons ⓘ |
| residence |
Greater Los Angeles Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles metropolitan area
|
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| sportingAffiliation | NFC West ⓘ |
| spouse | Kara Henderson Snead ⓘ |
| startTime | 2012 ⓘ |
| strategy |
aggressive use of future draft capital
ⓘ
roster construction through bold trades ⓘ |
| teamBuilt | Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl LVI championship roster ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Les Snead Description of subject: Les Snead is an American football executive best known for building the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl–winning roster through bold trades and aggressive roster moves.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Snead