Ted Ligety
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Ted Ligety is an American alpine ski racer renowned for his dominance in giant slalom, including multiple Olympic and World Championship gold medals.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Ligety canonical | 3 |
| Shred Ligety | 1 |
| Theodore Sharp Ligety | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2441730 — 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: Ted Ligety Context triple: [United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics, notableAthlete, Ted Ligety]
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A.
Shaun White
Shaun White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder, widely regarded as one of the greatest in his sport and a multi-time Olympic gold medalist.
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B.
Kyle Davidson
Kyle Davidson is a Canadian ice hockey executive best known as the general manager responsible for leading the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks roster rebuild.
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C.
Jordan Krause
Jordan Krause is a film producer known for working on the documentary "Love, Antosha," which explores the life and legacy of actor Anton Yelchin.
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D.
Alex Seidel
Alex Seidel was a German firearms designer and industrialist best known as one of the co-founders of the weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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E.
Ziller
The Ziller is a river in the Austrian state of Tyrol that flows through the Zillertal valley before joining the Inn River.
- 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: Ted Ligety Target entity description: Ted Ligety is an American alpine ski racer renowned for his dominance in giant slalom, including multiple Olympic and World Championship gold medals.
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A.
Shaun White
Shaun White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder, widely regarded as one of the greatest in his sport and a multi-time Olympic gold medalist.
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B.
Kyle Davidson
Kyle Davidson is a Canadian ice hockey executive best known as the general manager responsible for leading the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks roster rebuild.
-
C.
Jordan Krause
Jordan Krause is a film producer known for working on the documentary "Love, Antosha," which explores the life and legacy of actor Anton Yelchin.
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D.
Alex Seidel
Alex Seidel was a German firearms designer and industrialist best known as one of the co-founders of the weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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E.
Ziller
The Ziller is a river in the Austrian state of Tyrol that flows through the Zillertal valley before joining the Inn River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athlete
ⓘ
alpine skier ⓘ human ⓘ |
| competedIn |
2006 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2014 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1984-08-31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Ligety ⓘ |
| founded | Shred Optics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ted Ligety
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Theodore Sharp Ligety
|
| givenName | Theodore ⓘ |
| isOlympicChampionIn |
combined
ⓘ
giant slalom ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| madeWorldCupDebut | 2003-11-22 ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
United States national skiing team
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Ski Team
|
| nickname |
Ted Ligety
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shred Ligety
Ted Ligety self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | dominance in giant slalom in the 2000s and 2010s ⓘ |
| numberOfWorldCupDisciplineTitles | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfWorldCupWins | 25 ⓘ |
| occupation | alpine ski racer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Salt Lake City
ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
|
| residence |
Park City, Utah
ⓘ
surface form:
Park City, Utah, United States
|
| retiredFromCompetition | 2021 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
combined
ⓘ
giant slalom ⓘ super-G ⓘ |
| sponsorsOrPartners |
Head
ⓘ
Shred Optics ⓘ |
| sport | alpine skiing ⓘ |
| spouse | Mia Pascoe ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 2004 ⓘ |
| wonOlympicGoldMedalInEvent |
combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| wonWorldChampionshipGoldMedalInEvent |
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
ⓘ
surface form:
giant slalom at the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
giant slalom at the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 ⓘ
surface form:
super combined at the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
super combined at the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ super-G at the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ |
| worldCupDebutLocation |
Park City, Utah
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surface form:
Park City, Utah, United States
|
| worldCupDisciplineTitle | giant slalom World Cup title ⓘ |
| worldCupDisciplineTitleSeasons |
2007-2008
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2009-2010 ⓘ 2010-2011 ⓘ 2012-2013 ⓘ 2013-2014 ⓘ |
| worldCupPodiums | 52 ⓘ |
| worldCupWinsInDiscipline |
1 super combined win
ⓘ
24 giant slalom wins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Ligety Description of subject: Ted Ligety is an American alpine ski racer renowned for his dominance in giant slalom, including multiple Olympic and World Championship gold medals.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Theodore Sharp Ligety
this entity surface form:
Shred Ligety