Bobby Bonds
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Bobby Bonds was an American Major League Baseball outfielder known for his rare combination of power and speed and as the father of home run king Barry Bonds.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds canonical | 4 |
| Barry Bonds Sr. | 2 |
| Bobby Bonds hit a home run and a two-run double | 1 |
| Bobby Lee Bonds | 1 |
| Reggie Jackson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2678075 — 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: Bobby Bonds Context triple: [Barry Bonds, father, Bobby Bonds]
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A.
Willie McCovey
Willie McCovey was a Hall of Fame power-hitting first baseman renowned for his long home runs and decades-long impact on Major League Baseball.
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B.
Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson is a Hall of Fame American baseball slugger, nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch postseason performances, particularly with the New York Yankees in the 1970s.
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C.
Lou Brock
Lou Brock was a Hall of Fame left fielder renowned as one of baseball’s greatest base stealers, starring primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Lou Brock
Lou Brock was an American film producer active during Hollywood's early sound era, known for working on musical and adventure films.
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E.
Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds is a former Major League Baseball left fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport’s history and MLB’s all-time home run leader.
- 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: Bobby Bonds Target entity description: Bobby Bonds was an American Major League Baseball outfielder known for his rare combination of power and speed and as the father of home run king Barry Bonds.
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A.
Willie McCovey
Willie McCovey was a Hall of Fame power-hitting first baseman renowned for his long home runs and decades-long impact on Major League Baseball.
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B.
Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson is a Hall of Fame American baseball slugger, nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch postseason performances, particularly with the New York Yankees in the 1970s.
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C.
Lou Brock
Lou Brock was a Hall of Fame left fielder renowned as one of baseball’s greatest base stealers, starring primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Lou Brock
Lou Brock was an American film producer active during Hollywood's early sound era, known for working on musical and adventure films.
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E.
Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds is a former Major League Baseball left fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport’s history and MLB’s all-time home run leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball outfielder
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baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gold Glove Award
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Silver Slugger Award ⓘ
surface form:
Silver Slugger-type recognition
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| bats | right ⓘ |
| battingAverage | .268 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego
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surface form:
Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego County, California, United States
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| causeOfDeath |
brain tumor
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lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-03-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-08-23 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Bonds ⓘ |
| finalMLBGameDate | 1981-10-04 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | Chicago Cubs ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bobby Bonds
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bobby Lee Bonds
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| givenName | Bobby ⓘ |
| highSchoolAttended | Riverside Polytechnic High School ⓘ |
| homeRuns | 332 ⓘ |
| isFatherOf | Barry Bonds ⓘ |
| isRelativeOf | Reggie Jackson ⓘ |
| knownFor |
30–30 seasons in Major League Baseball
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combination of power and speed ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| MLBDebutDate | 1968-06-25 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | San Francisco Giants ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first player with at least 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in five different seasons ⓘ |
| numberOfAllStarSelections | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation | professional baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Riverside, California
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surface form:
Riverside, California, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
San Carlos, California
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surface form:
San Carlos, California, United States
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| playedFor |
Los Angeles Angels
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surface form:
California Angels
Chicago Cubs ⓘ Chicago White Sox ⓘ Cleveland Indians ⓘ New York Yankees ⓘ San Francisco Giants ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ Texas Rangers ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
center fielder
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outfielder ⓘ right fielder ⓘ |
| runsBattedIn | 1024 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| stolenBases | 461 ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
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: Bobby Bonds Description of subject: Bobby Bonds was an American Major League Baseball outfielder known for his rare combination of power and speed and as the father of home run king Barry Bonds.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Reggie Jackson
this entity surface form:
Bobby Bonds hit a home run and a two-run double
this entity surface form:
Barry Bonds Sr.
this entity surface form:
Bobby Lee Bonds