Mark Clattenburg
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Mark Clattenburg is an English former professional football referee renowned for officiating major international and club finals, including the UEFA Euro 2016 Final and the UEFA Champions League Final.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Clattenburg canonical | 4 |
| Clattenburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3952671 — 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: Mark Clattenburg Context triple: [UEFA Euro 2016 Final, referee, Mark Clattenburg]
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A.
Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for works such as "Up in the Air," which was adapted into a major feature film.
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B.
Peter Vermes
Peter Vermes is an American soccer coach and former defender best known for his long tenure leading Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
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C.
Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann is a former German professional goalkeeper best known for his role in Arsenal’s unbeaten 2003–04 Premier League season and his performances for the German national team.
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D.
Marc Seriff
Marc Seriff is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early technical leader of the pioneering internet company AOL.
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E.
Tom Nissalke
Tom Nissalke was an American professional basketball coach best known for his work in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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: Mark Clattenburg Target entity description: Mark Clattenburg is an English former professional football referee renowned for officiating major international and club finals, including the UEFA Euro 2016 Final and the UEFA Champions League Final.
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A.
Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for works such as "Up in the Air," which was adapted into a major feature film.
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B.
Peter Vermes
Peter Vermes is an American soccer coach and former defender best known for his long tenure leading Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
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C.
Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann is a former German professional goalkeeper best known for his role in Arsenal’s unbeaten 2003–04 Premier League season and his performances for the German national team.
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D.
Marc Seriff
Marc Seriff is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early technical leader of the pioneering internet company AOL.
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E.
Tom Nissalke
Tom Nissalke was an American professional basketball coach best known for his work in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football referee
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Best Referee in the World (Globe Soccer Awards 2016) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
Professional Game Match Officials Limited
ⓘ
The Football Association ⓘ |
| familyName |
Mark Clattenburg
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Clattenburg
|
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasRole | chief refereeing officer ⓘ |
| hasWorkedIn |
China
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| isRetired | true ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leagueRefereed |
English Football League
ⓘ
Greek Super League ⓘ Premier League ⓘ Saudi Pro League ⓘ
surface form:
Saudi Professional League
|
| memberOfSportsTeam | Select Group of Referees ⓘ |
| name | Mark Clattenburg self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
officiating 2012 Olympic men’s football final
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officiating 2016 FA Cup Final ⓘ officiating 2016 UEFA Champions League Final ⓘ officiating UEFA Euro 2016 Final ⓘ |
| occupation |
football referee
ⓘ
television pundit ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
FA Cup
ⓘ
Men's Olympic Football Tournament ⓘ
surface form:
Olympic Games football tournament
UEFA Champions League ⓘ UEFA Euro 2016 ⓘ |
| positionPlayedOnTeamOrSpeciality | referee ⓘ |
| refereedFinal |
2012 Olympic men’s football final
ⓘ
UEFA Super Cup ⓘ
surface form:
2014 UEFA Super Cup
2016 FA Cup Final ⓘ 2016 UEFA Champions League Final ⓘ 2016 UEFA Champions League Final ⓘ
surface form:
2016 UEFA Champions League Final in Milan
UEFA Euro 2016 Final ⓘ |
| refereedMatch |
Premier League fixtures
ⓘ
surface form:
Premier League matches
matches in FIFA World Cup qualifiers ⓘ matches in UEFA Champions League ⓘ matches in UEFA Europa League ⓘ matches in UEFA European Championship qualifiers ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| wasBornIn | England ⓘ |
| workPeriodEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| workPeriodStart | 1990s ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mark Clattenburg Description of subject: Mark Clattenburg is an English former professional football referee renowned for officiating major international and club finals, including the UEFA Euro 2016 Final and the UEFA Champions League Final.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
2015–2016 UEFA Champions League
this entity surface form:
Clattenburg