Cobi Jones
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Cobi Jones is a former American soccer midfielder best known as a longtime U.S. Men’s National Team star and LA Galaxy icon who became one of the most capped players in U.S. history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cobi Jones canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4246909 — 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)
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Target entity: Cobi Jones Context triple: [National Soccer Hall of Fame induction, notableInductee, Cobi Jones]
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A.
CaCee Cobb
CaCee Cobb is an American reality TV personality and former personal assistant best known for her appearances on "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" and her marriage to actor Donald Faison.
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B.
Cress Williams
Cress Williams is an American actor best known for his television roles, including the lead in the superhero series "Black Lightning" and prominent parts in shows like "Hart of Dixie" and "Prison Break."
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C.
Kidada Jones
Kidada Jones is an American actress, model, and fashion designer known for her styling work with major brands and celebrities, as well as for being the daughter of music producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.
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D.
Jo Jones
Jo Jones was an influential American jazz drummer best known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he helped define the swing era’s rhythmic style.
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E.
Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks was a British stage and film actor best known for his distinctive scarred appearance and roles in early 20th-century cinema, including classic thrillers and dramas.
- 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: Cobi Jones Target entity description: Cobi Jones is a former American soccer midfielder best known as a longtime U.S. Men’s National Team star and LA Galaxy icon who became one of the most capped players in U.S. history.
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A.
CaCee Cobb
CaCee Cobb is an American reality TV personality and former personal assistant best known for her appearances on "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" and her marriage to actor Donald Faison.
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B.
Cress Williams
Cress Williams is an American actor best known for his television roles, including the lead in the superhero series "Black Lightning" and prominent parts in shows like "Hart of Dixie" and "Prison Break."
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C.
Kidada Jones
Kidada Jones is an American actress, model, and fashion designer known for her styling work with major brands and celebrities, as well as for being the daughter of music producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.
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D.
Jo Jones
Jo Jones was an influential American jazz drummer best known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he helped define the swing era’s rhythmic style.
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E.
Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks was a British stage and film actor best known for his distinctive scarred appearance and roles in early 20th-century cinema, including classic thrillers and dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
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human ⓘ midfielder ⓘ |
| capsForNationalTeam | over 160 caps for United States ⓘ |
| clubNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| coachedTeam | LA Galaxy (assistant coach) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegeAttended | University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegeTeam | UCLA Bruins men's soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-06-16 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| fullName | Cobi N'Gai Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Cobi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | National Soccer Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOfMostCappedPlayersFor | United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyRetiredBy | LA Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
NERFINISHED
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Major League Soccer ⓘ Premier League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaWork | soccer television analyst ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Coventry City F.C.
NERFINISHED
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LA Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ UCLA Bruins men's soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasco da Gama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an icon of LA Galaxy
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being one of the most capped players in U.S. soccer history ⓘ helping popularize soccer in the United States in the 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation |
association football player
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football coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForNationalTeam | United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedHomeMatchesAt |
Dignity Health Sports Park (with LA Galaxy)
NERFINISHED
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Rose Bowl (with LA Galaxy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedIn | inaugural 1996 MLS season ⓘ |
| playedInOlympicGames |
1992 Summer Olympics men's football tournament
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1996 Summer Olympics men's football tournament ⓘ |
| playedInTournament |
1994 FIFA World Cup
NERFINISHED
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1998 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2002 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ CONCACAF Gold Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | midfielder ⓘ |
| raisedIn | Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedCountryInSport | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | pace and work rate on the wing ⓘ |
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: Cobi Jones Description of subject: Cobi Jones is a former American soccer midfielder best known as a longtime U.S. Men’s National Team star and LA Galaxy icon who became one of the most capped players in U.S. history.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.