Red Cashion
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Red Cashion was a longtime NFL official best known for his exuberant "First down!" calls and for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Cashion canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T391822 — 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: Red Cashion Context triple: [Super Bowl XX, referee, Red Cashion]
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A.
Cochise
"Cochise" is a hard-hitting 2002 rock song by Audioslave, featuring Chris Cornell’s powerful vocals and Tom Morello’s distinctive guitar work, and is best known as the band’s debut single.
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B.
Bones McKinney
Bones McKinney was an American professional basketball player and later coach, best known for his colorful personality and contributions to early pro basketball and college coaching.
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C.
Kit Carson
Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
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D.
Kuvempu
Kuvempu was a renowned Indian poet, novelist, and playwright who became one of the most influential figures in modern Kannada literature and a leading voice of the Navodaya literary movement.
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E.
Lawrence
Lawrence is a historic mill city in northeastern Massachusetts that developed as a major textile manufacturing center along the Merrimack 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: Red Cashion Target entity description: Red Cashion was a longtime NFL official best known for his exuberant "First down!" calls and for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls.
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A.
Cochise
"Cochise" is a hard-hitting 2002 rock song by Audioslave, featuring Chris Cornell’s powerful vocals and Tom Morello’s distinctive guitar work, and is best known as the band’s debut single.
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B.
Bones McKinney
Bones McKinney was an American professional basketball player and later coach, best known for his colorful personality and contributions to early pro basketball and college coaching.
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C.
Kit Carson
Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
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D.
Kuvempu
Kuvempu was a renowned Indian poet, novelist, and playwright who became one of the most influential figures in modern Kannada literature and a leading voice of the Navodaya literary movement.
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E.
Lawrence
Lawrence is a historic mill city in northeastern Massachusetts that developed as a major textile manufacturing center along the Merrimack River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football official
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National Football League official ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Mason Lee Cashion Jr. ⓘ |
| burialPlace | College Station Cemetery, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-11-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-02-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Texas A&M University ⓘ |
| employer | National Football League ⓘ |
| endTime | NFL officiating career 1996 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| givenName | Mason ⓘ |
| hasChild | two daughters ⓘ |
| honor | recognized as one of the NFL’s most colorful referees ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent generations of NFL officials’ signaling style ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exuberant "First down!" calls
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officiating multiple Super Bowls ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
NFL Films features
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televised NFL broadcasts in the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | NFL officiating crews ⓘ |
| name | Red Cashion self-link ⓘ |
| nickname | Red ⓘ |
| notableEvent | retirement from NFL officiating in 1996 ⓘ |
| notableStyle | highly enthusiastic first-down signal ⓘ |
| occupation | American football official ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
College Station, Texas
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surface form:
College Station, Texas, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
College Station, Texas
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surface form:
College Station, Texas, United States
|
| position |
field judge
ⓘ
line judge ⓘ referee ⓘ |
| refereed |
1982 AFC Championship Game
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Super Bowl XX ⓘ Super Bowl XXX ⓘ numerous NFL playoff games ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
College Station, Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
College Station, Texas, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Cashion ⓘ |
| startTime | NFL officiating career 1972 ⓘ |
| workedWith | NFL coaches and players across multiple teams ⓘ |
| yearsActive | NFL official 1972–1996 ⓘ |
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: Red Cashion Description of subject: Red Cashion was a longtime NFL official best known for his exuberant "First down!" calls and for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
College Station Cemetery
subject surface form:
Mason Cashion