Ray Illingworth
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Ray Illingworth was an English cricketer and astute captain who led England to Ashes success and later became a prominent coach and administrator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ray Illingworth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5279032 — 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: Ray Illingworth Context triple: [Yorkshire County Cricket Club, historicPlayer, Ray Illingworth]
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A.
Warwick Goble
Warwick Goble was a British illustrator best known for his early 20th-century book and magazine illustrations, particularly for fantasy, fairy tales, and science fiction works.
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B.
Dudley Manlove
Dudley Manlove was an American radio announcer and character actor best known for his role in the cult science fiction film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
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C.
Joe Lamb
Joe Lamb is the young, emotionally sensitive protagonist of the science-fiction film "Super 8," who becomes embroiled in a mysterious and dangerous series of events while making a home movie with his friends.
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D.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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E.
Richard Cripwell
Richard Cripwell is a senior British Army officer who serves as the Lieutenant Governor and the monarch’s representative in Guernsey.
- 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: Ray Illingworth Target entity description: Ray Illingworth was an English cricketer and astute captain who led England to Ashes success and later became a prominent coach and administrator.
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A.
Warwick Goble
Warwick Goble was a British illustrator best known for his early 20th-century book and magazine illustrations, particularly for fantasy, fairy tales, and science fiction works.
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B.
Dudley Manlove
Dudley Manlove was an American radio announcer and character actor best known for his role in the cult science fiction film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
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C.
Joe Lamb
Joe Lamb is the young, emotionally sensitive protagonist of the science-fiction film "Super 8," who becomes embroiled in a mysterious and dangerous series of events while making a home movie with his friends.
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D.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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E.
Richard Cripwell
Richard Cripwell is a senior British Army officer who serves as the Lieutenant Governor and the monarch’s representative in Guernsey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricket administrator
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cricket coach ⓘ cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ashesSeriesWonAsCaptain | 1970–71 Ashes series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batsman ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm off-break ⓘ |
| captainedClub | Leicestershire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captainedTeam | England cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | esophageal cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-06-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-12-25 ⓘ |
| domesticTeam |
Leicestershire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Illingworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Raymond Illingworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
England team manager
ⓘ
chairman of selectors for England cricket ⓘ |
| honour | Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
astute captaincy
ⓘ
tactical acumen ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| ledTeamTo | Ashes victory in Australia in 1970–71 ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | England cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cricket administrator
ⓘ
cricket coach ⓘ |
| odiDebutDate | 1971-01-05 ⓘ |
| odiDebutFor | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiDebutOpponent | Australia cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pudsey, Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | England ⓘ |
| playedForClub |
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yorkshire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | all-rounder ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| testBattingAverage | 23.24 ⓘ |
| testBowlingAverage | 31.20 ⓘ |
| testCapNumber | 392 ⓘ |
| testDebutDate | 1958-06-12 ⓘ |
| testDebutFor | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testDebutOpponent | New Zealand cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 61 ⓘ |
| testRunsScored | 1836 ⓘ |
| testWicketsTaken | 122 ⓘ |
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: Ray Illingworth Description of subject: Ray Illingworth was an English cricketer and astute captain who led England to Ashes success and later became a prominent coach and administrator.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.