Igor Shesterkin
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Igor Shesterkin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers, widely regarded as one of the NHL’s elite netminders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Igor Shesterkin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5423688 — 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: Igor Shesterkin Context triple: [2021–22 NHL season, VezinaTrophyWinner, Igor Shesterkin]
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A.
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Andrei Vasilevskiy is an elite Russian goaltender in the NHL, widely regarded as one of the league’s top netminders and a key figure in multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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B.
Connor Hellebuyck
Connor Hellebuyck is an American professional ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the NHL’s elite netminders and a cornerstone of the Winnipeg Jets franchise.
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C.
Marc-André Fleury
Marc-André Fleury is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and multiple Stanley Cup champion widely regarded as one of the NHL’s most accomplished and durable netminders.
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D.
Henrik Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the best goalies of his era and a franchise icon for the New York Rangers.
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E.
Sergei Bobrovsky
Sergei Bobrovsky is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender in the NHL, widely regarded as one of the league’s elite netminders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Igor Shesterkin Target entity description: Igor Shesterkin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers, widely regarded as one of the NHL’s elite netminders.
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A.
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Andrei Vasilevskiy is an elite Russian goaltender in the NHL, widely regarded as one of the league’s top netminders and a key figure in multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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B.
Connor Hellebuyck
Connor Hellebuyck is an American professional ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the NHL’s elite netminders and a cornerstone of the Winnipeg Jets franchise.
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C.
Marc-André Fleury
Marc-André Fleury is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and multiple Stanley Cup champion widely regarded as one of the NHL’s most accomplished and durable netminders.
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D.
Henrik Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the best goalies of his era and a franchise icon for the New York Rangers.
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E.
Sergei Bobrovsky
Sergei Bobrovsky is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender in the NHL, widely regarded as one of the league’s elite netminders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
ice hockey player ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NHL All-Star selection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vezina Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlaceCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| catches | left ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentTeam | New York Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1995-12-30 ⓘ |
| familyName | Shesterkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerLeague | Kontinental Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerTeam | SKA Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Igor Olegovich Shesterkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Igor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlayedForNationalTeam | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | starting goaltender ⓘ |
| height |
about 185 cm
ⓘ
about 6 ft 1 in ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 31 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exceptional save percentage
ⓘ
strong puck-tracking ability ⓘ |
| league | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| madeNHLDebutFor | New York Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| nativeName | Игорь Олегович Шестеркин NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLDebutSeason | 2019–20 NHL season ⓘ |
| NHLDraftOverall | 118th overall ⓘ |
| NHLDraftRound | 4th round ⓘ |
| NHLDraftTeam | New York Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLDraftYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| occupation | professional ice hockey player ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
IIHF World Championship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KHL playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Moscow, Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsForOrganization | New York Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsInMetropolitanDivision | true ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | goaltender ⓘ |
| professionalDebutLeague | Kontinental Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
elite NHL goaltender
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franchise goaltender for the New York Rangers ⓘ |
| shoots | left ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| team | New York Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weight | about 185 lb ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Igor Shesterkin Description of subject: Igor Shesterkin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers, widely regarded as one of the NHL’s elite netminders.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.