David Carl Allison
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David Carl Allison was an American NASCAR driver best known as a rising star in the late 1980s and early 1990s before his career was tragically cut short by a helicopter crash.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Carl Allison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5734617 — 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: David Carl Allison Context triple: [Davey Allison, fullName, David Carl Allison]
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A.
David Allison
David Allison is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the early semiconductor company Signetics.
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B.
Robert Arthur Allison
Robert Arthur Allison is an American former professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR Hall of Famer, best known as one of the sport’s winningest and most competitive drivers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Bruce J. Allyn
Bruce J. Allyn is a scholar and author known for his work on U.S.-Soviet relations and the Cuban Missile Crisis, often in collaboration with political scientist James G. Blight.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
James A. Allison
James A. Allison was an American entrepreneur and industrialist best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Allison Engineering Company, a major aircraft engine manufacturer.
- 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: David Carl Allison Target entity description: David Carl Allison was an American NASCAR driver best known as a rising star in the late 1980s and early 1990s before his career was tragically cut short by a helicopter crash.
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A.
David Allison
David Allison is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the early semiconductor company Signetics.
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B.
Robert Arthur Allison
Robert Arthur Allison is an American former professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR Hall of Famer, best known as one of the sport’s winningest and most competitive drivers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Bruce J. Allyn
Bruce J. Allyn is a scholar and author known for his work on U.S.-Soviet relations and the Cuban Missile Crisis, often in collaboration with political scientist James G. Blight.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
James A. Allison
James A. Allison was an American entrepreneur and industrialist best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Allison Engineering Company, a major aircraft engine manufacturer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASCAR driver
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Davey Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestCupSeasonFinish | 3rd place ⓘ |
| bestCupSeasonFinishYear |
1991
ⓘ
1992 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carNumber | 28 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | helicopter crash ⓘ |
| child |
Krista Marie Allison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robbie Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competedIn | NASCAR Winston Cup Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-07-13 ⓘ |
| debutInNASCARCup | 1985 Talladega 500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Bobby Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | David Carl Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | stock car racing ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NASCAR Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accident ⓘ |
| manufacturerDriven | Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Robert Yates Racing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Judy Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a rising NASCAR star in the late 1980s and early 1990s
ⓘ
being part of the Allison racing family ⓘ |
| occupation |
NASCAR Cup Series driver
ⓘ
racing driver ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hollywood, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Birmingham, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfNASCARDebut | Talladega Superspeedway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Deborah Allison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liz Allison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sufferedInjuryEvent | helicopter crash at Talladega Superspeedway in 1993 ⓘ |
| totalCupPoles | 14 ⓘ |
| totalCupWins | 19 ⓘ |
| wonRace |
Coca-Cola 600
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daytona 500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfHallOfFameInduction |
1998
ⓘ
2019 ⓘ |
| yearOfWin |
1991 Coca-Cola 600
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1992 Daytona 500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActiveInNASCARCup | 1985–1993 ⓘ |
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: David Carl Allison Description of subject: David Carl Allison was an American NASCAR driver best known as a rising star in the late 1980s and early 1990s before his career was tragically cut short by a helicopter crash.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.