Ray Reardon
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Ray Reardon is a Welsh former professional snooker player widely regarded as one of the sport’s greatest champions, particularly dominant during the 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ray Reardon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5860805 — 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 Reardon Context triple: [Tredegar, hasNotablePerson, Ray Reardon]
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A.
Craig Nourse
Craig Nourse is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Nourse, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
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B.
Steve Robson
Steve Robson is a British songwriter and record producer known for his work with major pop and rock artists, contributing to numerous chart-topping hits.
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C.
Ian Stokell
Ian Stokell is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2022 film adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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D.
John C. Higgins
John C. Higgins was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century films, particularly in the crime and thriller genres.
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E.
Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick was an English actor known for his rugged, working-class roles in British film and television, including notable appearances in series like "Boon" and various acclaimed 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: Ray Reardon Target entity description: Ray Reardon is a Welsh former professional snooker player widely regarded as one of the sport’s greatest champions, particularly dominant during the 1970s.
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A.
Craig Nourse
Craig Nourse is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Nourse, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
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B.
Steve Robson
Steve Robson is a British songwriter and record producer known for his work with major pop and rock artists, contributing to numerous chart-topping hits.
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C.
Ian Stokell
Ian Stokell is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2022 film adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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D.
John C. Higgins
John C. Higgins was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century films, particularly in the crime and thriller genres.
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E.
Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick was an English actor known for his rugged, working-class roles in British film and television, including notable appearances in series like "Boon" and various acclaimed dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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snooker player ⓘ world snooker champion ⓘ |
| amateurTitle |
English Amateur Snooker Championship
NERFINISHED
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Welsh Amateur Snooker Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Member of the Order of the British Empire
NERFINISHED
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| coached | Ronnie O’Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachedForEvent | 2004 World Snooker Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredOneOf | greatest snooker players of all time ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-10-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Reardon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.85 m ⓘ |
| inductedInto | WPBSA Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inductionYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dominance of professional snooker in the 1970s
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tactical and safety play ⓘ |
| name | Ray Reardon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Welsh ⓘ |
| nickname | Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
police officer
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professional snooker player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInEra | 1970s snooker boom ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | widow’s peak and dark, imposing appearance ⓘ |
| residence | Torquay, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFromProfessionalSnooker | 1980s ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | snooker ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | methodical and safety-oriented ⓘ |
| turnedProfessionalIn | 1967 ⓘ |
| worldNumberOneRankingsSeasons |
1976–77
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1977–78 ⓘ 1978–79 ⓘ 1979–80 ⓘ 1980–81 ⓘ 1981–82 ⓘ 1982–83 ⓘ 1983–84 ⓘ 1984–85 ⓘ |
| worldSnookerChampionInYear |
1970
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1973 ⓘ 1974 ⓘ 1975 ⓘ 1976 ⓘ 1978 ⓘ |
| worldSnookerChampionshipTitles | 6 ⓘ |
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 Reardon Description of subject: Ray Reardon is a Welsh former professional snooker player widely regarded as one of the sport’s greatest champions, particularly dominant during the 1970s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
World Snooker Championship