Old 98
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Old 98 is the nickname of Tommy Harmon, a notable American football player and Heisman Trophy–winning halfback from the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old 98 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6546981 — 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: Old 98 Context triple: [Tommy Harmon, nickname, Old 98]
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Eighty-Eight
Eighty-Eight is a full-size automobile model produced by Oldsmobile that became one of the brand’s most popular and enduring nameplates in the mid-20th century American car market.
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B.
808 State
808 State is a pioneering British electronic music group from Manchester, best known for helping shape the acid house and early techno scenes in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Mothersbaugh
Mothersbaugh is the surname most prominently associated with American musician and composer Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the new wave band Devo.
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D.
Hawaiʻi ʻ78
"Hawaiʻi ʻ78" is a poignant song by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole that reflects on the cultural and political changes in Hawaiʻi and mourns the loss of its traditional way of life.
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E.
O.Z. P.I.N.H.E.A.D.
O.Z. P.I.N.H.E.A.D. is a character whose name playfully references "The Wizard of Oz," suggesting a whimsical or satirical connection to the classic fantasy story.
- 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: Old 98 Target entity description: Old 98 is the nickname of Tommy Harmon, a notable American football player and Heisman Trophy–winning halfback from the early 20th century.
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A.
Eighty-Eight
Eighty-Eight is a full-size automobile model produced by Oldsmobile that became one of the brand’s most popular and enduring nameplates in the mid-20th century American car market.
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B.
808 State
808 State is a pioneering British electronic music group from Manchester, best known for helping shape the acid house and early techno scenes in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Mothersbaugh
Mothersbaugh is the surname most prominently associated with American musician and composer Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the new wave band Devo.
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D.
Hawaiʻi ʻ78
"Hawaiʻi ʻ78" is a poignant song by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole that reflects on the cultural and political changes in Hawaiʻi and mourns the loss of its traditional way of life.
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E.
O.Z. P.I.N.H.E.A.D.
O.Z. P.I.N.H.E.A.D. is a character whose name playfully references "The Wizard of Oz," suggesting a whimsical or satirical connection to the classic fantasy story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football player
ⓘ
human ⓘ nickname ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Heisman Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Kelly Harmon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kristin Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegeTeam | Michigan Wolverines football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-09-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-03-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Dudley Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageOrEthnicity | American ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 98 ⓘ |
| league | NCAA college football ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Michigan Wolverines football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| nickname | Old 98 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAwardYear | 1940 Heisman Trophy winner ⓘ |
| notableWork | Heisman Trophy–winning 1940 season at Michigan ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football player
ⓘ
actor ⓘ sports broadcaster ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rensselaer, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInEra | early 20th century college football ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | halfback ⓘ |
| refersTo | Tom Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| spouse | Elyse Knox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Old 98 Description of subject: Old 98 is the nickname of Tommy Harmon, a notable American football player and Heisman Trophy–winning halfback from the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.