Thad
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Thad is the given name of Thad Matta, a prominent American college basketball coach best known for his successful tenure at Ohio State University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7070926 — 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: Thad Context triple: [Thad Matta, givenName, Thad]
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A.
Thamon Hayes
Thamon Hayes was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and bandleader best known for his influential role in the Kansas City jazz scene, including his work with Bennie Moten’s orchestra.
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B.
Tanner
Tanner is a surname of Finnish origin, notably borne by the politician Väinö Tanner.
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C.
Eli Pittman
Eli Pittman was an individual significant enough in the local history or development of Sevier County, Tennessee, that the town of Pittman Center was named in his honor.
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D.
Trevor
Trevor is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, known for its proximity to the UNESCO-listed Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal.
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E.
Trevor
Trevor is a masculine given name of English origin commonly used in the UK and other English-speaking countries.
- 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: Thad Target entity description: Thad is the given name of Thad Matta, a prominent American college basketball coach best known for his successful tenure at Ohio State University.
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A.
Thamon Hayes
Thamon Hayes was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and bandleader best known for his influential role in the Kansas City jazz scene, including his work with Bennie Moten’s orchestra.
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B.
Tanner
Tanner is a surname of Finnish origin, notably borne by the politician Väinö Tanner.
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C.
Eli Pittman
Eli Pittman was an individual significant enough in the local history or development of Sevier County, Tennessee, that the town of Pittman Center was named in his honor.
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D.
Trevor
Trevor is a masculine given name of English origin commonly used in the UK and other English-speaking countries.
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E.
Trevor
Trevor is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, known for its proximity to the UNESCO-listed Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Butler University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Big Ten Coach of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Thad Michael Matta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachingRole |
assistant coach at Butler University
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assistant coach at Miami University (Ohio) ⓘ assistant coach at Western Carolina University ⓘ assistant coach at Xavier University ⓘ |
| conferenceTitlesWon | Big Ten regular-season championships with Ohio State ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-07-11 ⓘ |
| employer |
Butler University
NERFINISHED
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Ohio State University NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio University NERFINISHED ⓘ Xavier University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Thad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | two daughters ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohio Bobcats men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Xavier Musketeers men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team ⓘ |
| ledTeamTo |
NCAA Final Four appearances with Ohio State
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NCAA Tournament appearances with Ohio State ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | chronic back problems ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| notableAchievement |
led Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA championship game
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won multiple 30-win seasons at Ohio State ⓘ |
| notablePlayerCoached |
Evan Turner
NERFINISHED
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Greg Oden NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Conley Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | basketball coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hoopeston, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor | Butler Bulldogs men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | guard ⓘ |
| reasonForSteppingDown | health concerns ⓘ |
| residence | Ohio (periods during Ohio State tenure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbara Matta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tenureAtTeam |
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball: 2000–2001
NERFINISHED
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Ohio Bobcats men's basketball: 2022–2024 ⓘ Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball: 2004–2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ Xavier Musketeers men's basketball: 2001–2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentTitlesWon | Big Ten tournament championships with Ohio State 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: Thad Description of subject: Thad is the given name of Thad Matta, a prominent American college basketball coach best known for his successful tenure at Ohio State University.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.