Glenn Davis
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Glenn Davis was a celebrated American football halfback, nicknamed "Mr. Outside," who won the Heisman Trophy in 1946 while starring for the Army Black Knights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glenn Davis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329698 — 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: Glenn Davis Context triple: [Terry Moore, spouse, Glenn Davis]
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A.
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox is an American actor and musician best known for his roles in films such as "Deliverance," "RoboCop," and "Total Recall," often portraying authoritative or villainous characters.
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B.
Glenn Corbett
Glenn Corbett was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television during the 1960s and 1970s, including a notable part in the Civil War drama "Shenandoah."
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C.
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
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D.
John Raitt
John Raitt was a prominent American musical theatre actor and baritone best known for his leading roles in classic Broadway productions such as "Carousel" and "The Pajama Game."
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E.
Glen Bateman
Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
- 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: Glenn Davis Target entity description: Glenn Davis was a celebrated American football halfback, nicknamed "Mr. Outside," who won the Heisman Trophy in 1946 while starring for the Army Black Knights.
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A.
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox is an American actor and musician best known for his roles in films such as "Deliverance," "RoboCop," and "Total Recall," often portraying authoritative or villainous characters.
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B.
Glenn Corbett
Glenn Corbett was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television during the 1960s and 1970s, including a notable part in the Civil War drama "Shenandoah."
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C.
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
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D.
John Raitt
John Raitt was a prominent American musical theatre actor and baritone best known for his leading roles in classic Broadway productions such as "Carousel" and "The Pajama Game."
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E.
Glen Bateman
Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football player
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halfback ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Heisman Trophy
NERFINISHED
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Maxwell Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Camp Memorial Trophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BlanchardNickname | Mr. Inside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| college | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegeNumberRetiredBy | Army Black Knights football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-12-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-03-09 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Detroit Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s college football ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFame | College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| height | 5 ft 9 in ⓘ |
| HeismanTrophyYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| highSchool | Bonita High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inductedIntoHallOfFame | College Football Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 41 ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Army Black Knights football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| NFLDraftPick | 2 ⓘ |
| NFLDraftRound | 1 ⓘ |
| NFLDraftYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| nickname | Mr. Outside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Consensus All-American
NERFINISHED
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Led Army to three national championships in the 1940s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Army football backfield with Doc Blanchard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football player
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military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Claremont, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | La Quinta, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor | Los Angeles Rams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | halfback ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teammate | Doc Blanchard 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: Glenn Davis Description of subject: Glenn Davis was a celebrated American football halfback, nicknamed "Mr. Outside," who won the Heisman Trophy in 1946 while starring for the Army Black Knights.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.