Jose Altuve
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Jose Altuve is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman renowned as a multiple-time All-Star and former MVP who has been a central figure in the Houston Astros’ recent success.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jose Altuve canonical | 2 |
| Altuve | 1 |
| José Carlos Altuve | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T728787 — 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: Jose Altuve Context triple: [Houston Astros, notablePlayer, Jose Altuve]
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A.
Josh Donaldson
Josh Donaldson is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman and 2015 American League MVP known for his power hitting and standout defense, particularly during his peak seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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B.
Alex Gordon
Alex Gordon is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and three-time All-Star renowned for his elite defense and long tenure with the Kansas City Royals.
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C.
J.D. Martinez
J.D. Martinez is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder known as one of MLB’s premier power hitters and run producers of the 2010s.
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D.
Salvador Pérez
Salvador Pérez is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher renowned for his power hitting, defensive excellence, and leadership, primarily with the Kansas City Royals.
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E.
Corey Seager
Corey Seager is an American professional baseball shortstop, known as one of MLB’s premier hitters and a multiple-time World Series champion and World Series MVP.
- 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: Jose Altuve Target entity description: Jose Altuve is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman renowned as a multiple-time All-Star and former MVP who has been a central figure in the Houston Astros’ recent success.
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A.
Josh Donaldson
Josh Donaldson is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman and 2015 American League MVP known for his power hitting and standout defense, particularly during his peak seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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B.
Alex Gordon
Alex Gordon is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and three-time All-Star renowned for his elite defense and long tenure with the Kansas City Royals.
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C.
J.D. Martinez
J.D. Martinez is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder known as one of MLB’s premier power hitters and run producers of the 2010s.
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D.
Salvador Pérez
Salvador Pérez is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher renowned for his power hitting, defensive excellence, and leadership, primarily with the Kansas City Royals.
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E.
Corey Seager
Corey Seager is an American professional baseball shortstop, known as one of MLB’s premier hitters and a multiple-time World Series champion and World Series MVP.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ second baseman ⓘ |
| allStarSelection | multiple-time MLB All-Star ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American League batting champion
ⓘ
surface form:
AL Batting Title
American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
surface form:
American League Most Valuable Player Award
Gold Glove Award ⓘ Hank Aaron Award ⓘ Silver Slugger Award ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batter ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Houston Astros World Series runs in the late 2010s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Venezuela ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1990-05-06 ⓘ |
| draftStatus | signed as an international free agent ⓘ |
| era | 21st-century baseball player ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jose Altuve
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Altuve
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| fullName |
Jose Altuve
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
José Carlos Altuve
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | José ⓘ |
| height | 5 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 27 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| leagueDivision | American League ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Houston Astros
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston Astros organization
|
| MLBdebutDate | 2011-07-20 ⓘ |
| MLBdebutTeam | Houston Astros ⓘ |
| nationality | Venezuelan ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
key player in Houston Astros’ recent postseason success
ⓘ
recognized as one of the top second basemen of his era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high batting average
ⓘ
power hitting despite small stature ⓘ speed and baserunning ability ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Maracay
ⓘ
surface form:
Maracay, Venezuela
|
| playsFor | Houston Astros ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | second baseman ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | active player (as of mid-2020s) ⓘ |
| recognition | considered a franchise cornerstone for the Houston Astros ⓘ |
| residence | United States (during MLB season) ⓘ |
| role | central figure in Houston Astros’ lineup ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| team | Houston Astros ⓘ |
| teamDivision | American League West ⓘ |
| throwingStyle | right-handed thrower ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
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: Jose Altuve Description of subject: Jose Altuve is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman renowned as a multiple-time All-Star and former MVP who has been a central figure in the Houston Astros’ recent success.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
José Carlos Altuve
this entity surface form:
Altuve