Sergei Zholtok
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Sergei Zholtok was a Latvian professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL during the 1990s and early 2000s before his untimely death in 2004.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergei Zholtok canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6289493 — 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: Sergei Zholtok Context triple: [Khimik Voskresensk, hasNotableAlumnus, Sergei Zholtok]
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A.
Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov was a prominent Soviet film and theater actor known for his character roles in classic Russian cinema.
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B.
Sergey Sokolov
Sergey Sokolov was a Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union who served as the USSR’s Minister of Defense during the 1980s.
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C.
Andrei Zelentsov
Andrei Zelentsov was a Soviet military commander best known for leading Red Army forces during the Winter War against Finland, including in the Battle of Suomussalmi.
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D.
Andreyan Zakharov
Andreyan Zakharov was a prominent Russian neoclassical architect of the early 19th century, best known for shaping the monumental imperial style of St. Petersburg.
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E.
Alexei Zhamnov
Alexei Zhamnov is a former Russian professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL for teams including the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, and Boston Bruins, and later became a coach and hockey executive.
- 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: Sergei Zholtok Target entity description: Sergei Zholtok was a Latvian professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL during the 1990s and early 2000s before his untimely death in 2004.
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A.
Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov was a prominent Soviet film and theater actor known for his character roles in classic Russian cinema.
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B.
Sergey Sokolov
Sergey Sokolov was a Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union who served as the USSR’s Minister of Defense during the 1980s.
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C.
Andrei Zelentsov
Andrei Zelentsov was a Soviet military commander best known for leading Red Army forces during the Winter War against Finland, including in the Battle of Suomussalmi.
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D.
Andreyan Zakharov
Andreyan Zakharov was a prominent Russian neoclassical architect of the early 19th century, best known for shaping the monumental imperial style of St. Petersburg.
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E.
Alexei Zhamnov
Alexei Zhamnov is a former Russian professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL for teams including the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, and Boston Bruins, and later became a coach and hockey executive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
ice hockey player ⓘ professional athlete ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-12-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-11-03 ⓘ |
| deathContext | collapsed on bench during a game for Riga 2000 in Minsk ⓘ |
| deathDuringActivity | died during a game ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Boston Bruins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftLeague | NHL Entry Draft ⓘ |
| draftPositionOverall | 55 ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| familyName | Žoltoks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Sergejs Žoltoks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Sergejs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | ice hockey coach ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn |
American Hockey League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ National Hockey League ⓘ |
| nationality | Latvian ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first prominent Latvian players in the NHL ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1998 Winter Olympics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2002 Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Latvian SSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Belarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Boston Bruins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edmonton Oilers NERFINISHED ⓘ HK Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ Las Vegas Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ Lugano NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Canadiens NERFINISHED ⓘ Nashville Predators NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa Senators NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence Bruins NERFINISHED ⓘ Riga Dinamo NERFINISHED ⓘ Rīga 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInEra |
1990s
ⓘ
2000s ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | centre ⓘ |
| postRetirementActivity | involved in Latvian hockey development ⓘ |
| representedNationalTeam | Latvia national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shoots | right ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sergei Zholtok Description of subject: Sergei Zholtok was a Latvian professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL during the 1990s and early 2000s before his untimely death in 2004.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.