Monta Ellis
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Monta Ellis is an American former NBA shooting guard known for his high-volume scoring and dynamic playmaking, most prominently with the Golden State Warriors in the late 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Monta Ellis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11738758 — 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)
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Target entity: Monta Ellis Context triple: [Golden State Warriors (second tenure), associatedWithPlayer, Monta Ellis]
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A.
Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson is an American professional basketball player, best known as an elite three-point shooter and multiple-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors.
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B.
Patty Mills
Patty Mills is an Australian professional basketball player and NBA champion known for his sharpshooting and leadership, particularly during his long tenure with the San Antonio Spurs and the Australian national team.
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C.
Andre Iguodala
Andre Iguodala is an American former professional basketball player best known for his versatile defense, playmaking, and key role in multiple NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors.
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D.
Brent Jennings
Brent Jennings is an American character actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in projects like "The Serpent and the Rainbow" and the TV series "Lodge 49."
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E.
JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee is an American professional basketball center known for his shot-blocking, athleticism, and multiple NBA championships, including titles with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers.
- 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: Monta Ellis Target entity description: Monta Ellis is an American former NBA shooting guard known for his high-volume scoring and dynamic playmaking, most prominently with the Golden State Warriors in the late 2000s.
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A.
Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson is an American professional basketball player, best known as an elite three-point shooter and multiple-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors.
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B.
Patty Mills
Patty Mills is an Australian professional basketball player and NBA champion known for his sharpshooting and leadership, particularly during his long tenure with the San Antonio Spurs and the Australian national team.
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C.
Andre Iguodala
Andre Iguodala is an American former professional basketball player best known for his versatile defense, playmaking, and key role in multiple NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors.
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D.
Brent Jennings
Brent Jennings is an American character actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in projects like "The Serpent and the Rainbow" and the TV series "Lodge 49."
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E.
JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee is an American professional basketball center known for his shot-blocking, athleticism, and multiple NBA championships, including titles with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball player
ⓘ
human ⓘ shooting guard ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NBA Most Improved Player Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1985-10-26 ⓘ |
| draftStatus | undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft ⓘ |
| familyName | Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Monta Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Monta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 6 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| heightInMeters | 1.91 ⓘ |
| highSchool | Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber |
11
ⓘ
8 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| NBAdebutSeason | 2005-2006 NBA season ⓘ |
| NBAMostImprovedPlayerAward | 2007 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic playmaking
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high-volume scoring ⓘ |
| occupation | basketball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForTeam |
Dallas Mavericks
NERFINISHED
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Golden State Warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana Pacers NERFINISHED ⓘ Milwaukee Bucks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
point guard
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shooting guard ⓘ |
| primaryTeamPeriod | late 2000s Golden State Warriors GENERATED ⓘ |
| seasonPointsPerGameHigh | 25.5 points per game in 2009-2010 NBA season ⓘ |
| shootingHand | right-handed ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| status | retired from NBA ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
pick-and-roll scorer
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slashing guard ⓘ |
| teamEndYear (Dallas Mavericks) | 2015 ⓘ |
| teamEndYear (Golden State Warriors) | 2012 ⓘ |
| teamEndYear (Indiana Pacers) | 2017 ⓘ |
| teamEndYear (Milwaukee Bucks) | 2013 ⓘ |
| teamStartYear (Dallas Mavericks) | 2013 ⓘ |
| teamStartYear (Golden State Warriors) | 2005 ⓘ |
| teamStartYear (Indiana Pacers) | 2015 ⓘ |
| teamStartYear (Milwaukee Bucks) | 2012 ⓘ |
| wearsNumberForTeam (Dallas Mavericks) | 11 ⓘ |
| wearsNumberForTeam (Golden State Warriors) | 8 ⓘ |
| weightInKilograms | 84 ⓘ |
| weightInPounds | 185 ⓘ |
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: Monta Ellis Description of subject: Monta Ellis is an American former NBA shooting guard known for his high-volume scoring and dynamic playmaking, most prominently with the Golden State Warriors in the late 2000s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.