Pat Onstad
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Pat Onstad is a retired Canadian soccer goalkeeper and coach best known for his standout Major League Soccer career, particularly with the San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo, and for being one of MLS’s most decorated goalkeepers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pat Onstad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11734964 — 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: Pat Onstad Context triple: [MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award, hasRecipient, Pat Onstad]
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A.
Larry Bryggman
Larry Bryggman is an American actor best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and various film and television appearances.
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B.
Warren Skaaren
Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and script doctor best known for his work on major 1980s films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Batman."
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C.
Ron Jensen
Ron Jensen is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Grand Prairie, Texas.
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D.
Pat Haggerty
Pat Haggerty was a prominent NFL official best known for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls during his long officiating career.
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E.
Phil Olsen
Phil Olsen is a former American football defensive lineman who played in the NFL, notably for the Los Angeles Rams, and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Pat Onstad Target entity description: Pat Onstad is a retired Canadian soccer goalkeeper and coach best known for his standout Major League Soccer career, particularly with the San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo, and for being one of MLS’s most decorated goalkeepers.
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A.
Larry Bryggman
Larry Bryggman is an American actor best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and various film and television appearances.
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B.
Warren Skaaren
Warren Skaaren was an American screenwriter and script doctor best known for his work on major 1980s films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Batman."
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C.
Ron Jensen
Ron Jensen is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Grand Prairie, Texas.
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D.
Pat Haggerty
Pat Haggerty was a prominent NFL official best known for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls during his long officiating career.
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E.
Phil Olsen
Phil Olsen is a former American football defensive lineman who played in the NFL, notably for the Los Angeles Rams, and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football goalkeeper
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football coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MLS Best XI
NERFINISHED
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MLS Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Supporters’ Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachedForTeam |
Columbus Crew
NERFINISHED
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D.C. United NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Dynamo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-01-13 ⓘ |
| familyName | Onstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Patrick Stewart Onstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
assistant coach
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general manager ⓘ goalkeeper coach ⓘ |
| league | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| memberOf | Canada men’s national soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Canada national soccer team
NERFINISHED
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Columbus Crew NERFINISHED ⓘ D.C. United NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Dynamo NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Impact NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochester Raging Rhinos NERFINISHED ⓘ San Jose Earthquakes NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto Blizzard NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto Rockets NERFINISHED ⓘ Wichita Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
key role in Houston Dynamo MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007
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key role in San Jose Earthquakes Supporters’ Shield titles ⓘ |
| occupation |
soccer coach
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soccer player ⓘ sporting director ⓘ |
| participantIn |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FIFA World Cup qualifying NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInLeague |
Major League Soccer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USL A-League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | general manager of Houston Dynamo FC ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | goalkeeper ⓘ |
| retiredFromSport | association football ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
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: Pat Onstad Description of subject: Pat Onstad is a retired Canadian soccer goalkeeper and coach best known for his standout Major League Soccer career, particularly with the San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo, and for being one of MLS’s most decorated goalkeepers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.