Kevin Harlan
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Kevin Harlan is an American sportscaster best known for his energetic play-by-play commentary on NBA and NFL broadcasts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kevin Harlan canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1041862 — 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: Kevin Harlan Context triple: [Inside the NBA, formerPanelist, Kevin Harlan]
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A.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
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C.
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
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D.
William Nolan
William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- 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: Kevin Harlan Target entity description: Kevin Harlan is an American sportscaster best known for his energetic play-by-play commentary on NBA and NFL broadcasts.
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A.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
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C.
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
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D.
William Nolan
William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
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E.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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play-by-play announcer ⓘ sportscaster ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Sportscaster of the Year ⓘ |
| child | Olivia Harlan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Kansas ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS Sports
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NBA on TNT ⓘ TNT ⓘ Turner Sports ⓘ Westwood One ⓘ |
| familyName | Harlan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American football broadcasting
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basketball broadcasting ⓘ sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| genre | sports commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Kevin ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
catchphrase-like exclamations during big plays
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distinctive, enthusiastic voice ⓘ |
| hasPartIn |
NBA playoff broadcasts
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NFL playoff broadcasts ⓘ Super Bowl radio broadcasts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Kansas Jayhawks alumni
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linked to:
Kansas Jayhawks athletics
|
| name | Kevin Harlan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
memorable calls of dramatic NBA moments
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memorable calls of dramatic NFL moments ⓘ |
| notableRole |
play-by-play announcer for NBA on TNT
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play-by-play announcer for NFL on CBS ⓘ radio play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football on Westwood One ⓘ |
| notableWork |
NBA play-by-play commentary
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NFL play-by-play commentary ⓘ radio calls of Super Bowls for Westwood One ⓘ television calls of NCAA basketball games ⓘ |
| occupation |
radio sports announcer
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sportscaster ⓘ television sports announcer ⓘ |
| relative | Bob Harlan ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Harlan ⓘ |
| style |
energetic commentary style
ⓘ
excited play-by-play calls ⓘ |
| workLocation | United States national sports broadcasts ⓘ |
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: Kevin Harlan Description of subject: Kevin Harlan is an American sportscaster best known for his energetic play-by-play commentary on NBA and NFL broadcasts.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.