David Harris
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David Harris is a former NFL linebacker best known as the durable, tackling anchor of the New York Jets’ defense during the Rex Ryan era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Harris canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T691111 — 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: David Harris Context triple: [Rex Ryan era, notableLinebacker, David Harris]
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A.
Charles Harris
Charles Harris was a notable figure in Georgia’s early history, honored as the namesake of Harris County.
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B.
David A. Harris
David A. Harris is a U.S. government official who has served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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C.
Robert Harper
Robert Harper was an 18th-century millwright and early settler whose establishment of a ferry and town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers led to the community later known as Harpers Ferry, West Virginia being named in his honor.
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D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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E.
John Dawson
John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
- 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: David Harris Target entity description: David Harris is a former NFL linebacker best known as the durable, tackling anchor of the New York Jets’ defense during the Rex Ryan era.
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A.
Charles Harris
Charles Harris was a notable figure in Georgia’s early history, honored as the namesake of Harris County.
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B.
David A. Harris
David A. Harris is a U.S. government official who has served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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C.
Robert Harper
Robert Harper was an 18th-century millwright and early settler whose establishment of a ferry and town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers led to the community later known as Harpers Ferry, West Virginia being named in his honor.
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D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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E.
John Dawson
John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football player
ⓘ
human ⓘ linebacker ⓘ |
| coachedBy | Rex Ryan ⓘ |
| collegeAttended | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| draftedBy | New York Jets ⓘ |
| draftLeague |
NFL
ⓘ
linked to:
National Football League
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownAs | tackling anchor of the New York Jets defense ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
New England Patriots
ⓘ
New York Jets ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anchor of the New York Jets defense under head coach Rex Ryan
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durable tackling and run defense ⓘ |
| occupation | American football linebacker ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York Jets defenses of the Rex Ryan era
ⓘ
linked to:
Rex Ryan era
|
| playedCollegeFootballFor |
Michigan Wolverines football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan Wolverines football
|
| playedFor |
New England Patriots
ⓘ
New York Jets ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | linebacker ⓘ |
| role | starting inside linebacker for the New York Jets ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| strengths |
durability
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run stopping ⓘ tackling ⓘ |
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: David Harris Description of subject: David Harris is a former NFL linebacker best known as the durable, tackling anchor of the New York Jets’ defense during the Rex Ryan era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.