Howie
E181205
Howie is the commonly used nickname of Howie Roseman, the longtime general manager and key roster architect of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603366 — 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: Howie Context triple: [Howie Roseman, nickname, Howie]
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A.
Dick Howser
Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
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B.
Wilkin
Wilkin is a medieval English given name that originated as a diminutive form of William and later gave rise to the surname Wilkinson.
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C.
Howe
Howe is an English-language surname of Anglo-Norman and Old English origin, borne by numerous notable figures across politics, the military, the arts, and sports.
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D.
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
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E.
Wilbert
Wilbert is the given first name of American character actor Bill Cobbs, known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television.
- 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: Howie Target entity description: Howie is the commonly used nickname of Howie Roseman, the longtime general manager and key roster architect of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
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A.
Dick Howser
Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
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B.
Wilkin
Wilkin is a medieval English given name that originated as a diminutive form of William and later gave rise to the surname Wilkinson.
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C.
Howe
Howe is an English-language surname of Anglo-Norman and Old English origin, borne by numerous notable figures across politics, the military, the arts, and sports.
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D.
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
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E.
Wilbert
Wilbert is the given first name of American character actor Bill Cobbs, known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Philadelphia Eagles organization
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia Eagles
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ |
| employerLeague |
NFL
ⓘ
linked to:
National Football League
|
| fieldOfWork |
NFL roster construction
ⓘ
sports management ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| industry |
American football operations
ⓘ
professional sports ⓘ |
| knownAs | Howie ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Philadelphia Eagles front office
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia Eagles
|
| name | Howie Roseman ⓘ |
| nickname | Howie ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helping construct Super Bowl–caliber Eagles rosters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
building competitive Philadelphia Eagles rosters
ⓘ
long tenure as Philadelphia Eagles general manager ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football executive
ⓘ
general manager ⓘ |
| position | general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ |
| role | roster architect of the Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| teamManaged | Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
|
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: Howie Description of subject: Howie is the commonly used nickname of Howie Roseman, the longtime general manager and key roster architect of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.