Mason
E241411
Mason is the given first name of Red Cashion, the famed American NFL referee known for his exuberant "First down!" calls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mason canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2191364 — 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: Mason Context triple: [Red Cashion, givenName, Mason]
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A.
Hayden
Hayden is a surname most notably associated with American actor and author Sterling Hayden, known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films.
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B.
Myles
Myles is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as Mayflower military leader Myles Standish.
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C.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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D.
Colton
Colton is a small city in Southern California’s Inland Empire region, located within San Bernardino County.
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E.
Mahlon
Mahlon is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, known as one of Naomi’s sons and the first husband of Ruth.
- 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: Mason Target entity description: Mason is the given first name of Red Cashion, the famed American NFL referee known for his exuberant "First down!" calls.
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A.
Hayden
Hayden is a surname most notably associated with American actor and author Sterling Hayden, known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films.
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B.
Myles
Myles is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as Mayflower military leader Myles Standish.
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C.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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D.
Colton
Colton is a small city in Southern California’s Inland Empire region, located within San Bernardino County.
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E.
Mahlon
Mahlon is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, known as one of Naomi’s sons and the first husband of Ruth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Red Cashion ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | National Football League ⓘ |
| familyName | Cashion ⓘ |
| givenName | Mason ⓘ |
| notableFor | exuberant "First down!" calls ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football official
ⓘ
NFL referee ⓘ |
| sport | American 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: Mason Description of subject: Mason is the given first name of Red Cashion, the famed American NFL referee known for his exuberant "First down!" calls.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.