Larry H. Miller
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Larry H. Miller was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for building a large automotive and sports empire and long serving as the influential owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry H. Miller canonical | 8 |
| Larry H. Miller Group of Companies | 4 |
| Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment (corporate division) | 1 |
| Larry H. Miller media holdings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2405653 — 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: Larry H. Miller Context triple: [Utah Jazz, previousOwner, Larry H. Miller]
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A.
Philip Anschutz
Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
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B.
Phillip Anschutz Jr.
Phillip Anschutz Jr. is the son of American billionaire businessman and philanthropist Philip Anschutz.
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C.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
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D.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
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E.
Ron Burkle
Ron Burkle is an American billionaire investor and co-founder of the private equity firm Yucaipa Companies, known for his extensive investments in retail, sports, and media.
- 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: Larry H. Miller Target entity description: Larry H. Miller was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for building a large automotive and sports empire and long serving as the influential owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz.
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A.
Philip Anschutz
Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
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B.
Phillip Anschutz Jr.
Phillip Anschutz Jr. is the son of American billionaire businessman and philanthropist Philip Anschutz.
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C.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
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D.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
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E.
Ron Burkle
Ron Burkle is an American billionaire investor and co-founder of the private equity firm Yucaipa Companies, known for his extensive investments in retail, sports, and media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City Cemetery
|
| causeOfDeath | complications of type 2 diabetes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-04-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-02-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | West High School (Salt Lake City) ⓘ |
| employer |
Larry H. Miller Group of Companies
ⓘ
linked to:
Larry H. Miller
|
| familyName | Miller ⓘ |
| founded |
Larry H. Miller Dealerships
ⓘ
Larry H. Miller Group of Companies ⓘ
linked to:
Larry H. Miller
|
| givenName | Larry ⓘ |
| heritage | American of German descent ⓘ |
| honor |
inducted into Utah Automotive Hall of Fame
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inducted into Utah Sports Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large network of automobile dealerships in the western United States
ⓘ
longtime owner of the Utah Jazz ⓘ major Utah philanthropist ⓘ |
| legacy | Utah Jazz organization retained in Utah rather than being relocated ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Basketball Association Board of Governors
ⓘ
linked to:
NBA Board of Governors
|
| middleName | H. ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment (corporate division)
ⓘ
linked to:
Larry H. Miller
|
| notableWork |
building a large automotive dealership group
ⓘ
ownership and development of the Utah Jazz ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| owned |
Delta Center
ⓘ
Jordan Commons entertainment complex ⓘ KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City television station) ⓘ Megaplex Theatres ⓘ Miller Motorsports Park (now Utah Motorsports Campus) ⓘ
linked to:
Miller Motorsports Park
Salt Lake Bees ⓘ Utah Jazz ⓘ |
| ownedFrom | Utah Jazz, 1985 ⓘ |
| ownedUntil | Utah Jazz, 2009 ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
community development in Utah
ⓘ
education in Utah ⓘ sports and youth programs ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
|
| placeOfDeath |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
|
| religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| residence |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Gail Miller ⓘ |
| workedAs |
dealership manager
ⓘ
parts department employee at a car dealership ⓘ |
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: Larry H. Miller Description of subject: Larry H. Miller was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for building a large automotive and sports empire and long serving as the influential owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Larry H. Miller
linked to: Larry H. Miller
linked to: Larry H. Miller
linked to: Larry H. Miller
linked to: Larry H. Miller
subject linked to:
KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City television station)
subject linked to:
KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City television station)
linked to: Larry H. Miller