Woody Hayes
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Woody Hayes was a legendary American college football coach best known for leading Ohio State University to multiple national championships and Big Ten titles in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woody Hayes canonical | 9 |
| Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2521769 — 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)
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Target entity: Woody Hayes Context triple: [Ohio State Buckeyes football, notableCoach, Woody Hayes]
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A.
Bo Schembechler
Bo Schembechler was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming the University of Michigan Wolverines into a perennial powerhouse and for his intense rivalry with Ohio State’s Woody Hayes.
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B.
Dick Kazmaier
Dick Kazmaier was a celebrated American college football halfback who won the 1951 Heisman Trophy while starring for Princeton University.
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C.
Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant was a legendary American college football coach best known for building the University of Alabama into a national powerhouse.
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D.
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr is an American football coach best known for leading the University of Michigan Wolverines to consistent success, including a share of the 1997 national championship.
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E.
Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne is a legendary American college football coach and former U.S. congressman best known for leading the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national championships.
- 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: Woody Hayes Target entity description: Woody Hayes was a legendary American college football coach best known for leading Ohio State University to multiple national championships and Big Ten titles in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Bo Schembechler
Bo Schembechler was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming the University of Michigan Wolverines into a perennial powerhouse and for his intense rivalry with Ohio State’s Woody Hayes.
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B.
Dick Kazmaier
Dick Kazmaier was a celebrated American college football halfback who won the 1951 Heisman Trophy while starring for Princeton University.
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C.
Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant was a legendary American college football coach best known for building the University of Alabama into a national powerhouse.
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D.
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr is an American football coach best known for leading the University of Michigan Wolverines to consistent success, including a share of the 1997 national championship.
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E.
Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne is a legendary American college football coach and former U.S. congressman best known for leading the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national championships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
ⓘ
college football coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | College Football Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| coachOf |
Denison Big Red football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Denison Yellow Jackets
Miami Redhawks football team ⓘ
linked to:
Miami RedHawks football
Ohio State Buckeyes football team ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio State Buckeyes football
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-02-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-03-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Denison University ⓘ |
| employer |
Denison University
ⓘ
Miami University ⓘ Ohio State University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1978 (head coach at Ohio State University) ⓘ |
| familyName | Hayes ⓘ |
| genre | three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense ⓘ |
| givenName | Wayne ⓘ |
| hasPart | coaching tree including assistants who became head coaches ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bo Schembechler
ⓘ
Earle Bruce ⓘ Lou Holtz ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fiery sideline demeanor
ⓘ
leading Ohio State to multiple national championships ⓘ winning multiple Big Ten Conference titles ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf | United States Navy ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Denison Big Red football (as player) ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant commander ⓘ |
| nickname | Woody ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1978 Gator Bowl incident ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ohio State Buckeyes football program
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio State Buckeyes football
|
| occupation |
American football coach
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Clifton, Ohio, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Clifton, Ohio
|
| placeOfDeath |
Upper Arlington, Ohio, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Arlington, Ohio
|
| positionHeld |
head football coach at Denison University
ⓘ
head football coach at Miami University ⓘ head football coach at Ohio State University ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | tackle ⓘ |
| reasonForEndOfPosition | fired after punching Clemson player Charlie Bauman ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Columbus, Ohio, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbus, Ohio
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1951 (head coach at Ohio State University) ⓘ |
| studentOf | none ⓘ |
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: Woody Hayes Description of subject: Woody Hayes was a legendary American college football coach best known for leading Ohio State University to multiple national championships and Big Ten titles in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Newcomerstown, Ohio, United States
subject linked to:
The Game
linked to: Woody Hayes
subject linked to:
Bo