Tyree
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Tyree is a surname most famously associated with former NFL wide receiver David Tyree, known for his iconic "Helmet Catch" in Super Bowl XLII.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tyree canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2640462 — 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: Tyree Context triple: [David Tyree, familyName, Tyree]
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A.
Aldridge
Aldridge is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and the arts.
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B.
Xaphoon Jones
Xaphoon Jones is an American hip-hop producer best known as the co-founder and beatmaker of the duo Chiddy Bang.
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C.
Dulé Hill
Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
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D.
Sekyiwa Shakur
Sekyiwa Shakur is an American woman best known as the younger half-sister of the late rapper and cultural icon Tupac Shakur, and for her work preserving his legacy and engaging in community activism.
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E.
Taurean Blacque
Taurean Blacque was an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Detective Neal Washington on the acclaimed television drama "Hill Street Blues."
- 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: Tyree Target entity description: Tyree is a surname most famously associated with former NFL wide receiver David Tyree, known for his iconic "Helmet Catch" in Super Bowl XLII.
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A.
Aldridge
Aldridge is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and the arts.
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B.
Xaphoon Jones
Xaphoon Jones is an American hip-hop producer best known as the co-founder and beatmaker of the duo Chiddy Bang.
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C.
Dulé Hill
Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
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D.
Sekyiwa Shakur
Sekyiwa Shakur is an American woman best known as the younger half-sister of the late rapper and cultural icon Tupac Shakur, and for her work preserving his legacy and engaging in community activism.
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E.
Taurean Blacque
Taurean Blacque was an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Detective Neal Washington on the acclaimed television drama "Hill Street Blues."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football play
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American football player ⓘ Super Bowl ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| ballSecuredAgainst | helmet ⓘ |
| catchType | one-handed catch ⓘ |
| knownFor | Helmet Catch ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| losingTeam | New England Patriots ⓘ |
| notableBearer | David Tyree ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with David Tyree and the Helmet Catch ⓘ |
| notablePlay | Helmet Catch ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football wide receiver
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special teams player ⓘ |
| occurredInGame | Super Bowl XLII ⓘ |
| opponentInHelmetCatch | New England Patriots ⓘ |
| performedBy | David Tyree ⓘ |
| playedForTeam |
Baltimore Ravens
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New York Giants ⓘ |
| playedInLeague | National Football League ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
special teamer
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wide receiver ⓘ |
| seasonOfLeague | 2007 NFL season ⓘ |
| teamInHelmetCatch | New York Giants ⓘ |
| usedAs |
given name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| winningTeam | New York Giants ⓘ |
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: Tyree Description of subject: Tyree is a surname most famously associated with former NFL wide receiver David Tyree, known for his iconic "Helmet Catch" in Super Bowl XLII.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.