Terry Fox
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Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist best known for his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money and awareness for cancer research after losing a leg to the disease.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terry Fox canonical | 4 |
| Canadian cancer research activist Terry Fox | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3334217 — 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: Terry Fox Context triple: [Fox, hasNotableBearer, Terry Fox]
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A.
Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson is a Canadian former ice hockey player best known for scoring the iconic series-winning goal for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.
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B.
Kent Manderville
Kent Manderville is a former Canadian professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL for teams including the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, and Pittsburgh Penguins.
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C.
Donald Bell
Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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D.
Douglas Robert Steuart Bader
Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a renowned British Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War, famous for continuing to fly combat missions despite losing both legs in a pre-war flying accident.
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E.
Marc Kielburger
Marc Kielburger is a Canadian social entrepreneur, co-founder of the WE Charity (formerly Free The Children), and prominent advocate for youth empowerment and global social justice.
- 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: Terry Fox Target entity description: Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist best known for his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money and awareness for cancer research after losing a leg to the disease.
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A.
Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson is a Canadian former ice hockey player best known for scoring the iconic series-winning goal for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.
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B.
Kent Manderville
Kent Manderville is a former Canadian professional ice hockey center who played in the NHL for teams including the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, and Pittsburgh Penguins.
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C.
Donald Bell
Donald Bell is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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D.
Douglas Robert Steuart Bader
Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a renowned British Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War, famous for continuing to fly combat missions despite losing both legs in a pre-war flying accident.
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E.
Marc Kielburger
Marc Kielburger is a Canadian social entrepreneur, co-founder of the WE Charity (formerly Free The Children), and prominent advocate for youth empowerment and global social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athlete
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cancer research activist ⓘ human ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ |
| amputationReason | cancer ⓘ |
| bodyModification | right leg amputation ⓘ |
| campaignEndPlace | near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| campaignEndReason | cancer recurrence in lungs ⓘ |
| campaignStartDate | 1980-04-12 ⓘ |
| campaignStartPlace |
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
St. John’s
|
| causeOfDeath |
cancer
ⓘ
metastatic osteogenic sarcoma ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dailyRunningDistance |
approximately 26 miles
ⓘ
approximately 42 kilometres ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-07-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-06-28 ⓘ |
| distanceRun |
3339 miles
ⓘ
5373 kilometres ⓘ |
| education | Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Canadian of Anglo-European descent ⓘ |
| fullName | Terrance Stanley Fox ⓘ |
| fundraisingGoal | 1 dollar for every Canadian ⓘ |
| givenName | Terrance ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Terry Fox Monument near Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Terry Fox statue in Ottawa, Ontario ⓘ Terry Fox statue in Vancouver, British Columbia ⓘ |
| hasSchoolNamedAfter |
Terry Fox Secondary School, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
ⓘ
multiple schools across Canada ⓘ |
| honouredBy | Terry Fox Foundation ⓘ |
| inspiredEvent | Terry Fox Run ⓘ |
| intendedDestination |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Vancouver
|
| knownFor |
Marathon of Hope
ⓘ
cancer research fundraising ⓘ |
| legacy | major symbol of courage and perseverance in Canada ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | osteogenic sarcoma ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian icon ⓘ |
| nickname | Terry Fox ⓘ |
| numberOfDaysRun | 143 ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
athlete ⓘ |
| parent |
Betty Fox
ⓘ
Rolly Fox ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
New Westminster
|
| receivedHonor |
Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (posthumous)
ⓘ
Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ Lou Marsh Trophy ⓘ Order of the Dogwood ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Port Coquitlam
|
| sibling |
Darrell Fox
ⓘ
Fred Fox ⓘ Judith Fox ⓘ |
| sport |
basketball
ⓘ
distance running ⓘ |
| startedCampaign | Marathon of Hope ⓘ |
| studied | kinesiology at Simon Fraser University ⓘ |
| TerryFoxRun | annual charity run for cancer research ⓘ |
| usedProsthesis | artificial right leg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Terry Fox Description of subject: Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist best known for his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money and awareness for cancer research after losing a leg to the disease.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.