Steve Bartman
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Steve Bartman is a Chicago Cubs fan who became infamous in 2003 after a controversial foul-ball incident during the National League Championship Series, which many fans blamed for the team's collapse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steve Bartman canonical | 3 |
| Steven Bartman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3502893 — 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: Steve Bartman Context triple: [Curse of the Billy Goat, associatedWithPlayer, Steve Bartman]
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A.
David Ross
David Ross is a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager, best known for his World Series-winning tenure with the Chicago Cubs.
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B.
Joe D'Augustine
Joe D'Augustine is a film editor best known for his work on action and genre movies, including the martial arts film "The Man with the Iron Fists."
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C.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
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D.
Kurt Rambis
Kurt Rambis is a former NBA forward best known for his role on the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers championship teams and later work as a coach and executive.
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E.
Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.
- 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: Steve Bartman Target entity description: Steve Bartman is a Chicago Cubs fan who became infamous in 2003 after a controversial foul-ball incident during the National League Championship Series, which many fans blamed for the team's collapse.
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A.
David Ross
David Ross is a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager, best known for his World Series-winning tenure with the Chicago Cubs.
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B.
Joe D'Augustine
Joe D'Augustine is a film editor best known for his work on action and genre movies, including the martial arts film "The Man with the Iron Fists."
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C.
Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes is an American college athletics administrator who serves as the athletic director at Oregon State University and has previously held similar roles at several other universities.
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D.
Kurt Rambis
Kurt Rambis is a former NBA forward best known for his role on the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers championship teams and later work as a coach and executive.
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E.
Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicago Cubs fan
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
“Curse of the Billy Goat” narrative
ⓘ
linked to:
Curse of the Billy Goat
|
| ballHitBy | Luis Castillo ⓘ |
| blamedFor | Chicago Cubs 2003 NLCS collapse by some fans ⓘ |
| charityInvolvement | autographed 2003 NLCS ticket for charity auction ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| CubsWorldSeriesWin | 2016 ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | became symbol of Chicago Cubs curse for some fans ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1977 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 2003-10-14 ⓘ |
| declined | public ceremony for ring presentation ⓘ |
| donatedProceedsTo | Alzheimer’s Association ⓘ |
| education |
Notre Dame College Prep
ⓘ
University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| employer | financial services firm ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Polish descent ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | 2003 National League Championship Series Game 6 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Steven Bartman
ⓘ
linked to:
Steve Bartman
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| headphonesUse | listening to radio broadcast during game ⓘ |
| incidentType | fan interference controversy ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberWornAtGame | Cubs cap and headphones, no jersey number ⓘ |
| knownAs | Steve Bartman ⓘ |
| laterPublicAppearances | extremely rare ⓘ |
| leftStadium | escorted by security ⓘ |
| legalCharges | none related to incident ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Wrigley Field ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | intense national media scrutiny after incident ⓘ |
| MLBRuling | play ruled foul ball, no fan interference call on field ⓘ |
| nearbyPlayer | Moises Alou ⓘ |
| notableFor |
2003 Chicago Cubs foul ball incident
ⓘ
interference with foul ball in 2003 NLCS ⓘ |
| occupation | youth baseball coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago ⓘ |
| playDescription | attempted to catch a foul ball in left-field stands ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | documentaries about Chicago Cubs history ⓘ |
| publicApology | issued written statement of apology in 2003 ⓘ |
| received |
2016 Chicago Cubs World Series championship ring
ⓘ
death threats after incident ⓘ |
| referencedIn | sports journalism and commentary ⓘ |
| refused |
commercial offers related to incident
ⓘ
paid media interviews ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholic
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| requiredPoliceProtection | true ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago ⓘ |
| ringPresentationDate | 2017-07-31 ⓘ |
| ringPresentationReason | gesture of reconciliation and forgiveness ⓘ |
| ringPresentedBy |
Chicago Cubs organization
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Cubs
|
| seriesOutcome | Chicago Cubs lost 2003 NLCS to Florida Marlins ⓘ |
| soughtPrivacy | true ⓘ |
| statementAfterRing | expressed gratitude and desire for closure ⓘ |
| supportedTeam | Chicago Cubs ⓘ |
| teamInvolved |
Chicago Cubs
ⓘ
Florida Marlins ⓘ
linked to:
Miami Marlins
|
| teamOutcome | Chicago Cubs lost Game 6 of 2003 NLCS ⓘ |
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: Steve Bartman Description of subject: Steve Bartman is a Chicago Cubs fan who became infamous in 2003 after a controversial foul-ball incident during the National League Championship Series, which many fans blamed for the team's collapse.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Steve Bartman