Hlinka
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Czech-language surname
Roman Catholic priest
Slovak politician
Slovak-language surname
association football player
human
ice hockey coach
ice hockey player
surname
under-18 international ice hockey tournament
Hlinka is a Czech and Slovak surname most prominently associated with legendary Czech ice hockey player and coach Ivan Hlinka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hlinka canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3899470 — 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: Hlinka Context triple: [Ivan Hlinka, familyName, Hlinka]
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A.
Hlinka Guard
The Hlinka Guard was a fascist paramilitary organization in the Slovak State during World War II, known for its collaboration with Nazi Germany and participation in the persecution of Jews and political opponents.
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B.
Ruzinov
Ružinov is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, known as a major residential and commercial district of the capital.
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C.
Děčínský Sněžník
Děčínský Sněžník is a prominent table mountain in the Czech Republic known for its sandstone cliffs and panoramic views over the surrounding Elbe Sandstone landscape.
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D.
Česká Skalice
Česká Skalice is a small historic town in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic, known for its cultural heritage and proximity to the Rozkoš Reservoir.
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E.
Hlin
Hlin is a lesser-known Norse goddess associated with protection and consolation, often linked to Frigg and the safeguarding of humans from danger.
- 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: Hlinka Target entity description: Hlinka is a Czech and Slovak surname most prominently associated with legendary Czech ice hockey player and coach Ivan Hlinka.
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A.
Hlinka Guard
The Hlinka Guard was a fascist paramilitary organization in the Slovak State during World War II, known for its collaboration with Nazi Germany and participation in the persecution of Jews and political opponents.
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B.
Ruzinov
Ružinov is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, known as a major residential and commercial district of the capital.
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C.
Děčínský Sněžník
Děčínský Sněžník is a prominent table mountain in the Czech Republic known for its sandstone cliffs and panoramic views over the surrounding Elbe Sandstone landscape.
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D.
Česká Skalice
Česká Skalice is a small historic town in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic, known for its cultural heritage and proximity to the Rozkoš Reservoir.
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E.
Hlin
Hlin is a lesser-known Norse goddess associated with protection and consolation, often linked to Frigg and the safeguarding of humans from danger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czech-language surname
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Roman Catholic priest ⓘ Slovak politician ⓘ Slovak-language surname ⓘ association football player ⓘ human ⓘ ice hockey coach ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ surname ⓘ under-18 international ice hockey tournament ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | car accident ⓘ |
| coachedTeam |
Czech Republic national ice hockey team
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Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Czech Republic
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Czechoslovakia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-01-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-08-16 ⓘ |
| familyName | Hlinka ⓘ |
| givenName | Ivan ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Andrej Hlinka
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Ivan Hlinka ⓘ Ján Hlinka ⓘ Marek Hlinka ⓘ Miroslav Hlinka ⓘ |
| honouredIn | Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Czech
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Slovak ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
HC Dukla Jihlava
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HC Litvinov ⓘ Vancouver Canucks ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ivan Hlinka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading Czech Republic to gold at 1998 Winter Olympics in ice hockey
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winning 1999 IIHF World Championship as coach of Czech Republic ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Most, Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | centre ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Czech Republic
ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ |
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: Hlinka Description of subject: Hlinka is a Czech and Slovak surname most prominently associated with legendary Czech ice hockey player and coach Ivan Hlinka.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.