David Weir
E450075
David Weir is a British Paralympic wheelchair racer and multiple gold medalist renowned for his achievements on the track and in major marathons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Weir canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4526513 — 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: David Weir Context triple: [University of Evansville, hasAlumnus, David Weir]
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A.
Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Salem, Oregon.
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B.
Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy is a British former track cyclist and multiple Olympic and world champion, widely regarded as one of the most successful cyclists in history.
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C.
Gordon Reid
Gordon Reid is a Scottish wheelchair tennis player and multiple Grand Slam champion who has also won Paralympic gold.
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D.
Scot Armstrong
Scot Armstrong is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on hit comedy films such as "Old School," "Road Trip," and "The Hangover Part II."
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E.
David Millar
David Millar is a retired Scottish professional road cyclist known for his time-trialling prowess, Grand Tour stage wins, and outspoken advocacy against doping following his own suspension.
- 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: David Weir Target entity description: David Weir is a British Paralympic wheelchair racer and multiple gold medalist renowned for his achievements on the track and in major marathons.
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A.
Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy is a British former track cyclist and multiple Olympic and world champion, widely regarded as one of the most successful cyclists in history.
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B.
Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Salem, Oregon.
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C.
Gordon Reid
Gordon Reid is a Scottish wheelchair tennis player and multiple Grand Slam champion who has also won Paralympic gold.
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D.
Scot Armstrong
Scot Armstrong is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on hit comedy films such as "Old School," "Road Trip," and "The Hangover Part II."
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E.
David Millar
David Millar is a retired Scottish professional road cyclist known for his time-trialling prowess, Grand Tour stage wins, and outspoken advocacy against doping following his own suspension.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paralympic athlete
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human ⓘ marathon runner ⓘ wheelchair racer ⓘ |
| competesIn |
road marathons
ⓘ
track events ⓘ |
| competitionClass | T54 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Weir ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | elite disability sport ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasAchievement |
multiple major marathon victories
ⓘ
multiple track titles in wheelchair racing ⓘ |
| hasDisability | spinal cord related impairment ⓘ |
| hasRecognition |
international recognition in wheelchair racing
ⓘ
national recognition in the United Kingdom for Paralympic success ⓘ |
| hasRole | Paralympic representative for Great Britain ⓘ |
| hasTrainingBase | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasWon |
Paralympic bronze medal
ⓘ
Paralympic gold medal ⓘ Paralympic silver medal ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
one of Britain’s most successful Paralympians
ⓘ
one of the world’s leading wheelchair racers ⓘ |
| isFrom | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| isParalympian | true ⓘ |
| isRenownedFor |
achievements on the track
ⓘ
success in major marathons ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Paralympic Games reports
ⓘ
sports media coverage ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medalType |
multiple Paralympic gold medals
ⓘ
multiple Paralympic medals ⓘ |
| name | David Weir ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Paralympic wheelchair racing
ⓘ
major city marathons ⓘ |
| occupation |
professional athlete
ⓘ
wheelchair racer ⓘ |
| represented |
England at international competitions
ⓘ
Great Britain at the Paralympic Games ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport |
athletics
ⓘ
marathon ⓘ wheelchair racing ⓘ |
| typeOfAthlete |
long-distance wheelchair racer
ⓘ
middle-distance wheelchair racer ⓘ |
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: David Weir Description of subject: David Weir is a British Paralympic wheelchair racer and multiple gold medalist renowned for his achievements on the track and in major marathons.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.