Edwin Moses
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Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edwin Moses canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T377042 — 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: Edwin Moses Context triple: [1984 Summer Olympics, notableAthlete, Edwin Moses]
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Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis is an American track and field legend renowned for his multiple Olympic gold medals and dominance in sprinting and long jump during the 1980s and 1990s.
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B.
Daley Thompson
Daley Thompson is a British former decathlete widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport, having dominated the event in the late 1970s and 1980s with multiple Olympic and world titles.
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C.
Maurice Pryce
Maurice Pryce was a British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and his involvement in early British nuclear research efforts.
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D.
Stan Smith
Stan Smith is the ultra-patriotic, often clueless CIA agent and main character of the animated television series "American Dad!"
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E.
Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell was a Scottish sprinter and Christian missionary best known for winning the 400 metres gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics and for his principled refusal to run on Sunday.
- 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: Edwin Moses Target entity description: Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
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A.
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis is an American track and field legend renowned for his multiple Olympic gold medals and dominance in sprinting and long jump during the 1980s and 1990s.
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B.
Daley Thompson
Daley Thompson is a British former decathlete widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport, having dominated the event in the late 1970s and 1980s with multiple Olympic and world titles.
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C.
Maurice Pryce
Maurice Pryce was a British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and his involvement in early British nuclear research efforts.
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D.
Stan Smith
Stan Smith is the ultra-patriotic, often clueless CIA agent and main character of the animated television series "American Dad!"
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E.
Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell was a Scottish sprinter and Christian missionary best known for winning the 400 metres gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics and for his principled refusal to run on Sunday.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic champion
ⓘ
athlete ⓘ human ⓘ hurdler ⓘ |
| activeYears |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
James E. Sullivan Award
ⓘ
Légion d’honneur ⓘ
linked to:
Légion d'honneur
|
| competedIn |
1976 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-08-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Morehouse College ⓘ |
| era | modern athletics era ⓘ |
| event | 400 metres hurdles ⓘ |
| familyName | Moses ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
industrial engineering
ⓘ
physics ⓘ |
| genreOfSport | hurdling ⓘ |
| givenName | Edwin ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| height | approximately 1.88 m ⓘ |
| heldRole | world record holder in the 400 m hurdles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for anti-doping in sports
ⓘ
dominance in the 400 m hurdles ⓘ longest winning streak in track and field history in a single event ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medalRecord | multiple World Cup and World Championships medals in 400 m hurdles ⓘ |
| memberOf |
United States Olympic team
ⓘ
linked to:
Team USA
|
| name | Edwin Moses ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
improved the 400 m hurdles world record multiple times
ⓘ
went undefeated in the 400 m hurdles from 1977 to 1987 ⓘ won 122 consecutive 400 m hurdles races including 107 finals ⓘ |
| occupation | track and field athlete ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
World Championships in Athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
World Athletics Championships 2019
|
| placeOfBirth | Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the United States Anti-Doping Agency board of directors
ⓘ
chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| setWorldRecordIn | 400 m hurdles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| specializedIn | 400 m hurdles ⓘ |
| sport | athletics ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 77 kg during competition years ⓘ |
| won |
gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics men’s 400 m hurdles
ⓘ
gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics men’s 400 m hurdles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Edwin Moses Description of subject: Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
Referenced by (5)
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