Ben Johnson
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Ben Johnson is a Canadian former sprinter best known for winning the 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics before being stripped of the title for doping.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ben Johnson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5984501 — 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: Ben Johnson Context triple: [Ben Johnson 100 metres disqualification, involvesAthlete, Ben Johnson]
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A.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is an American actor best known for his roles in classic Western films and for winning an Academy Award for his performance in "The Last Picture Show."
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B.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is an English professional footballer known for playing as a defender for West Ham United and representing England at youth international levels.
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C.
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson is an American sprinter renowned for his dominance in the 200m and 400m events, multiple world records, and several Olympic gold medals.
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D.
Maurice Greene
Maurice Greene is an American former sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who dominated the 100-meter dash in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Edwin Moses
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.
- 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: Ben Johnson Target entity description: Ben Johnson is a Canadian former sprinter best known for winning the 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics before being stripped of the title for doping.
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A.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is an American actor best known for his roles in classic Western films and for winning an Academy Award for his performance in "The Last Picture Show."
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B.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is an English professional footballer known for playing as a defender for West Ham United and representing England at youth international levels.
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C.
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson is an American sprinter renowned for his dominance in the 200m and 400m events, multiple world records, and several Olympic gold medals.
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D.
Maurice Greene
Maurice Greene is an American former sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who dominated the 100-meter dash in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Edwin Moses
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ |
| bannedFromSport | yes ⓘ |
| coach | Charlie Francis ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Jamaica ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-12-30 ⓘ |
| eraOfActivity | 1980s ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jamaican ⓘ |
| event |
1984 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| firstMajorBanYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| givenName | Ben ⓘ |
| hadMedalStripped | gold medal in men's 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics ⓘ |
| influenced | anti-doping policies in athletics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being stripped of Olympic gold medal
ⓘ
doping scandal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics ⓘ |
| laterBan | lifetime ban after second doping offence ⓘ |
| movedTo | Canada ⓘ |
| name | Ben Johnson ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Calvin Smith
ⓘ
Carl Lewis ⓘ Linford Christie ⓘ |
| occupation | sprinter ⓘ |
| OlympicMedal | bronze medal in men's 100 metres at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
World Championships in Athletics
ⓘ
linked to:
World Championships in Athletics series
|
| placeOfBirth | Falmouth, Jamaica ⓘ |
| reasonForDisqualification | doping ⓘ |
| representedCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| specialty |
100 metres
ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ 60 metres ⓘ |
| sport |
athletics
ⓘ
sprinting ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| subjectOf | media coverage on doping in athletics ⓘ |
| testedPositiveFor | stanozolol at the 1988 Seoul Olympics ⓘ |
| trainingBase |
Toronto, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Toronto
|
| usedSubstance | stanozolol ⓘ |
| wonEvent | men's 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics ⓘ |
| worldRecordSet | 9.79 seconds in men's 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics ⓘ |
| worldRecordStatus | world record later annulled ⓘ |
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: Ben Johnson Description of subject: Ben Johnson is a Canadian former sprinter best known for winning the 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics before being stripped of the title for doping.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.