Patrick family (ice hockey)
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The Patrick family (ice hockey) is a prominent multi-generational Canadian-American hockey dynasty known for producing influential players, coaches, and executives who have significantly shaped the sport’s history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patrick family (ice hockey) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9355036 — 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: Patrick family (ice hockey) Context triple: [Craig Patrick, isPartOf, Patrick family (ice hockey)]
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A.
Buddy Patrick
Buddy Patrick is a film producer known for his work on the acclaimed horror movie "Hereditary."
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B.
Glen Gretzky
Glen Gretzky is a Canadian former ice hockey player and businessman, best known as the brother of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky.
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C.
Patrick Eugene Haggerty
Patrick Eugene Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive best known as a co-founder and long-time leader of Texas Instruments, where he played a key role in advancing semiconductor and electronics technology.
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D.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Thomas Fitzpatrick was a prominent 19th-century American mountain man, fur trapper, and guide who played a key role in exploring and opening overland routes through the Rocky Mountains for westward expansion.
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E.
John Patrick
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
- 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: Patrick family (ice hockey) Target entity description: The Patrick family (ice hockey) is a prominent multi-generational Canadian-American hockey dynasty known for producing influential players, coaches, and executives who have significantly shaped the sport’s history.
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A.
Buddy Patrick
Buddy Patrick is a film producer known for his work on the acclaimed horror movie "Hereditary."
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B.
Glen Gretzky
Glen Gretzky is a Canadian former ice hockey player and businessman, best known as the brother of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky.
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C.
Patrick Eugene Haggerty
Patrick Eugene Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive best known as a co-founder and long-time leader of Texas Instruments, where he played a key role in advancing semiconductor and electronics technology.
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D.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Thomas Fitzpatrick was a prominent 19th-century American mountain man, fur trapper, and guide who played a key role in exploring and opening overland routes through the Rocky Mountains for westward expansion.
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E.
John Patrick
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice hockey dynasty
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sports family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
National Hockey League
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New York Rangers ⓘ Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ Washington Capitals ⓘ |
| basedIn | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Canadian-American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | professional ice hockey ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | contributed to the growth of ice hockey in Canada and the United States ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | helped shape early professional hockey leagues ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | Patrick Division in the NHL named in honor of the family ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
coach
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general manager ⓘ league executive ⓘ player ⓘ team owner ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Craig Patrick
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Curtis Patrick ⓘ Dick Patrick ⓘ Erika Patrick ⓘ Frank Patrick ⓘ Glenn Patrick ⓘ James Patrick ⓘ Joseph Patrick ⓘ Lester Patrick ⓘ Lynn Patrick ⓘ Muzz Patrick ⓘ Steve Patrick ⓘ Victoria Patrick ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most influential families in hockey history ⓘ |
| industry |
professional sports
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sports management ⓘ |
| influenced | development of professional ice hockey in North America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
producing influential coaches
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producing influential executives ⓘ producing influential players ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | multiple members inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| notableFor | multi-generational contributions to ice hockey ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
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: Patrick family (ice hockey) Description of subject: The Patrick family (ice hockey) is a prominent multi-generational Canadian-American hockey dynasty known for producing influential players, coaches, and executives who have significantly shaped the sport’s history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.