Patrick Chan
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Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater renowned for his multiple World Championship titles and Olympic medals in men's singles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Chan canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T735500 — 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)
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Target entity: Patrick Chan Context triple: [Chan, hasNotableBearer, Patrick Chan]
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A.
Ilia Kulik
Ilia Kulik is a Russian figure skater best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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B.
Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes is an American figure skater best known for winning the ladies' singles gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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C.
Anders Lee
Anders Lee is an American professional ice hockey forward in the NHL, best known as a longtime leader and key goal-scorer for the New York Islanders.
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D.
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan is an American figure skating icon and two-time Olympic medalist renowned for her artistry, consistency, and dominance in women’s figure skating during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Scott Malkin
Scott Malkin is an American businessman and investor best known as a co-owner of the NHL’s New York Islanders and for his work in international retail real estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Patrick Chan Target entity description: Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater renowned for his multiple World Championship titles and Olympic medals in men's singles.
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A.
Ilia Kulik
Ilia Kulik is a Russian figure skater best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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B.
Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes is an American figure skater best known for winning the ladies' singles gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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C.
Anders Lee
Anders Lee is an American professional ice hockey forward in the NHL, best known as a longtime leader and key goal-scorer for the New York Islanders.
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D.
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan is an American figure skating icon and two-time Olympic medalist renowned for her artistry, consistency, and dominance in women’s figure skating during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Scott Malkin
Scott Malkin is an American businessman and investor best known as a co-owner of the NHL’s New York Islanders and for his work in international retail real estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athlete
ⓘ
figure skater ⓘ human ⓘ |
| coach | Kathy Johnson ⓘ |
| competedIn |
2010 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
2014 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1990-12-31 ⓘ |
| disciplinedIn | men's singles figure skating ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Chinese Canadian
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Canadians
|
| familyName | Chan ⓘ |
| formerChoreographer |
David Wilson
ⓘ
Lori Nichol ⓘ |
| formerCoach |
Christy Krall
ⓘ
Don Laws ⓘ Osborne Colson ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Cantonese
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| name | Patrick Chan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Olympic silver medals in men's singles and team events
ⓘ
multiple World Championship titles ⓘ strong skating skills and edge quality ⓘ |
| occupation | figure skater ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottawa
|
| representedCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| residence |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Toronto
|
| retirement | 2018 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | figure skating ⓘ |
| trainingLocation |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Toronto
|
| wonMedal |
silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics men's singles
ⓘ
silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics team event ⓘ silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics team event ⓘ |
| wonTitle |
Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2008
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Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2009 ⓘ Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2010 ⓘ Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2011 ⓘ Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2012 ⓘ Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2013 ⓘ Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2014 ⓘ Canadian Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2017 ⓘ Four Continents Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2009 ⓘ
linked to:
Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Four Continents Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2012 ⓘ
linked to:
Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Four Continents Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2016 ⓘ
linked to:
Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2011 ⓘ World Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2012 ⓘ
linked to:
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships men's singles gold medal 2013 ⓘ
linked to:
World Figure Skating Championships
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| worldChampionIn | men's singles figure skating ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Chan Description of subject: Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater renowned for his multiple World Championship titles and Olympic medals in men's singles.
Referenced by (14)
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