Stiliyan Petrov
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Stiliyan Petrov is a retired Bulgarian footballer best known as a dynamic central midfielder for Celtic and Aston Villa, as well as a long-time captain of the Bulgarian national team.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stiliyan Petrov canonical | 2 |
| Stilian Petrov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9480830 — 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: Stiliyan Petrov Context triple: [PFC CSKA Sofia, hasNotableFormerPlayer, Stiliyan Petrov]
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A.
Bogdan Khitrovo
Bogdan Khitrovo was a 17th-century Russian statesman and military leader who served under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and played a key role in the expansion and administration of the Russian state.
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B.
Sergei Bespalov
Sergei Bespalov is a film producer known for his work on action and genre movies, including the Robert Rodriguez–directed sequel "Machete Kills."
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C.
Andrei Petrov
Andrei Petrov was a prominent Soviet and Russian composer best known for his prolific film scores and orchestral works.
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D.
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Vyacheslav Kozlov is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger known for his scoring ability and long NHL career, including key roles with the Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Thrashers.
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E.
Mikhail Babich
Mikhail Babich is a Russian politician and former security service officer who has held several high-level federal posts, including roles as a presidential envoy and regional governor.
- 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: Stiliyan Petrov Target entity description: Stiliyan Petrov is a retired Bulgarian footballer best known as a dynamic central midfielder for Celtic and Aston Villa, as well as a long-time captain of the Bulgarian national team.
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A.
Bogdan Khitrovo
Bogdan Khitrovo was a 17th-century Russian statesman and military leader who served under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and played a key role in the expansion and administration of the Russian state.
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B.
Sergei Bespalov
Sergei Bespalov is a film producer known for his work on action and genre movies, including the Robert Rodriguez–directed sequel "Machete Kills."
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C.
Andrei Petrov
Andrei Petrov was a prominent Soviet and Russian composer best known for his prolific film scores and orchestral works.
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D.
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Vyacheslav Kozlov is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger known for his scoring ability and long NHL career, including key roles with the Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Thrashers.
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E.
Mikhail Babich
Mikhail Babich is a Russian politician and former security service officer who has held several high-level federal posts, including roles as a presidential envoy and regional governor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| captainOf | Bulgaria national football team ⓘ |
| clubCaptainOf |
Aston Villa F.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Aston Villa
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Bulgaria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1979-07-05 ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | acute leukaemia ⓘ |
| familyName | Petrov ⓘ |
| founded | charity foundation related to leukaemia support ⓘ |
| fullName | Stiliyan Alyoshev Petrov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Stiliyan ⓘ |
| honoursWithClub |
Scottish Cups with Celtic
ⓘ
Scottish League Cups with Celtic ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Premier League titles with Celtic ⓘ |
| joinedClub |
Aston Villa F.C. in 2006
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Celtic F.C. in 1999 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dynamic central midfield play
ⓘ
leadership on the pitch ⓘ long-range shooting ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Bulgarian
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| leagueParticipatedIn |
Premier League
ⓘ
Scottish Premier League ⓘ |
| leftClub | Celtic F.C. in 2006 ⓘ |
| majorTournamentParticipation | UEFA Euro 2004 ⓘ |
| nationality | Bulgarian ⓘ |
| nationalTeamAppearances | over 100 caps for Bulgaria ⓘ |
| occupation |
football manager
ⓘ
professional footballer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Montana, Bulgaria ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Aston Villa F.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Aston Villa
Bulgaria national football team ⓘ Celtic F.C. ⓘ PFC CSKA Sofia ⓘ PFC Montana ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
central midfielder
ⓘ
midfielder ⓘ |
| retiredFromProfessionalFootball | 2013 ⓘ |
| shirtNumber | 19 at Aston Villa ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| yearOfDiagnosis | 2012 ⓘ |
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: Stiliyan Petrov Description of subject: Stiliyan Petrov is a retired Bulgarian footballer best known as a dynamic central midfielder for Celtic and Aston Villa, as well as a long-time captain of the Bulgarian national team.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stiliyan Petrov