Mario Lemieux Foundation
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The Mario Lemieux Foundation is a charitable organization focused on cancer research and patient care, as well as supporting neonatal and children’s initiatives, established by Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mario Lemieux Foundation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T979259 — 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: Mario Lemieux Foundation Context triple: [Mario Lemieux, founded, Mario Lemieux Foundation]
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A.
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux is a legendary Canadian ice hockey player and longtime Pittsburgh Penguins star widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NHL history.
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B.
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a renowned museum and shrine in Toronto dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements, and greatest players of ice hockey.
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C.
Tri-City Americans Hall of Fame
The Tri-City Americans Hall of Fame is an honor established by the Tri-City Americans junior ice hockey team to recognize and celebrate the most outstanding players, coaches, and contributors in the franchise’s history.
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D.
Pat LaFontaine
Pat LaFontaine is a Hall of Fame American ice hockey center renowned for his prolific scoring and leadership in the NHL during the 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Mr. Hockey
Mr. Hockey is the legendary Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe, renowned for his long NHL career, all-around skill, and status as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history.
- 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: Mario Lemieux Foundation Target entity description: The Mario Lemieux Foundation is a charitable organization focused on cancer research and patient care, as well as supporting neonatal and children’s initiatives, established by Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux.
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A.
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux is a legendary Canadian ice hockey player and longtime Pittsburgh Penguins star widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NHL history.
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B.
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a renowned museum and shrine in Toronto dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements, and greatest players of ice hockey.
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C.
Tri-City Americans Hall of Fame
The Tri-City Americans Hall of Fame is an honor established by the Tri-City Americans junior ice hockey team to recognize and celebrate the most outstanding players, coaches, and contributors in the franchise’s history.
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D.
Pat LaFontaine
Pat LaFontaine is a Hall of Fame American ice hockey center renowned for his prolific scoring and leadership in the NHL during the 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Mr. Hockey
Mr. Hockey is the legendary Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe, renowned for his long NHL career, all-around skill, and status as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
charitable organization
ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
National Hockey League
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Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ |
| charitableSector |
children and youth
ⓘ
health ⓘ medical research ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fieldOfWork |
healthcare support
ⓘ
medical research funding ⓘ pediatric healthcare ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cancer patient care
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cancer research ⓘ children’s health initiatives ⓘ neonatal initiatives ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Mario Lemieux ⓘ |
| foundedFor |
improving cancer care
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supporting children’s health ⓘ supporting neonatal medicine ⓘ |
| hasBeneficiary |
cancer patients
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children ⓘ newborns ⓘ |
| hasDonatedTo |
cancer research programs
ⓘ
children’s hospitals ⓘ neonatal intensive care units ⓘ |
| hasFounderHonor |
Hockey Hall of Famer
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linked to:
Hockey Hall of Fame
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| hasFounderOccupation | professional ice hockey player ⓘ |
| hasMotto | “Bringing hope to families battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses” ⓘ |
| hasNotableProject | Austin’s Playroom Project ⓘ |
| hasTaxStatus | 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mariolemieux.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| industry | philanthropy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit corporation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mario Lemieux ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
United States healthcare sector ⓘ |
| partnerOf |
Pittsburgh-area hospitals
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research institutions ⓘ |
| raisesFundsThrough |
corporate sponsorships
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donations ⓘ fundraising events ⓘ |
| supports |
family-centered hospital environments
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neonatal care programs ⓘ oncology programs ⓘ pediatric research ⓘ |
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: Mario Lemieux Foundation Description of subject: The Mario Lemieux Foundation is a charitable organization focused on cancer research and patient care, as well as supporting neonatal and children’s initiatives, established by Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.