Sourdough Sam
E207777
Sourdough Sam is the bearded, gold rush–themed mascot of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sourdough Sam canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1867455 — 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: Sourdough Sam Context triple: [San Francisco 49ers, mascot, Sourdough Sam]
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A.
Charlie the cook
Charlie the cook is a supporting character in the 1933 adventure film "Son of Kong," serving as the ship’s cook and providing comic relief during the expedition.
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B.
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man is a British comedy film written by and starring Michael Bentine, following a London sandwich-board man who encounters a series of humorous characters and situations.
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C.
Pizzaman
Pizzaman is an electronic music project and alias of British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim.
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D.
Eater
Eater is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious, sentient black hole-like entity.
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E.
Mr. Teabag
Mr. Teabag is a comically absurd civil servant portrayed by John Cleese in Monty Python’s “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch, known for his exaggerated, nonsensical way of walking.
- 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: Sourdough Sam Target entity description: Sourdough Sam is the bearded, gold rush–themed mascot of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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A.
Charlie the cook
Charlie the cook is a supporting character in the 1933 adventure film "Son of Kong," serving as the ship’s cook and providing comic relief during the expedition.
-
B.
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man is a British comedy film written by and starring Michael Bentine, following a London sandwich-board man who encounters a series of humorous characters and situations.
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C.
Pizzaman
Pizzaman is an electronic music project and alias of British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim.
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D.
Eater
Eater is a science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious, sentient black hole-like entity.
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E.
Mr. Teabag
Mr. Teabag is a comically absurd civil servant portrayed by John Cleese in Monty Python’s “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch, known for his exaggerated, nonsensical way of walking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
San Francisco 49ers mascot
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ sports mascot ⓘ |
| activity |
leading cheers
ⓘ
participating in mascot skits ⓘ posing for photos with fans ⓘ |
| affiliation | San Francisco 49ers ⓘ |
| appearanceContext |
NFL games
ⓘ
charity events ⓘ community events ⓘ team rallies ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | San Francisco, California ⓘ |
| associatedWithColor |
gold
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| associatedWithEra |
California Gold Rush era
ⓘ
linked to:
California Gold Rush
|
| associatedWithOrganization |
NFL
ⓘ
linked to:
National Football League
|
| basedIn |
Santa Clara, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Clara, California, United States
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse |
San Francisco 49ers franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco 49ers
|
| genre | humorous character ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Levi’s Stadium ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
49ers-themed clothing
ⓘ
beard ⓘ cowboy-style hat ⓘ |
| occupation | mascot ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
San Francisco 49ers fans
ⓘ
children ⓘ |
| represents |
49ers fan spirit
ⓘ
San Francisco 49ers brand ⓘ |
| role |
appears at team events
ⓘ
engages with children and families ⓘ entertains fans at games ⓘ participates in on-field promotions ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
frontier spirit
ⓘ
hard work ⓘ team pride ⓘ |
| team | San Francisco 49ers ⓘ |
| theme | California Gold Rush ⓘ |
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: Sourdough Sam Description of subject: Sourdough Sam is the bearded, gold rush–themed mascot of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.