Vladimir Krutov

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Olympic gold medalist Olympic silver medalist Soviet athlete ice hockey player member of the KLM line

Vladimir Krutov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, best known as a member of the dominant "KLM" line and one of the sport’s most feared scorers during the 1980s.

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Label	Occurrences
Vladimir Krutov canonical	5
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3032831 — 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: Vladimir Krutov
Context triple: [Soviet Union national ice hockey team, famousPlayer, Vladimir Krutov]

A. Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov is a legendary Russian ice hockey defenseman and two-time Olympic gold medalist who became one of the first Soviet stars to have a major impact in the NHL.
B. Sergei Zubov
Sergei Zubov is a Russian former NHL defenseman renowned for his elite puck-moving skills and key role in the Dallas Stars’ 1999 Stanley Cup championship.
C. Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov is a legendary Russian center and three-time Stanley Cup champion, renowned for his playmaking brilliance and key role on the dominant Soviet "KLM" line.
D. Valeri Kharlamov
Valeri Kharlamov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history and a key star of the USSR national team in the 1970s.
E. Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak is a legendary Soviet ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the greatest 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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vladimir Krutov
Target entity description: Vladimir Krutov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, best known as a member of the dominant "KLM" line and one of the sport’s most feared scorers during the 1980s.

A. Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov is a legendary Russian ice hockey defenseman and two-time Olympic gold medalist who became one of the first Soviet stars to have a major impact in the NHL.
B. Sergei Zubov
Sergei Zubov is a Russian former NHL defenseman renowned for his elite puck-moving skills and key role in the Dallas Stars’ 1999 Stanley Cup championship.
C. Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov is a legendary Russian center and three-time Stanley Cup champion, renowned for his playmaking brilliance and key role on the dominant Soviet "KLM" line.
D. Valeri Kharlamov
Valeri Kharlamov was a legendary Soviet ice hockey forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history and a key star of the USSR national team in the 1970s.
E. Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak is a legendary Soviet ice hockey goaltender widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic gold medalist ⓘ Olympic silver medalist ⓘ Soviet athlete ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ member of the KLM line ⓘ
careerEnd	1996 ⓘ
careerStart	1977 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	internal bleeding ⓘ
citizenship	Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
coached	Russian national junior ice hockey team ⓘ surface form: Russian junior national teams
countryOfBirth	Soviet Union ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Russia ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1960-06-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2012-06-06 ⓘ
draftedBy	Vancouver Canucks ⓘ
draftPosition	238th overall ⓘ
draftYear	1986 ⓘ
familyName	Krutov ⓘ
fullName	Vladimir Krutov self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov
givenName	Vladimir ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	IIHF Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear	2010 ⓘ
height	173 cm ⓘ 5 ft 8 in ⓘ
leagueParticipatedIn	Japan Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ surface form: Japan Ice Hockey League National Hockey League ⓘ Soviet Championship League ⓘ Swiss National League ⓘ surface form: Swiss National League A
memberOfSportsTeam	CSKA Moscow ⓘ surface form: HC CSKA Moscow Oji Eagles ⓘ Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ Vancouver Canucks ⓘ Zürcher SC ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the most feared scorers in 1980s international ice hockey ⓘ playing on the legendary KLM line with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov ⓘ
occupation	ice hockey coach ⓘ
participatedIn	1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1984 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1981 Canada Cup ⓘ surface form: Canada Cup 1981 1984 Canada Cup ⓘ surface form: Canada Cup 1984 1987 Canada Cup ⓘ surface form: Canada Cup 1987
partOf	KLM line ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Moscow ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Moscow ⓘ
positionPlayed	left wing ⓘ
shoots	left ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
teammate	Igor Larionov ⓘ Sergei Makarov ⓘ
weight	200 lb ⓘ 91 kg ⓘ
won	IIHF World Championship 1981 ⓘ IIHF World Championship 1982 ⓘ IIHF World Championship 1983 ⓘ IIHF World Championship 1986 ⓘ 1989 IIHF World Championship ⓘ surface form: IIHF World Championship 1989 gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in ice hockey ⓘ gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics in ice hockey ⓘ silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in ice hockey ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Union national ice hockey team → famousPlayer → Vladimir Krutov ⓘ

Viacheslav Fetisov → KLMLineTeammate → Vladimir Krutov ⓘ

Sergei Makarov → linemates → Vladimir Krutov ⓘ

KLM line → member → Vladimir Krutov ⓘ

Igor Larionov → linemates → Vladimir Krutov ⓘ

Vladimir Krutov → fullName → Vladimir Krutov self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov

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