Maurice Greene
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Maurice Greene is an American former sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who dominated the 100-meter dash in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maurice Greene canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776970 — 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: Maurice Greene Context triple: [Dancing with the Stars (US) season 7, contestant, Maurice Greene]
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A.
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson is an American sprinter renowned for his dominance in the 200m and 400m events, multiple world records, and several Olympic gold medals.
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B.
Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter and former 100-metre world record holder who won double gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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C.
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
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D.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is an American actor best known for his roles in classic Western films and for winning an Academy Award for his performance in "The Last Picture Show."
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E.
Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter renowned for repeatedly breaking the 100-metre world record in the mid-2000s and for his consistent presence among the fastest men in 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: Maurice Greene Target entity description: Maurice Greene is an American former sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who dominated the 100-meter dash in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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A.
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson is an American sprinter renowned for his dominance in the 200m and 400m events, multiple world records, and several Olympic gold medals.
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B.
Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter and former 100-metre world record holder who won double gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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C.
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
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D.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is an American actor best known for his roles in classic Western films and for winning an Academy Award for his performance in "The Last Picture Show."
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E.
Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter renowned for repeatedly breaking the 100-metre world record in the mid-2000s and for his consistent presence among the fastest men in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic athlete
ⓘ
human ⓘ sprinter ⓘ track and field athlete ⓘ |
| coachOf | various elite sprinters in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| competitionClass | elite ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1974-07-23 ⓘ |
| era |
early 2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| familyName | Greene ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
ⓘ
surface form:
USATF Hall of Fame
|
| height |
1.76 m
ⓘ
176 cm ⓘ |
| IAAFWorldCupGoldMedal | 1998 Johannesburg – men’s 100 metres ⓘ |
| IAAFWorldIndoorChampionshipsGoldMedal |
1999 Maebashi – men’s 60 metres
ⓘ
2001 Lisbon – men’s 60 metres ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Hummer Track Club
ⓘ
Nike, Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Nike (sponsored athlete)
|
| name | Maurice Greene self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | dominated men’s 100 metres in late 1990s and early 2000s ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1997 World Championships in Athletics
ⓘ
1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final ⓘ 1999 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ 2001 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ |
| occupation |
athletics coach
ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ |
| OlympicBronzeMedal | 2000 Sydney – men’s 200 metres ⓘ |
| OlympicGames |
2000 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| OlympicGoldMedal |
2000 Sydney – men’s 100 metres
ⓘ
2000 Sydney – men’s 4×100 metres relay ⓘ |
| panAmericanGamesGoldMedal |
1999 Winnipeg – men’s 100 metres
ⓘ
1999 Winnipeg – men’s 4×100 metres relay ⓘ |
| personalBest100m | 9.79 s ⓘ |
| personalBest200m | 19.86 s ⓘ |
| personalBest60m | 6.39 s ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kansas City, Kansas
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
|
| representedCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| retirement | 2008 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| specialty |
100 metres
ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ |
| sport |
athletics
ⓘ
sprinting ⓘ |
| televisionAppearance |
Dancing with the Stars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
|
| trainingBase |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| turnedProfessional | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| weight | 75 kg ⓘ |
| worldChampionshipGoldMedal |
1997 Athens – men’s 4×100 metres relay
ⓘ
1999 Seville – men’s 100 metres ⓘ 1999 Seville – men’s 4×100 metres relay ⓘ 2001 Edmonton – men’s 100 metres ⓘ |
| worldChampionshipSilverMedal | 2001 Edmonton – men’s 4×100 metres relay ⓘ |
| worldRecordEndDate | 2002-09-14 ⓘ |
| worldRecordHeld | men’s 100 metres ⓘ |
| worldRecordStartDate | 1999-06-16 ⓘ |
| worldRecordTime | 9.79 s ⓘ |
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: Maurice Greene Description of subject: Maurice Greene is an American former sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who dominated the 100-meter dash in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.