Affirmed
E431743
Affirmed was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Affirmed canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4329874 — 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: Affirmed Context triple: [Preakness Stakes, notableWinner, Affirmed]
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A.
Held
"Held" is a song featured on the comedy music album "Knock Knock."
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B.
Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction
"Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction" refers to the final legal outcome in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to overturn Alfonso Lopez Jr.’s criminal conviction, effectively clearing him of the original charges.
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C.
The Response
The Response is a prominent sculptural group at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa, symbolizing the nation's sacrifice and commitment in times of war.
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D.
Alford
Alford is a small market town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, known for its historic buildings and rural character.
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E.
Alford
Alford is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its scenic landscapes and quiet, residential character.
- 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: Affirmed Target entity description: Affirmed was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown.
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A.
Held
"Held" is a song featured on the comedy music album "Knock Knock."
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B.
Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction
"Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction" refers to the final legal outcome in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to overturn Alfonso Lopez Jr.’s criminal conviction, effectively clearing him of the original charges.
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C.
The Response
The Response is a prominent sculptural group at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa, symbolizing the nation's sacrifice and commitment in times of war.
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D.
Alford
Alford is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its scenic landscapes and quiet, residential character.
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E.
Alford
Alford is a small market town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, known for its historic buildings and rural character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Thoroughbred racehorse
ⓘ
Triple Crown winner ⓘ racehorse ⓘ |
| awarded |
1977 American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse
ⓘ
1978 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse ⓘ 1978 American Horse of the Year ⓘ 1979 American Champion Older Male Horse ⓘ 1979 American Horse of the Year ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | winning the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ |
| breed | Thoroughbred ⓘ |
| breeder | Louis E. Wolfson ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Jonabell Farm ⓘ |
| careerRecord | 29 starts, 22 wins, 5 seconds, 1 third ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | laminitis ⓘ |
| color | chestnut ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dam | Won't Tell You ⓘ |
| damsire | Crafty Admiral ⓘ |
| debutedIn | 1977 ⓘ |
| diedIn |
Jonabell Farm
ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| diedOn | 2001-01-12 ⓘ |
| earnings | $2,393,818 ⓘ |
| foaledIn |
Florida
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foaledOn | 1975-02-21 ⓘ |
| grandsire |
Raise a Native
ⓘ
linked to:
Raise A Native
|
| inductedInto | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| inductionYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| notableOffspring |
Charlie Barley
ⓘ
Flawlessly ⓘ Peteski ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Harbor View Farm ⓘ |
| rankedIn | Blood-Horse magazine Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century ⓘ |
| retiredIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| rival | Alydar ⓘ |
| sex | stallion ⓘ |
| sire | Exclusive Native ⓘ |
| stoodAtStudAt |
Jonabell Farm
ⓘ
Spendthrift Farm ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Laz Barrera ⓘ |
| tripleCrownSequence | 11th U.S. Triple Crown winner ⓘ |
| tripleCrownYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| won |
1978 Belmont Stakes
ⓘ
linked to:
Belmont Stakes
1978 Kentucky Derby ⓘ 1978 Preakness Stakes ⓘ
linked to:
Preakness Stakes
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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: Affirmed Description of subject: Affirmed was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.