Jeff Agoos
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Jeff Agoos is a former American soccer defender and U.S. national team regular who became one of Major League Soccer’s most decorated players, winning multiple MLS Cups and earning induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeff Agoos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5304013 — 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: Jeff Agoos Context triple: [San Jose Earthquakes, notableFormerPlayer, Jeff Agoos]
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A.
Gary Dornhoefer
Gary Dornhoefer is a former Canadian right winger best known for his gritty play and clutch scoring with the Philadelphia Flyers during their "Broad Street Bullies" era in the 1970s.
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B.
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter renowned for his work in big bands and studio sessions during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Chris Gorak
Chris Gorak is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in science fiction and thriller genres.
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D.
Kevin Cahoon
Kevin Cahoon is an American actor and singer known for his work in Broadway musicals, television, and film.
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E.
Bill Nunn
Bill Nunn was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in films like "Do the Right Thing" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
- 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: Jeff Agoos Target entity description: Jeff Agoos is a former American soccer defender and U.S. national team regular who became one of Major League Soccer’s most decorated players, winning multiple MLS Cups and earning induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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A.
Gary Dornhoefer
Gary Dornhoefer is a former Canadian right winger best known for his gritty play and clutch scoring with the Philadelphia Flyers during their "Broad Street Bullies" era in the 1970s.
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B.
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter renowned for his work in big bands and studio sessions during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Chris Gorak
Chris Gorak is an American film director and screenwriter known for his work in science fiction and thriller genres.
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D.
Kevin Cahoon
Kevin Cahoon is an American actor and singer known for his work in Broadway musicals, television, and film.
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E.
Bill Nunn
Bill Nunn was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in films like "Do the Right Thing" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States international footballer
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association football player ⓘ human ⓘ soccer defender ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
CONCACAF Gold Cup winner
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MLS Best XI NERFINISHED ⓘ MLS Cup champion ⓘ MLS Defender of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ National Soccer Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| caps | over 100 appearances for United States men's national soccer team ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Major League Soccer
NERFINISHED
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New York Red Bulls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Agoos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Jeffrey Alan Agoos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Jeffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFame | National Soccer Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueParticipatedIn |
Major League Soccer
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NCAA Division I men's soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
D.C. United
NERFINISHED
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Dallas Burn NERFINISHED ⓘ New York MetroStars NERFINISHED ⓘ SV Wehen Wiesbaden NERFINISHED ⓘ San Jose Earthquakes NERFINISHED ⓘ United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
one of Major League Soccer's most decorated players
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won multiple MLS Cups as a player ⓘ |
| notableWork |
helped D.C. United win multiple MLS Cups
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helped San Jose Earthquakes win MLS Cup titles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professional soccer player
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soccer executive ⓘ technical director ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1992 Summer Olympics football tournament
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1993 Copa América NERFINISHED ⓘ 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 2002 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForNationalTeam | United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | technical director ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | defender ⓘ |
| retiredFromSport | soccer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
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: Jeff Agoos Description of subject: Jeff Agoos is a former American soccer defender and U.S. national team regular who became one of Major League Soccer’s most decorated players, winning multiple MLS Cups and earning induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
San Jose Earthquakes