Vézina

E514477

Canadian surname French-language surname human ice hockey player sports award surname

Vézina is a French-Canadian surname most famously associated with Georges Vézina, the legendary early 20th-century ice hockey goaltender and namesake of the NHL’s Vezina Trophy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Vézina canonical	3
Vezina	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5355016 — 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: Vézina
Context triple: [Georges Vezina, familyName, Vézina]

A. Vich
Vich is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, located in the district of Nyon near Lake Geneva.
B. Sesia
The Sesia is a river in northwestern Italy that flows through the Piedmont region before joining the Po River.
C. Yerre
The Yerre is a river in northern France that flows through the Île-de-France region before joining the Loir.
D. Vandjala
Vandjala is a small village in northern Estonia located within Harku Parish in Harju County.
E. Vechigen
Vechigen is a rural municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, known for its scattered settlements and agricultural landscape near the city of Bern.
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: Vézina
Target entity description: Vézina is a French-Canadian surname most famously associated with Georges Vézina, the legendary early 20th-century ice hockey goaltender and namesake of the NHL’s Vezina Trophy.

A. Vich
Vich is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, located in the district of Nyon near Lake Geneva.
B. Sesia
The Sesia is a river in northwestern Italy that flows through the Piedmont region before joining the Po River.
C. Yerre
The Yerre is a river in northern France that flows through the Île-de-France region before joining the Loir.
D. Vandjala
Vandjala is a small village in northern Estonia located within Harku Parish in Harju County.
E. Vechigen
Vechigen is a rural municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, known for its scattered settlements and agricultural landscape near the city of Bern.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian surname ⓘ French-language surname ⓘ human ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ sports award ⓘ surname ⓘ
awardFor	top goaltender in the NHL ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup	French Canadian ⓘ
familyName	Vézina ⓘ
givenName	Georges ⓘ
hasVariant	Vezina ⓘ linked to: Vézina
languageOfOrigin	French ⓘ
league	National Hockey League ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
namedAfter	Georges Vézina ⓘ linked to: Georges Vezina
namesakeOf	Vezina Trophy ⓘ
notableBearer	Georges Vézina ⓘ linked to: Georges Vezina
positionPlayed	goaltender ⓘ
presentedBy	National Hockey League ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
usedIn	Canada ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Georges Vezina → familyName → Vézina ⓘ

Joseph Georges Gonzague Vézina → familyName → Vézina ⓘ

Georges Vézina → familyName → Vézina ⓘ

subject linked to: Vézina

Vézina → hasVariant → Vezina ⓘ

linked to: Vézina

Vezina Trophy → abbreviation → Vezina ⓘ

subject linked to: Vezina Trophy named in his honour