Robert Larimore Riggs
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Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Larimore Riggs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1725511 — 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: Robert Larimore Riggs Context triple: [Bobby Riggs, fullName, Robert Larimore Riggs]
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A.
Glen H. Taylor
Glen H. Taylor was an Idaho senator and progressive Democrat best known for serving as Henry A. Wallace’s vice-presidential running mate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
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C.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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D.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
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E.
John M. Lyle
John M. Lyle was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for helping shape a distinct national architectural style through major public and civic buildings.
- 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: Robert Larimore Riggs Target entity description: Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
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A.
Glen H. Taylor
Glen H. Taylor was an Idaho senator and progressive Democrat best known for serving as Henry A. Wallace’s vice-presidential running mate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 U.S. presidential election.
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B.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
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C.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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D.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
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E.
John M. Lyle
John M. Lyle was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for helping shape a distinct national architectural style through major public and civic buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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hustler ⓘ professional gambler ⓘ tennis champion ⓘ tennis coach ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| child | Larry Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| date | 1973-09-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-10-25 ⓘ |
| era | pre-Open Era tennis ⓘ |
| familyName | Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| grandSlamMixedDoublesTitles |
US Championships 1940
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wimbledon Championships 1939 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandSlamSinglesTitles |
US Championships 1939
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wimbledon Championships 1939 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | International Tennis Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
highly competitive personality
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publicly challenging top women tennis players ⓘ showmanship on court ⓘ |
| location | Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Larimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Navy ⓘ |
| nickname | Bobby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1973 Battle of the Sexes match against Billie Jean King ⓘ |
| notableFor | Battle of the Sexes tennis match NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professional gambler
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tennis coach ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| opponent | Billie Jean King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedStyle | right-handed ⓘ |
| religion | Christian Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| result | lost to Billie Jean King in straight sets ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| spouse |
Catherine Jones
NERFINISHED
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Priscilla Wheelan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1941 ⓘ |
| yearOfHallOfFameInduction | 1967 ⓘ |
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: Robert Larimore Riggs Description of subject: Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.