Nemanja Vidić
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Nemanja Vidić is a retired Serbian central defender best known as a dominant, hard-tackling leader for Manchester United and the Serbian national team.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nemanja Vidić canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5603093 — 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: Nemanja Vidić Context triple: [UEFA Champions League Final 2011, losingTeamCaptain, Nemanja Vidić]
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A.
Patrice Evra
Patrice Evra is a retired French professional footballer best known as a dynamic left-back for Manchester United and the French national team.
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B.
Michael Carrick
Michael Carrick is a former English midfielder best known for his successful career at Manchester United and subsequent work as a football coach and manager.
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C.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a retired German footballer, widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, known for his long and successful career at Bayern Munich and his key role in Germany’s 2014 World Cup victory.
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D.
Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti is an iconic Argentine defender and midfielder renowned for his longevity, leadership, and success at both club and international level.
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E.
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a prolific Swedish footballer renowned for his acrobatic goals, charismatic personality, and successful career at top European clubs and the Swedish national team.
- 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: Nemanja Vidić Target entity description: Nemanja Vidić is a retired Serbian central defender best known as a dominant, hard-tackling leader for Manchester United and the Serbian national team.
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A.
Patrice Evra
Patrice Evra is a retired French professional footballer best known as a dynamic left-back for Manchester United and the French national team.
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B.
Michael Carrick
Michael Carrick is a former English midfielder best known for his successful career at Manchester United and subsequent work as a football coach and manager.
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C.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a retired German footballer, widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, known for his long and successful career at Bayern Munich and his key role in Germany’s 2014 World Cup victory.
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D.
Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti is an iconic Argentine defender and midfielder renowned for his longevity, leadership, and success at both club and international level.
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E.
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a prolific Swedish footballer renowned for his acrobatic goals, charismatic personality, and successful career at top European clubs and the Swedish national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
ⓘ
central defender ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
PFA Team of the Year inclusion
ⓘ
linked to:
PFA Team of the Year
Premier League Player of the Season ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
linked to:
Yugoslavia
Serbia ⓘ Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1981-10-21 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Vidić
ⓘ
linked to:
Vulović
|
| fullName | Nemanja Vidić ⓘ |
| givenName | Nemanja ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive defending
ⓘ
leadership ⓘ success with Manchester United ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Serbian ⓘ |
| leagueParticipatedIn |
Premier League
ⓘ
Russian Premier League ⓘ Serie A ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
FR Yugoslavia U21 national team
ⓘ
linked to:
Yugoslavia national under-21 football team
Inter Milan ⓘ Manchester United F.C. ⓘ Red Star Belgrade ⓘ Serbia and Montenegro national football team ⓘ
linked to:
Yugoslavia national football team
Serbia national football team ⓘ Spartak Moscow ⓘ Spartak Subotica ⓘ
linked to:
FK Spartak Subotica
|
| notableAchievement |
captain of Manchester United
ⓘ
captain of Serbia national football team ⓘ |
| notableWork | defensive partnership with Rio Ferdinand at Manchester United ⓘ |
| occupation |
association football manager
ⓘ
football pundit ⓘ professional footballer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
SFR Yugoslavia
ⓘ
linked to:
Yugoslavia
SR Serbia ⓘ
linked to:
Serbia
Titovo Užice ⓘ
linked to:
Užice
|
| playedFor |
Inter Milan
ⓘ
Manchester United F.C. ⓘ Red Star Belgrade ⓘ Spartak Moscow ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
centre-back
ⓘ
defender ⓘ |
| retired | true ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shirtNumber |
15
ⓘ
26 ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
aerially strong
ⓘ
hard-tackling ⓘ physically dominant ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Nemanja Vidić Description of subject: Nemanja Vidić is a retired Serbian central defender best known as a dominant, hard-tackling leader for Manchester United and the Serbian national team.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.