Thomas Steen
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Thomas Steen is a former Swedish professional ice hockey center best known for his long and productive NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Steen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6256076 — 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: Thomas Steen Context triple: [Winnipeg Jets, retiredNumberHonoree, Thomas Steen]
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A.
Willam Christensen
Willam Christensen was an influential American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director best known for helping establish professional ballet in the United States, including shaping the early artistic direction of the San Francisco Ballet.
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B.
Harry Gerstad
Harry Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Academy Award-winning editing on "Champion" and "High Noon."
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C.
Glenn Sundby
Glenn Sundby was an American gymnast, acrobat, and publisher who became a key promoter and historian of the sport, notably through founding the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and International Gymnast magazine.
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D.
Tim Lovestedt
Tim Lovestedt is a screenwriter known for his work on the military drama film "Megan Leavey."
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E.
Christian M. Ravndal
Christian M. Ravndal was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- 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: Thomas Steen Target entity description: Thomas Steen is a former Swedish professional ice hockey center best known for his long and productive NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets.
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A.
Willam Christensen
Willam Christensen was an influential American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director best known for helping establish professional ballet in the United States, including shaping the early artistic direction of the San Francisco Ballet.
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B.
Harry Gerstad
Harry Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Academy Award-winning editing on "Champion" and "High Noon."
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C.
Glenn Sundby
Glenn Sundby was an American gymnast, acrobat, and publisher who became a key promoter and historian of the sport, notably through founding the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and International Gymnast magazine.
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D.
Tim Lovestedt
Tim Lovestedt is a screenwriter known for his work on the military drama film "Megan Leavey."
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E.
Christian M. Ravndal
Christian M. Ravndal was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
ice hockey player ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| careerStart | 1975 ⓘ |
| child | Alexander Steen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-06-08 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Winnipeg Jets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftLeague |
National Hockey League
ⓘ
surface form:
NHL
|
| draftPosition | 103rd overall ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| electedTo | Winnipeg City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Steen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height |
183 cm
ⓘ
6 ft 0 in ⓘ |
| honouredBy | Winnipeg Jets Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 25 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetiredBy | Winnipeg Jets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Steen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | Sweden men's national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NHLDebutTeam | Winnipeg Jets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the top scorers in Winnipeg Jets franchise history
ⓘ
long NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets ⓘ |
| occupation | city councillor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1981 Canada Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1984 Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships NERFINISHED ⓘ 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships NERFINISHED ⓘ 1991 Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Grums, Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
EHC Kloten
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Färjestad BK NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnipeg Jets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedNHLGamesFor | Winnipeg Jets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOfficeEnd | 2014 ⓘ |
| politicalOfficeStart | 2010 ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | centre ⓘ |
| representedElectoralDistrict | Elmwood–East Kildonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shoots | right ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Thomas Steen Description of subject: Thomas Steen is a former Swedish professional ice hockey center best known for his long and productive NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.