Marie Tillman
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Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marie Tillman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5865849 — 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: Marie Tillman Context triple: [Pat Tillman, spouse, Marie Tillman]
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A.
Ernestine Weaver
Ernestine Weaver is a former American collegiate gymnastics coach best known for leading the University of Florida Gators women's gymnastics program to national prominence in the 1980s.
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B.
Mabel Ray Willis
Mabel Ray Willis is the daughter of American actor Bruce Willis and model Emma Heming Willis.
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C.
Edna Mae McCauley
Edna Mae McCauley is the central character in the 1980 drama film "Resurrection," a woman who miraculously survives a near-fatal accident and discovers she has the power to heal others.
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D.
Beulah Marie Dix
Beulah Marie Dix was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for her historical dramas and contributions to silent and early sound films.
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E.
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Annie Johnson is the birth name of Maya Angelou, the renowned American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
- 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: Marie Tillman Target entity description: Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
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A.
Ernestine Weaver
Ernestine Weaver is a former American collegiate gymnastics coach best known for leading the University of Florida Gators women's gymnastics program to national prominence in the 1980s.
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B.
Mabel Ray Willis
Mabel Ray Willis is the daughter of American actor Bruce Willis and model Emma Heming Willis.
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C.
Edna Mae McCauley
Edna Mae McCauley is the central character in the 1980 drama film "Resurrection," a woman who miraculously survives a near-fatal accident and discovers she has the power to heal others.
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D.
Beulah Marie Dix
Beulah Marie Dix was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for her historical dramas and contributions to silent and early sound films.
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E.
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Annie Johnson is the birth name of Maya Angelou, the renowned American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder
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human ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Letter: My Journey Through Love, Loss, and Life ⓘ |
| basedIn | Chicago ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military family support
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philanthropy ⓘ veterans’ education ⓘ |
| founded | Pat Tillman Foundation ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasCause |
leadership development for veterans
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support for military families ⓘ veterans’ higher education ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing the Tillman Scholars program
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public advocacy for veterans ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Board of Directors of the Pat Tillman Foundation
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linked to:
Pat Tillman Foundation
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| name | Marie Tillman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuing the legacy of Pat Tillman
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supporting military spouses through scholarships ⓘ supporting military veterans through scholarships ⓘ |
| notableWork | Pat Tillman Foundation ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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philanthropist ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith |
Pat Tillman Foundation leadership team
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linked to:
Pat Tillman Foundation
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| positionHeld |
Chair of the Pat Tillman Foundation
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President of the Pat Tillman Foundation ⓘ |
| spouse | Pat Tillman ⓘ |
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: Marie Tillman Description of subject: Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.