Tubby
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Tubby is the nickname of American college basketball coach Tubby Smith, known for leading the University of Kentucky to the 1998 NCAA championship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tubby canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7716984 — 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: Tubby Context triple: [Tubby Smith, nickname, Tubby]
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A.
Tutty
Tutty is a given name most notably associated with the fictional character Tutty Bomowski.
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B.
Tobo
Tobo is a small locality in eastern Sweden situated within Tierp Municipality in Uppsala County.
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C.
Tuffy
Tuffy is the nickname of former professional baseball outfielder Tuffy Rhodes, known for his notable performances in both Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.
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D.
Tuffy
Tuffy is the live Tamaskan dog who serves as the official canine mascot for North Carolina State University’s athletic teams.
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E.
Pookie
Pookie is a tragic, crack-addicted informant character from the 1991 crime film "New Jack City," portrayed by Chris Rock.
- 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: Tubby Target entity description: Tubby is the nickname of American college basketball coach Tubby Smith, known for leading the University of Kentucky to the 1998 NCAA championship.
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A.
Tutty
Tutty is a given name most notably associated with the fictional character Tutty Bomowski.
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B.
Tobo
Tobo is a small locality in eastern Sweden situated within Tierp Municipality in Uppsala County.
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C.
Tuffy
Tuffy is the nickname of former professional baseball outfielder Tuffy Rhodes, known for his notable performances in both Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.
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D.
Tuffy
Tuffy is the live Tamaskan dog who serves as the official canine mascot for North Carolina State University’s athletic teams.
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E.
Pookie
Pookie is a tragic, crack-addicted informant character from the 1991 crime film "New Jack City," portrayed by Chris Rock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball coach
ⓘ
college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AP College Coach of the Year
ⓘ
linked to:
AP College Basketball Coach of the Year
Henry Iba Award ⓘ NABC Coach of the Year ⓘ Naismith College Coach of the Year ⓘ |
| coachOf |
High Point University men’s basketball team
ⓘ
linked to:
High Point Panthers
Texas Tech University men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball
University of Georgia men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball
University of Kentucky men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
University of Memphis men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
University of Minnesota men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
University of Tulsa men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-06-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | High Point University ⓘ |
| employer |
High Point University
ⓘ
Texas Tech University ⓘ University of Georgia ⓘ University of Kentucky ⓘ University of Memphis ⓘ University of Minnesota ⓘ University of Tulsa ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| genre | men’s college basketball coaching ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
High Point University men’s basketball team
ⓘ
linked to:
High Point Panthers
Texas Tech University men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball
University of Georgia men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball
University of Kentucky men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
University of Memphis men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
University of Minnesota men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
University of Tulsa men’s basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
|
| ledToTitle | University of Kentucky 1998 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame | Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| name | Orlando Henry Smith ⓘ |
| nickname | Tubby ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Won NCAA championship in first season as Kentucky head coach ⓘ |
| notableWork | 1998 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship ⓘ |
| occupation | basketball coach ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCAA Division I men’s basketball
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA basketball
|
| placeOfBirth | Scotland, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | guard ⓘ |
| residence |
High Point, North Carolina, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
High Point, North Carolina
|
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
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: Tubby Description of subject: Tubby is the nickname of American college basketball coach Tubby Smith, known for leading the University of Kentucky to the 1998 NCAA championship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.