Kelly Holmes

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British Army soldier Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of the British Empire human middle-distance runner

Kelly Holmes is a British middle-distance runner and double Olympic gold medallist, best known for winning both the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Athens Games.

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Label	Occurrences
Kelly Holmes canonical	3

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8305128 — 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: Kelly Holmes
Context triple: [Great Britain Olympic athletics team, notableAthlete, Kelly Holmes]

A. Jacqueline Humphreys
Jacqueline Humphreys is known as the stepdaughter of Ernest Aldrich Simpson, the British-American shipping executive and former husband of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.
B. Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe is a British long-distance runner best known for her world-record-breaking marathon performances and dominance in women's distance running in the early 2000s.
C. Jessica Ennis-Hill
Jessica Ennis-Hill is a British former heptathlete and Olympic gold medallist widely regarded as one of the greatest female track and field athletes of her generation.
D. Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix is an American sprinter and multiple-time Olympic and World Championship gold medalist renowned for her achievements in the 200 m and 400 m events.
E. Brianne Theisen-Eaton
Brianne Theisen-Eaton is a Canadian heptathlete and Olympic medalist known for her success in combined events at World Championships and the Olympic Games.
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: Kelly Holmes
Target entity description: Kelly Holmes is a British middle-distance runner and double Olympic gold medallist, best known for winning both the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Athens Games.

A. Jacqueline Humphreys
Jacqueline Humphreys is known as the stepdaughter of Ernest Aldrich Simpson, the British-American shipping executive and former husband of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.
B. Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe is a British long-distance runner best known for her world-record-breaking marathon performances and dominance in women's distance running in the early 2000s.
C. Jessica Ennis-Hill
Jessica Ennis-Hill is a British former heptathlete and Olympic gold medallist widely regarded as one of the greatest female track and field athletes of her generation.
D. Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix is an American sprinter and multiple-time Olympic and World Championship gold medalist renowned for her achievements in the 200 m and 400 m events.
E. Brianne Theisen-Eaton
Brianne Theisen-Eaton is a Canadian heptathlete and Olympic medalist known for her success in combined events at World Championships and the Olympic Games.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army soldier ⓘ Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ human ⓘ middle-distance runner ⓘ
awardReceived	BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: BBC Sports Personality of the Year Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom
familyName	Holmes ⓘ
givenName	Kelly ⓘ
hasOccupationAfterRetirement	charity campaigner ⓘ motivational speaker ⓘ television personality ⓘ
hasWon	Commonwealth Games gold medal ⓘ Olympic bronze medal ⓘ Olympic gold medal ⓘ World Championships medal ⓘ
isFrom	Kent ⓘ
knownFor	double Olympic champion in 2004 ⓘ middle-distance running ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	sergeant ⓘ
name	Kelly Holmes ⓘ
notableFor	winning 800m and 1500m gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games ⓘ
notableWork	autobiography "Black, White and Gold" ⓘ
occupation	athlete ⓘ middle-distance runner ⓘ
OlympicGoldMedalIn	1500 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ
participatedIn	1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ Commonwealth Games ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth Games series World Championships in Athletics ⓘ linked to: World Championships in Athletics series
placeOfBirth	Pembury ⓘ
represented	England at the Commonwealth Games ⓘ Great Britain at the Olympic Games ⓘ linked to: Great Britain Olympic athletics team
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
specializesIn	1500 metres ⓘ 800 metres ⓘ
sport	athletics ⓘ track and field ⓘ

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Great Britain Olympic athletics team → notableAthlete → Kelly Holmes ⓘ

SPOTY → hasNotableWinner → Kelly Holmes ⓘ

Kelly Holmes → name → Kelly Holmes ⓘ

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