Jock Soto
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Jock Soto is a renowned former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, celebrated for his musicality, partnering skills, and long career interpreting works by major contemporary choreographers.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jock Soto canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8768347 — 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: Jock Soto Context triple: [Wendy Whelan, collaboratedWith, Jock Soto]
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A.
Hector Duran
Hector Duran is an American actor best known for his role as one of the young runners in the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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B.
Frank Dominguez
Frank Dominguez is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the cloud-based software company Salesforce.
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C.
Frank Dominguez
Frank Dominguez is a person whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
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D.
Armando Villarreal
Armando Villarreal is an American professional soccer referee who officiates in Major League Soccer and has been selected for high-profile matches and tournaments.
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E.
Diego Méndez
Diego Méndez was a Spanish architect best known for co-designing the monumental Franco-era basilica and memorial complex at the Valle de los Caídos near Madrid.
- 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: Jock Soto Target entity description: Jock Soto is a renowned former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, celebrated for his musicality, partnering skills, and long career interpreting works by major contemporary choreographers.
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A.
Hector Duran
Hector Duran is an American actor best known for his role as one of the young runners in the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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B.
Frank Dominguez
Frank Dominguez is a person whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
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C.
Frank Dominguez
Frank Dominguez is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the cloud-based software company Salesforce.
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D.
Armando Villarreal
Armando Villarreal is an American professional soccer referee who officiates in Major League Soccer and has been selected for high-profile matches and tournaments.
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E.
Diego Méndez
Diego Méndez was a Spanish architect best known for co-designing the monumental Franco-era basilica and memorial complex at the Valle de los Caídos near Madrid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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ballet dancer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| artForm | dance ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| collaboratedWith |
Darci Kistler
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Maria Kowroski ⓘ Wendy Whelan ⓘ |
| danceCompany | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Navajo
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Puerto Rican ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballet performance
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dance education ⓘ performing arts ⓘ |
| genre | ballet ⓘ |
| influenced | younger generations of ballet dancers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating roles in new ballets
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partnerships with leading ballerinas ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Jock Soto ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exceptional partnering skills
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interpretations of works by contemporary choreographers ⓘ long career at New York City Ballet ⓘ musicality as a dancer ⓘ |
| notableWork | Every Step You Take: A Memoir ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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ballet dancer ⓘ ballet teacher ⓘ principal dancer ⓘ |
| position | principal dancer at New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| retiredFrom | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Luis Fuentes ⓘ |
| teacherAt | School of American Ballet ⓘ |
| trainedAt | School of American Ballet ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Christopher Wheeldon
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George Balanchine repertoire ⓘ Jerome Robbins ⓘ Peter Martins ⓘ William Forsythe ⓘ |
| wrote | Every Step You Take: A Memoir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jock Soto Description of subject: Jock Soto is a renowned former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, celebrated for his musicality, partnering skills, and long career interpreting works by major contemporary choreographers.
Referenced by (3)
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