Mike Modano
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Mike Modano is an American Hall of Fame center widely regarded as one of the greatest U.S.-born players in NHL history and the longtime face of the Dallas Stars franchise.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mike Modano canonical | 6 |
| Michael Thomas Modano Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T609007 — 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: Mike Modano Context triple: [Dallas Stars, notablePlayer, Mike Modano]
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A.
Jaromír Jágr
Jaromír Jágr is a legendary Czech ice hockey right winger widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NHL history, known for his scoring prowess, longevity, and numerous league records.
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B.
Denis Savard
Denis Savard is a Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey center renowned for his dazzling offensive skills and signature "spin-o-rama" move, primarily starring in the NHL during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Pavel Bure
Pavel Bure is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger, nicknamed "The Russian Rocket," renowned for his exceptional speed and goal-scoring ability in the NHL during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Brian Leetch
Brian Leetch is a Hall of Fame American defenseman best known for his stellar NHL career with the New York Rangers, where he won the Norris Trophy and the Conn Smythe Trophy while helping lead the team to the 1994 Stanley Cup.
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E.
Brett Hull
Brett Hull is a Hall of Fame Canadian-American right winger renowned as one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history, best known for his time with the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.
- 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: Mike Modano Target entity description: Mike Modano is an American Hall of Fame center widely regarded as one of the greatest U.S.-born players in NHL history and the longtime face of the Dallas Stars franchise.
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A.
Jaromír Jágr
Jaromír Jágr is a legendary Czech ice hockey right winger widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NHL history, known for his scoring prowess, longevity, and numerous league records.
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B.
Denis Savard
Denis Savard is a Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey center renowned for his dazzling offensive skills and signature "spin-o-rama" move, primarily starring in the NHL during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Pavel Bure
Pavel Bure is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger, nicknamed "The Russian Rocket," renowned for his exceptional speed and goal-scoring ability in the NHL during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Brian Leetch
Brian Leetch is a Hall of Fame American defenseman best known for his stellar NHL career with the New York Rangers, where he won the Norris Trophy and the Conn Smythe Trophy while helping lead the team to the 1994 Stanley Cup.
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E.
Brett Hull
Brett Hull is a Hall of Fame Canadian-American right winger renowned as one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history, best known for his time with the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Hockey League player
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center ⓘ human ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ |
| careerEnd | 2011 ⓘ |
| careerStart | 1989 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-06-07 ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
Dallas Stars
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surface form:
Minnesota North Stars
|
| draftLeague |
National Hockey League
ⓘ
surface form:
NHL
|
| draftPosition | 1st overall ⓘ |
| draftRound | 1 ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| familyName | Modano ⓘ |
| fullName |
Mike Modano
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Michael Thomas Modano Jr.
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| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hallOfFame | Hockey Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| height | 6 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| heightInCentimeters | 191 ⓘ |
| holdsRecord |
most goals by a U.S.-born player in NHL history at time of retirement
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most points by a U.S.-born player in NHL history at time of retirement ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetiredBy | Dallas Stars ⓘ |
| league | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | United States men's national ice hockey team ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
considered one of the greatest U.S.-born players in NHL history
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longtime face of the Dallas Stars franchise ⓘ |
| notableWork | key player in Dallas Stars 1999 Stanley Cup run ⓘ |
| occupation |
ice hockey coach
ⓘ
ice hockey executive ⓘ |
| OlympicMedal | silver medal at 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1998 Winter Olympics
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2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2006 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Livonia, Michigan
ⓘ
surface form:
Livonia, Michigan, United States
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| playedFor |
Dallas Stars
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Detroit Red Wings ⓘ Dallas Stars ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesota North Stars
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| positionPlayed | center ⓘ |
| residence |
Texas
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surface form:
Texas, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shootingHand | right ⓘ |
| shoots | right ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| spouse | Allison Micheletti ⓘ |
| StanleyCupChampion | 1999 ⓘ |
| teamChampionshipWonWith | Dallas Stars ⓘ |
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: Mike Modano Description of subject: Mike Modano is an American Hall of Fame center widely regarded as one of the greatest U.S.-born players in NHL history and the longtime face of the Dallas Stars franchise.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Michael Thomas Modano Jr.