Mark Edward Eaton
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Mark Edward Eaton was an American professional basketball player best known as a dominant shot-blocking center for the Utah Jazz in the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Edward Eaton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9600981 — 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: Mark Edward Eaton Context triple: [Mark Eaton, fullName, Mark Edward Eaton]
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A.
Robert Eaton
Robert Eaton was an American businessman who was briefly married to Hollywood actress Lana Turner.
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B.
Theodore Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor known for his intense, rugged performances in films such as "The Right Stuff," "The Silence of the Lambs," and "Training Day."
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C.
Marcus Eaton
Marcus Eaton is a character from the "Divergent" film series, depicted as a member of the influential Eaton family within the dystopian faction-based society.
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D.
William Eldridge
William Eldridge is a person notable enough to be recognized as a primary bearer of the surname Eldridge, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
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E.
Anthony McHenry
Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
- 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: Mark Edward Eaton Target entity description: Mark Edward Eaton was an American professional basketball player best known as a dominant shot-blocking center for the Utah Jazz in the 1980s.
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A.
Robert Eaton
Robert Eaton was an American businessman who was briefly married to Hollywood actress Lana Turner.
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B.
Theodore Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor known for his intense, rugged performances in films such as "The Right Stuff," "The Silence of the Lambs," and "Training Day."
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C.
Marcus Eaton
Marcus Eaton is a character from the "Divergent" film series, depicted as a member of the influential Eaton family within the dystopian faction-based society.
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D.
William Eldridge
William Eldridge is a person notable enough to be recognized as a primary bearer of the surname Eldridge, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
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E.
Anthony McHenry
Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
professional basketball player ⓘ |
| careerEnd | 1993 ⓘ |
| careerStart | 1982 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | bicycle accident ⓘ |
| college |
Cypress College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-01-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-05-28 ⓘ |
| draftLeague |
National Basketball Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA
|
| draftPickNumber | 72 ⓘ |
| draftRound | 4 ⓘ |
| draftTeam | Utah Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| familyName | Eaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Mark Edward Eaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 7 ft 4 in ⓘ |
| heightInMeters | 2.24 ⓘ |
| holdsRecord | single-season blocks per game average in NBA ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 53 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defensive play
ⓘ
shot blocking ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| ledLeagueInBlocksPerGame |
1983-84
ⓘ
1984-85 ⓘ 1986-87 ⓘ 1987-88 ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| NBAAllDefensiveFirstTeamSelection |
1985
ⓘ
1986 ⓘ 1987 ⓘ 1988 ⓘ |
| NBAAllDefensivePlayerOfTheYear |
1985
ⓘ
1989 ⓘ |
| NBAAllStarSelection | 1989 ⓘ |
| NBAdebutTeam | Utah Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NBAdebutYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| occupation | basketball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Inglewood, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Summit County, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCollegeBasketballFor |
Cypress College Chargers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UCLA Bruins men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor | Utah Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | center ⓘ |
| postRetirementActivity |
author
ⓘ
motivational speaker ⓘ |
| residence | Park City, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonOfBlocksRecord | 1984-85 NBA season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| singleSeasonBlocksPerGameRecord | 5.56 ⓘ |
| team | Utah Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamRetiredNumber | Utah Jazz 53 ⓘ |
| wrote | The Four Commitments of a Winning Team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mark Edward Eaton Description of subject: Mark Edward Eaton was an American professional basketball player best known as a dominant shot-blocking center for the Utah Jazz in the 1980s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.