John Matuszak
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John Matuszak was an American football defensive end turned actor, best known for playing Sloth in the film "The Goonies."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Matuszak canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10891078 — 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: John Matuszak Context triple: [Caveman, castMember, John Matuszak]
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A.
Michael Sarnoski
Michael Sarnoski is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing the acclaimed drama "Pig" and later helming the horror prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One."
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B.
William Poduska
William Poduska is an American entrepreneur and computer engineer best known for founding multiple influential high-technology companies, including Apollo Computer.
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C.
John Masius
John Masius is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and writing several popular drama series, including the spiritual drama "Touched by an Angel."
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D.
Jeff Jagodzinski
Jeff Jagodzinski is an American football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Boston College and his extensive experience as an offensive coach in both college football and the NFL.
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E.
Michael Kuzak
Michael Kuzak is a central attorney character on the television legal drama "L.A. Law," known for his idealism and high-profile courtroom battles.
- 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: John Matuszak Target entity description: John Matuszak was an American football defensive end turned actor, best known for playing Sloth in the film "The Goonies."
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A.
Michael Sarnoski
Michael Sarnoski is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for directing the acclaimed drama "Pig" and later helming the horror prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One."
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B.
William Poduska
William Poduska is an American entrepreneur and computer engineer best known for founding multiple influential high-technology companies, including Apollo Computer.
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C.
John Masius
John Masius is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and writing several popular drama series, including the spiritual drama "Touched by an Angel."
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D.
Jeff Jagodzinski
Jeff Jagodzinski is an American football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Boston College and his extensive experience as an offensive coach in both college football and the NFL.
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E.
Michael Kuzak
Michael Kuzak is a central attorney character on the television legal drama "L.A. Law," known for his idealism and high-profile courtroom battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football player
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actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsInActing | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsInNFL | 1973–1981 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Caveman
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M*A*S*H (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ One Crazy Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ The A-Team (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| characterRole | Sloth in The Goonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collegeAttended |
University of Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Tampa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-06-17 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Houston Oilers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftLeague |
National Football League
ⓘ
surface form:
NFL
|
| draftPickNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| draftRound | 1 ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Matuszak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 2.03 m ⓘ |
| leagueParticipatedIn | National Football League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Houston Oilers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas City Chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ Oakland Raiders NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Redskins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Goonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football player
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Super Bowl XI
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Super Bowl XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Burbank, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForTeam |
Houston Oilers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas City Chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ Oakland Raiders NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Redskins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | defensive end ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sportNumber |
72
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78 ⓘ |
| sportsDiscipline | American football ⓘ |
| wonAward |
Super Bowl XI
NERFINISHED
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Super Bowl XV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Matuszak Description of subject: John Matuszak was an American football defensive end turned actor, best known for playing Sloth in the film "The Goonies."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.