David William Schultz
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David William Schultz was a celebrated American freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist renowned for his technical skill and later tragically murdered by John du Pont.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David William Schultz canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11245512 — 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: David William Schultz Context triple: [Dave Schultz, fullName, David William Schultz]
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A.
Mark Schultz
Mark Schultz is an American singer-songwriter known for his contemporary Christian music and inspirational storytelling through songs.
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B.
William Schultz
William Schultz is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions and public roles.
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C.
Al Schultz
Al Schultz is a notable individual who shares the surname Schultz and has achieved enough recognition to be specifically distinguished by name.
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D.
Kirk Schulz
Kirk Schulz is an American academic leader and engineer who serves as the president of Washington State University.
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E.
Kevin M. Schultz
Kevin M. Schultz is an American historian and author known for his work on modern American history, religion, and pluralism, and for writing widely used college history textbooks.
- 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: David William Schultz Target entity description: David William Schultz was a celebrated American freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist renowned for his technical skill and later tragically murdered by John du Pont.
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A.
Mark Schultz
Mark Schultz is an American singer-songwriter known for his contemporary Christian music and inspirational storytelling through songs.
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B.
William Schultz
William Schultz is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions and public roles.
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C.
Al Schultz
Al Schultz is a notable individual who shares the surname Schultz and has achieved enough recognition to be specifically distinguished by name.
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D.
Kirk Schulz
Kirk Schulz is an American academic leader and engineer who serves as the president of Washington State University.
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E.
Kevin M. Schultz
Kevin M. Schultz is an American historian and author known for his work on modern American history, religion, and pluralism, and for writing widely used college history textbooks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic champion
ⓘ
freestyle wrestler ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Olympic gold medal
ⓘ
Pan American Games medals ⓘ World Wrestling Championships gold medal ⓘ
linked to:
World Championship gold medal
|
| burialPlace |
Palo Alto, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Palo Alto, California
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| competitionClass | 74 kg weight class ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-06-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-01-26 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
International Wrestling Hall of Fame
ⓘ
United States Olympic Committee records ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oklahoma State University
ⓘ
Palo Alto High School ⓘ |
| familyName | Schultz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sports coaching ⓘ |
| genreOfOccupation | amateur wrestling ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Olympic champion in wrestling ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | American wrestling community ⓘ |
| killedBy | John du Pont ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
Dave Schultz Memorial International wrestling tournament
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Open Wrestling Championships
Dave Schultz Wrestling Club ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling ⓘ |
| middleName | William ⓘ |
| notableEvent | murder at Foxcatcher Farm in 1996 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coaching and mentoring wrestlers internationally
ⓘ
technical skill in freestyle wrestling ⓘ |
| notableWork | gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| occupation | wrestler ⓘ |
| partOf |
Foxcatcher wrestling team
ⓘ
linked to:
Foxcatcher Farm
|
| placeOfBirth |
Palo Alto, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Palo Alto, California
|
| placeOfDeath |
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
|
| portrayedBy | Mark Ruffalo ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film "Foxcatcher"
ⓘ
linked to:
Foxcatcher
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| representedByTeam |
United States national wrestling team
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Olympic wrestling team
|
| residence | Foxcatcher Farm, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Mark Schultz ⓘ |
| sport |
folkstyle wrestling
ⓘ
freestyle wrestling ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Schultz ⓘ |
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: David William Schultz Description of subject: David William Schultz was a celebrated American freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist renowned for his technical skill and later tragically murdered by John du Pont.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.