Dave Shula
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Dave Shula is a former NFL wide receiver and head coach, best known for coaching the Cincinnati Bengals and being the son of legendary coach Don Shula.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dave Shula canonical | 4 |
| David Donald Shula | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3592489 — 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: Dave Shula Context triple: [Don Shula, child, Dave Shula]
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A.
Don Shula
Don Shula was a legendary American football coach best known for leading the Miami Dolphins to two Super Bowl titles and the NFL’s only perfect season.
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B.
Marv Levy
Marv Levy is a Hall of Fame American football coach best known for leading the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s.
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C.
Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin is an American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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D.
Dan Reeves
Dan Reeves was a longtime NFL head coach and former player best known for leading the Denver Broncos to multiple Super Bowl appearances and later coaching the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.
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E.
Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel is an American football coach best known as a longtime NFL defensive coordinator and multiple-time head coach, including stints with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, and Houston Texans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Dave Shula Target entity description: Dave Shula is a former NFL wide receiver and head coach, best known for coaching the Cincinnati Bengals and being the son of legendary coach Don Shula.
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A.
Don Shula
Don Shula was a legendary American football coach best known for leading the Miami Dolphins to two Super Bowl titles and the NFL’s only perfect season.
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B.
Marv Levy
Marv Levy is a Hall of Fame American football coach best known for leading the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s.
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C.
Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin is an American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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D.
Dan Reeves
Dan Reeves was a longtime NFL head coach and former player best known for leading the Denver Broncos to multiple Super Bowl appearances and later coaching the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.
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E.
Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel is an American football coach best known as a longtime NFL defensive coordinator and multiple-time head coach, including stints with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, and Houston Texans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
ⓘ
American football player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| category |
Cincinnati Bengals head coaches
ⓘ
National Football League wide receivers ⓘ |
| coachedTeam | Cincinnati Bengals ⓘ |
| collegeAttended | Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-05-28 ⓘ |
| draftStatus | undrafted NFL player ⓘ |
| employer |
Cincinnati Bengals
ⓘ
Dallas Cowboys ⓘ Miami Dolphins ⓘ |
| endTime | 1996 (head coach of Cincinnati Bengals) ⓘ |
| familyName | Shula ⓘ |
| father | Don Shula ⓘ |
| fullName |
Dave Shula
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
David Donald Shula
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | White American ⓘ |
| headCoachRecordNFL | 19–52 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn | National Football League ⓘ |
| mother | Dorothy Shula ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Shula family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the son of Hall of Fame coach Don Shula
ⓘ
serving as head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
ⓘ
American football player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lexington, Kentucky
ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
|
| playedFor |
Indianapolis Colts
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore Colts
Miami Dolphins ⓘ |
| position |
assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals
ⓘ
assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys ⓘ assistant coach for the Miami Dolphins ⓘ head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | wide receiver ⓘ |
| relative | Mike Shula ⓘ |
| residence |
Florida
ⓘ
surface form:
Florida (approximate)
|
| sibling | Mike Shula ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1992 (head coach of Cincinnati Bengals) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dave Shula Description of subject: Dave Shula is a former NFL wide receiver and head coach, best known for coaching the Cincinnati Bengals and being the son of legendary coach Don Shula.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
David Donald Shula