Eric Taylor
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Eric Taylor is the dedicated and principled high school football coach at the center of the television series "Friday Night Lights."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eric Taylor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13294787 — 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: Eric Taylor Context triple: [Vince Howard, coach, Eric Taylor]
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A.
Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor was an American singer-songwriter and influential Texas folk musician known for his storytelling style and for his connections to the Houston folk scene.
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B.
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor is known as the former long-term partner of acclaimed British actor Sir Ian McKellen.
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C.
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor is an American filmmaker best known for co-directing the hyper-kinetic action films "Crank" and "Crank: High Voltage."
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D.
Ian Taylor
Ian Taylor is a music producer known for his work on Gary Moore’s acclaimed blues-rock album "Still Got the Blues."
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E.
Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor is a fossil preparator and creationist museum curator best known for founding and directing the Mount Blanco Fossil Museum in Texas.
- 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: Eric Taylor Target entity description: Eric Taylor is the dedicated and principled high school football coach at the center of the television series "Friday Night Lights."
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A.
Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor was an American singer-songwriter and influential Texas folk musician known for his storytelling style and for his connections to the Houston folk scene.
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B.
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor is known as the former long-term partner of acclaimed British actor Sir Ian McKellen.
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C.
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor is an American filmmaker best known for co-directing the hyper-kinetic action films "Crank" and "Crank: High Voltage."
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D.
Ian Taylor
Ian Taylor is a music producer known for his work on Gary Moore’s acclaimed blues-rock album "Still Got the Blues."
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E.
Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor is a fossil preparator and creationist museum curator best known for founding and directing the Mount Blanco Fossil Museum in Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Friday Night Lights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dillon Panthers football program
NERFINISHED
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East Dillon Lions football program NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tami Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gary Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose ⓘ |
| child | Julie Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachesLevel |
college football (later in series)
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high school football ⓘ |
| creator | Peter Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Dillon High School
NERFINISHED
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East Dillon High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Julie Taylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tami Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Friday Night Lights universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Friday Night Lights season 1, episode 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | drama television series character ⓘ |
| knownFor |
motivational speeches
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strong leadership ⓘ |
| laterNetworkOfBroadcast | The 101 Network (DirecTV) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | ethical and community-oriented ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
dedicated
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disciplined ⓘ principled ⓘ supportive mentor to players ⓘ |
| occupation |
college football coach
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high school football coach ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
loving husband
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strict but caring coach ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Kyle Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position |
head coach of Dillon Panthers
ⓘ
head coach of East Dillon Lions ⓘ |
| residence | Dillon, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central protagonist of Friday Night Lights ⓘ |
| setting | small-town Texas high school football culture ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| spouse | Tami Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamCoached |
Dillon Panthers
NERFINISHED
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East Dillon Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeEmbodied |
balance between family and career
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pressures of high school sports ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eric Taylor Description of subject: Eric Taylor is the dedicated and principled high school football coach at the center of the television series "Friday Night Lights."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.