Tommy Bowden
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Tommy Bowden is an American college football coach best known for revitalizing programs at Tulane and Clemson, including leading Tulane to an undefeated season in 1998.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tommy Bowden canonical | 2 |
| Terry Bowden | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19653637 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tommy Bowden Context triple: [Tulane Green Wave football, 1998HeadCoach, Tommy Bowden]
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A.
Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer is a longtime American college football coach best known for transforming Virginia Tech into a national powerhouse through his innovative special teams play and sustained success.
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B.
Pat Riggin
Pat Riggin is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League during the late 1970s and 1980s.
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Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming Florida State University into a national powerhouse and winning two national championships.
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D.
David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe is an American college football coach best known for revitalizing the Duke Blue Devils program and for mentoring elite quarterbacks such as Peyton and Eli Manning.
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E.
Les Miles
Les Miles is an American college football coach best known for leading LSU to a national championship and for his colorful, unconventional coaching style.
- 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: Tommy Bowden Target entity description: Tommy Bowden is an American college football coach best known for revitalizing programs at Tulane and Clemson, including leading Tulane to an undefeated season in 1998.
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A.
Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer is a longtime American college football coach best known for transforming Virginia Tech into a national powerhouse through his innovative special teams play and sustained success.
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B.
Pat Riggin
Pat Riggin is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League during the late 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden was a legendary American college football coach best known for transforming Florida State University into a national powerhouse and winning two national championships.
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D.
David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe is an American college football coach best known for revitalizing the Duke Blue Devils program and for mentoring elite quarterbacks such as Peyton and Eli Manning.
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E.
Les Miles
Les Miles is an American college football coach best known for leading LSU to a national championship and for his colorful, unconventional coaching style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tommy Bowden