The White Shadow
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The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The White Shadow canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1756987 — 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.
Target entity: The White Shadow Context triple: [Olivia Cole, notableWork, The White Shadow]
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A.
The Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death is a 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting a pre-crucifixion vision of Christ, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and symbolic intensity.
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B.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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C.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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D.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
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E.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The White Shadow Target entity description: The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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A.
The Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death is a 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting a pre-crucifixion vision of Christ, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and symbolic intensity.
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B.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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C.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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D.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
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E.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television drama series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| broadcastInDecade |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| characterFormerOccupation | professional basketball player ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | high school basketball coach ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Ken Reeves – Ken Howard ⓘ |
| composer |
Mike Post
ⓘ
Pete Carpenter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Bruce Paltrow ⓘ |
| endTime | 1981 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Bruce Paltrow ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| follows | white former professional basketball player coaching predominantly Black high school team ⓘ |
| genre |
drama television series
ⓘ
sports drama television series ⓘ teen drama television series ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeRuntime | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
coach–player relationships
ⓘ
high school basketball ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
racial issues ⓘ social issues ⓘ teamwork ⓘ urban education ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ken Howard ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ken Reeves ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableCastMember | Ken Howard ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of a predominantly Black high school basketball team on U.S. network television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 54 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | broadcast television network ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOnDayOfWeek | Monday ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastBy | Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOf | American network prime-time programming of the late 1970s ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| productionCompany | MTM Enterprises ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
inner-city Los Angeles high school ⓘ |
| startTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1970s ⓘ |
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Subject: The White Shadow Description of subject: The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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