Shoe Dog
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Shoe Dog is Phil Knight’s memoir chronicling the early struggles, risks, and eventual rise of Nike from a small startup to a global athletic brand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoe Dog canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138421 — 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: Shoe Dog Context triple: [Phil Knight, notableWork, Shoe Dog]
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A.
All In: An Autobiography
All In: An Autobiography is the memoir of tennis legend and equality advocate Billie Jean King, chronicling her groundbreaking sports career and lifelong fight for social justice.
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B.
The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 coming-of-age drama film, based on Jim Carroll’s memoir, that follows a teenage basketball star’s descent into heroin addiction and crime.
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C.
Southpaw
Southpaw is a 2015 American sports drama film about a troubled boxer fighting to rebuild his life and career after a personal tragedy.
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D.
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles stockbroker Jordan Belfort’s rise and fall amid rampant Wall Street corruption and excess.
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E.
The Last Dance
The Last Dance is a sports documentary miniseries chronicling Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ 1997–98 championship season, interwoven with a broader look at Jordan’s career and legacy.
- 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: Shoe Dog Target entity description: Shoe Dog is Phil Knight’s memoir chronicling the early struggles, risks, and eventual rise of Nike from a small startup to a global athletic brand.
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A.
All In: An Autobiography
All In: An Autobiography is the memoir of tennis legend and equality advocate Billie Jean King, chronicling her groundbreaking sports career and lifelong fight for social justice.
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B.
The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 coming-of-age drama film, based on Jim Carroll’s memoir, that follows a teenage basketball star’s descent into heroin addiction and crime.
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C.
Southpaw
Southpaw is a 2015 American sports drama film about a troubled boxer fighting to rebuild his life and career after a personal tragedy.
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D.
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles stockbroker Jordan Belfort’s rise and fall amid rampant Wall Street corruption and excess.
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E.
The Last Dance
The Last Dance is a sports documentary miniseries chronicling Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ 1997–98 championship season, interwoven with a broader look at Jordan’s career and legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| author | Phil Knight ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
company culture at Nike
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development of running shoes ⓘ early marketing of Nike shoes ⓘ financial struggles of Nike ⓘ founding of Nike ⓘ growth of Nike into a global brand ⓘ relationship with Japanese shoe manufacturers ⓘ risks taken by Phil Knight ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Bill Bowerman
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Jeff Johnson ⓘ Nike early employees ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ early years of Nike ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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business memoir ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
business readers
ⓘ
entrepreneurs ⓘ sports fans ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nike, Inc.
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Phil Knight ⓘ business history ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
candid portrayal of entrepreneurial challenges
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detailed account of Nike’s early years ⓘ |
| publisher |
Charles Scribner's Sons
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surface form:
Scribner
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| setting |
Japan
ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| topic |
brand building
ⓘ
globalization ⓘ leadership ⓘ risk-taking ⓘ sports business ⓘ startups ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Shoe Dog Description of subject: Shoe Dog is Phil Knight’s memoir chronicling the early struggles, risks, and eventual rise of Nike from a small startup to a global athletic brand.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Philip Knight