Tommy Caldwell
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Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber renowned for his groundbreaking big-wall free climbs, including the historic first free ascent of Yosemite’s Dawn Wall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tommy Caldwell canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2590218 — 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 Caldwell Context triple: [The Dawn Wall, firstFreeAscentBy, Tommy Caldwell]
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Tommy Lloyd
Tommy Lloyd is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball program after a long, successful tenure as a Gonzaga assistant.
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B.
Tony DiCicco
Tony DiCicco was an American soccer coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to victory in the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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C.
Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley is an American soccer coach known for managing clubs like Chicago Fire FC and the U.S. men's national team, including leading the U.S. at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Ernie Sabella
Ernie Sabella is an American actor and voice actor best known for voicing the warthog Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King franchise.
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E.
Kenny Dillingham
Kenny Dillingham is an American college football coach known for his offensive expertise and for serving as the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy Caldwell Target entity description: Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber renowned for his groundbreaking big-wall free climbs, including the historic first free ascent of Yosemite’s Dawn Wall.
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A.
Tommy Lloyd
Tommy Lloyd is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball program after a long, successful tenure as a Gonzaga assistant.
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B.
Tony DiCicco
Tony DiCicco was an American soccer coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to victory in the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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C.
Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley is an American soccer coach known for managing clubs like Chicago Fire FC and the U.S. men's national team, including leading the U.S. at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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D.
Ernie Sabella
Ernie Sabella is an American actor and voice actor best known for voicing the warthog Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King franchise.
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E.
Kenny Dillingham
Kenny Dillingham is an American college football coach known for his offensive expertise and for serving as the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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professional climber ⓘ rock climber ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
environmental conservation
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public lands protection ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits ⓘ |
| climbedArea |
El Capitan
ⓘ
Cerro Fitz Roy ⓘ
surface form:
Fitz Roy massif
Patagonia ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| climbedRoute |
Dawn Wall
ⓘ
Freerider (El Capitan) ⓘ Lurking Fear (El Capitan) ⓘ the Nose (El Capitan climbing route) ⓘ
surface form:
The Nose (El Capitan)
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1978-08-11 ⓘ |
| escapedFrom | captors in Kyrgyzstan by pushing a captor off a cliff ⓘ |
| familyName | Caldwell ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Beth Rodden ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Tommy ⓘ |
| injury | partial loss of left index finger ⓘ |
| kidnappingIncident | kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan in 2000 during a climbing trip ⓘ |
| madeFirstFreeAscentOf |
Dawn Wall
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The Nose and Freerider in a single push ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
60 Minutes segment on Yosemite climbing
ⓘ
The New York Times coverage of Dawn Wall ascent ⓘ |
| name | Tommy Caldwell self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first free ascent of the Dawn Wall with Kevin Jorgeson in 2015 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
big-wall free climbing
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continuing elite climbing after losing part of a finger ⓘ first free ascent of the Dawn Wall ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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motivational speaker ⓘ rock climber ⓘ |
| partnerInClimb | Kevin Jorgeson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Estes Park, Colorado
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surface form:
Estes Park, Colorado, United States
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| specialization |
big-wall climbing
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free climbing ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Black Diamond Equipment
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La Sportiva ⓘ Patagonia clothing brand ⓘ
surface form:
Patagonia (company)
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| sport | rock climbing ⓘ |
| spouse | Rebecca Pietsch ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary film "The Dawn Wall"
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surface form:
The Dawn Wall (film)
numerous climbing documentaries ⓘ |
| yearOfDawnWallAscent | 2015 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tommy Caldwell Description of subject: Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber renowned for his groundbreaking big-wall free climbs, including the historic first free ascent of Yosemite’s Dawn Wall.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Dawn Wall
subject surface form:
The Dawn Wall