Herman Boone
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Herman Boone was an American high school football coach best known for leading the newly integrated T.C. Williams High School team in Alexandria, Virginia, during the early 1970s, a story dramatized in the film "Remember the Titans."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herman Boone canonical | 6 |
| Coach Herman Boone (Remember the Titans) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Herman Boone Context triple: [Boone, hasNotableBearer, Herman Boone]
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A.
Buddy Ryan
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Mr. Antolini
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Anderson Hunt
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D.
Sam Bowden
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Lou Holtz
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- 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)
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Target entity: Herman Boone Target entity description: Herman Boone was an American high school football coach best known for leading the newly integrated T.C. Williams High School team in Alexandria, Virginia, during the early 1970s, a story dramatized in the film "Remember the Titans."
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A.
Buddy Ryan
Buddy Ryan was an influential NFL coach renowned for creating the aggressive "46 defense" and coordinating the dominant Chicago Bears defense of the mid-1980s.
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B.
Mr. Antolini
Mr. Antolini is Holden Caulfield’s former English teacher and a concerned, if ultimately unsettling, adult mentor figure in J.D. Salinger’s novel "The Catcher in the Rye."
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C.
Anderson Hunt
Anderson Hunt is a former American college basketball guard best known for starring on UNLV’s early-1990s powerhouse teams, including the 1990 NCAA championship squad where he was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
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D.
Sam Bowden
Sam Bowden is the small-town lawyer protagonist in the thriller "Cape Fear," whose family is terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict he once helped imprison.
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E.
Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz is a Hall of Fame American college football coach best known for revitalizing the University of Notre Dame’s football program and leading it to the 1988 national championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Coach of the Year (1971, Virginia)} ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| coached | T.C. Williams Titans football team ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-10-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-12-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | North Carolina Central University ⓘ |
| employer |
T.C. Williams High School
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linked to:
T. C. Williams High School
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| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName | Boone ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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sports coaching ⓘ |
| genre | defensive-minded coaching style ⓘ |
| givenName | Herman ⓘ |
| hasPortrayal | portrayed by Denzel Washington in "Remember the Titans" ⓘ |
| influenced | perceptions of race relations in American sports culture ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
civil rights movement
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linked to:
American civil rights movement
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| knownFor |
leadership in racially integrated team environment
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motivational speaking after coaching career ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
North Carolina
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Virginia ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes related to illness ⓘ |
| memberOf | high school coaching community in Virginia ⓘ |
| militaryService |
United States Army (briefly, early life)
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linked to:
United States Army
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| notableEvent | 1971 Virginia state championship with T.C. Williams High School ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inspiring the film "Remember the Titans"
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leading the integrated T.C. Williams High School football team ⓘ |
| notableWork | coaching T.C. Williams High School football team ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
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teacher ⓘ |
| participantIn | racial integration of T.C. Williams High School ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
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linked to:
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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| placeOfDeath |
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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linked to:
Alexandria, Virginia
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| positionHeld | head football coach ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| spouse |
Carol Boone
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linked to:
Carole Ann Boone
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| subjectOf |
film "Remember the Titans"
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linked to:
Remember the Titans
numerous sports documentaries ⓘ |
| workLocation | Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Herman Boone Description of subject: Herman Boone was an American high school football coach best known for leading the newly integrated T.C. Williams High School team in Alexandria, Virginia, during the early 1970s, a story dramatized in the film "Remember the Titans."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Coach Bill Yoast (Remember the Titans)
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Coach Herman Boone (Remember the Titans)
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subject linked to:
Coach Bill Yoast in Remember the Titans
linked to: Herman Boone
subject linked to:
Coach Bill Yoast in Remember the Titans
linked to: Herman Boone