Jim Larrañaga
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Jim Larrañaga is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the University of Miami’s men’s program and leading George Mason to a historic Final Four run in 2006.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Larrañaga canonical | 2 |
| James Joseph Larrañaga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9831980 — 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)
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Target entity: Jim Larrañaga Context triple: [Miami Hurricanes men's basketball, notableCoach, Jim Larrañaga]
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A.
Dan Hurley
Dan Hurley is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball team to multiple NCAA championships.
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B.
Jim Calhoun
Jim Calhoun is a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Connecticut men’s program to multiple NCAA championships.
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C.
Chip Diggins
Chip Diggins is a film producer best known for his work on the comedy-drama adaptation "A Walk in the Woods."
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D.
Geno Auriemma
Geno Auriemma is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach renowned for building the University of Connecticut women’s program into a dominant national powerhouse with multiple NCAA championships.
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E.
Tyrone Willingham
Tyrone Willingham is an American football coach best known for leading major college programs including Stanford, Notre Dame, and Washington.
- 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: Jim Larrañaga Target entity description: Jim Larrañaga is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the University of Miami’s men’s program and leading George Mason to a historic Final Four run in 2006.
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A.
Dan Hurley
Dan Hurley is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball team to multiple NCAA championships.
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B.
Jim Calhoun
Jim Calhoun is a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Connecticut men’s program to multiple NCAA championships.
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C.
Chip Diggins
Chip Diggins is a film producer best known for his work on the comedy-drama adaptation "A Walk in the Woods."
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D.
Geno Auriemma
Geno Auriemma is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach renowned for building the University of Connecticut women’s program into a dominant national powerhouse with multiple NCAA championships.
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E.
Tyrone Willingham
Tyrone Willingham is an American football coach best known for leading major college programs including Stanford, Notre Dame, and Washington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball coach
ⓘ
college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Providence College ⓘ |
| assistantCoachAt |
Davidson Wildcats men's basketball
ⓘ
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team
|
| awardReceived |
ACC Coach of the Year
ⓘ
AP College Coach of the Year ⓘ
linked to:
AP College Basketball Coach of the Year
CAA Coach of the Year ⓘ Naismith College Coach of the Year ⓘ |
| coachedTeamToTournament |
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four with George Mason
ⓘ
NCAA Tournament appearances with Miami Hurricanes men's basketball ⓘ |
| coachingCareerStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| conferenceCoachedIn |
Atlantic Coast Conference
ⓘ
Colonial Athletic Association ⓘ Mid-American Conference ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-10-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Providence College ⓘ |
| employer |
Bowling Green State University
ⓘ
George Mason University ⓘ University of Miami ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Cuban American
ⓘ
linked to:
Cuban Americans
|
| familyName | Larrañaga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | college basketball coaching ⓘ |
| fullName |
James Joseph Larrañaga
ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Larrañaga
|
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Jay Larrañaga
ⓘ
Jon Larrañaga ⓘ
linked to:
Jay Larrañaga
|
| headCoachOf |
Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
ⓘ
George Mason Patriots men's basketball ⓘ
linked to:
George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
Miami Hurricanes men's basketball ⓘ
linked to:
Miami Hurricanes basketball team
|
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leagueCoachedIn | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Providence Friars men's basketball ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Coached George Mason to upset victories over higher-seeded teams in 2006 NCAA Tournament
ⓘ
Led University of Miami to its first Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament ⓘ Led University of Miami to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading mid-major George Mason to a historic Final Four run in 2006
ⓘ
revitalizing the University of Miami men's basketball program ⓘ |
| notableWork | Led George Mason to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four ⓘ |
| occupation | basketball coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | guard ⓘ |
| residence |
Coral Gables, Florida, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Coral Gables, Florida
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| spouse | Liz Larrañaga ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jim Larrañaga Description of subject: Jim Larrañaga is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the University of Miami’s men’s program and leading George Mason to a historic Final Four run in 2006.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.