Harold Larwood
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Harold Larwood was a renowned English fast bowler best known for spearheading the controversial Bodyline tactics during the 1932–33 Ashes series against Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold Larwood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11439827 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Larwood Context triple: [Nottingham High School, hasNotableAlumni, Harold Larwood]
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A.
Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman was a legendary English fast bowler, renowned for his pace, skill, and record-breaking wicket tally in Test cricket during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Sir Len Hutton
Sir Len Hutton was a legendary English opening batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and a record-breaking Test captain for England.
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C.
Alastair Nicholson
Alastair Nicholson is an Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia known for his advocacy on human rights and Indigenous issues.
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D.
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee is a legendary Australian fast bowler renowned for his fiery pace, aggressive style, and status as one of cricket’s greatest ever bowlers.
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E.
Warne Marsh
Warne Marsh was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his cool jazz and Lennie Tristano–school improvisational style, marked by intricate, linear phrasing and harmonic sophistication.
- 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: Harold Larwood Target entity description: Harold Larwood was a renowned English fast bowler best known for spearheading the controversial Bodyline tactics during the 1932–33 Ashes series against Australia.
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A.
Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman was a legendary English fast bowler, renowned for his pace, skill, and record-breaking wicket tally in Test cricket during the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Sir Len Hutton
Sir Len Hutton was a legendary English opening batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and a record-breaking Test captain for England.
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C.
Alastair Nicholson
Alastair Nicholson is an Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia known for his advocacy on human rights and Indigenous issues.
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D.
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee is a legendary Australian fast bowler renowned for his fiery pace, aggressive style, and status as one of cricket’s greatest ever bowlers.
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E.
Warne Marsh
Warne Marsh was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his cool jazz and Lennie Tristano–school improvisational style, marked by intricate, linear phrasing and harmonic sophistication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricketer
ⓘ
fast bowler ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Douglas Jardine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Member of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battingPosition | lower-order batsman ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batsman ⓘ |
| bowlingAttributes |
accuracy
ⓘ
hostile short-pitched bowling ⓘ pace ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm fast ⓘ |
| bowlingTactic | leg-theory ⓘ |
| controversy | Bodyline controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-11-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-07-22 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| familyName | Larwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Harold Larwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| height | approximately 5 ft 8 in ⓘ |
| influenced | fast bowling tactics in Test cricket ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bodyline bowling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fast bowling ⓘ |
| league | County Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MBEStatus | MBE recipient ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
England cricket team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalTeamSport | cricket ⓘ |
| notableWork | Bodyline tactics in the 1932–33 Ashes series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
coal miner
ⓘ
cricketer ⓘ |
| opponent | Don Bradman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1932–33 Ashes series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Test cricket ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Sydney, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | bowler ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographies about Bodyline ⓘ |
| teamRole | strike bowler ⓘ |
| testDebutAgainst | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testDebutFor | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harold Larwood Description of subject: Harold Larwood was a renowned English fast bowler best known for spearheading the controversial Bodyline tactics during the 1932–33 Ashes series against Australia.
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