Tony DiCicco
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DiCicco | 2 |
| Tony DiCicco canonical | 2 |
| Anthony DiCicco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1172033 — 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: Tony DiCicco Context triple: [United States women's national soccer team, notableCoach, Tony DiCicco]
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A.
Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio was an Italian-American cinematographer and early Hollywood pioneer known for his innovative camera work and Academy Award–winning contributions to classic films.
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B.
Rico Petrocelli
Rico Petrocelli is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for his long tenure with the Boston Red Sox, including multiple All-Star selections and a standout power-hitting season in 1969.
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C.
Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini is an American football coach best known for serving as head coach of the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
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D.
Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an American NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX.
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E.
Joe Rinaldi
Joe Rinaldi was an American screenwriter and story artist best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Tony DiCicco Target entity description: 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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A.
Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio was an Italian-American cinematographer and early Hollywood pioneer known for his innovative camera work and Academy Award–winning contributions to classic films.
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B.
Rico Petrocelli
Rico Petrocelli is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for his long tenure with the Boston Red Sox, including multiple All-Star selections and a standout power-hitting season in 1969.
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C.
Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini is an American football coach best known for serving as head coach of the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
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D.
Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich is an American NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX.
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E.
Joe Rinaldi
Joe Rinaldi was an American screenwriter and story artist best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American soccer player
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association football coach ⓘ human ⓘ soccer coach ⓘ |
| achievement |
won 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup as assistant coach of United States women’s national team
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won 1996 Olympic women’s soccer gold medal as head coach of United States women’s national team ⓘ won 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup as head coach of United States women’s national team ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| coachOf |
Boston Breakers
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United States women’s national soccer team ⓘ
linked to:
United States women's national soccer team
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryRepresented | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-08-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-06-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Springfield College ⓘ |
| employer |
Boston Breakers
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U.S. Soccer Federation ⓘ
linked to:
United States Soccer Federation
United States women’s national soccer team ⓘ
linked to:
United States women's national soccer team
|
| endTime | 1999 ⓘ |
| familyName |
DiCicco
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linked to:
Tony DiCicco
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| fieldOfWork | women’s soccer development ⓘ |
| fullName |
Anthony DiCicco
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linked to:
Tony DiCicco
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| genre | women’s association football coaching ⓘ |
| givenName | Anthony ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | National Soccer Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn | American Soccer League ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Connecticut Wildcats
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linked to:
New Jersey Wildcats
Rhode Island Oceaneers ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1996 Summer Olympics women’s football tournament
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1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup final at the Rose Bowl ⓘ
linked to:
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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| notableWork |
coaching United States women’s national team to 1996 Olympic gold medal
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coaching United States women’s national team to 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup title ⓘ |
| occupation |
football player
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soccer coach ⓘ sports commentator ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
Wethersfield, Connecticut
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| placeOfDeath |
Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
Connecticut
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| positionHeld |
commissioner of Women’s United Soccer Association
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head coach of Boston Breakers ⓘ head coach of United States women’s national soccer team ⓘ |
| positionPlayedOnTeam | goalkeeper ⓘ |
| residence |
Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
Wethersfield, Connecticut
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
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soccer ⓘ |
| startTime | 1994 ⓘ |
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: Tony DiCicco Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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