Jacques Demers
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Jacques Demers is a Canadian former NHL head coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1993 Stanley Cup championship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Demers canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T109026 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Demers Context triple: [1993 NHL All-Star Game, coachAway, Jacques Demers]
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A.
Robert Cailliau
Robert Cailliau is a Belgian computer scientist best known for co-developing the World Wide Web alongside Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.
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B.
Charles L’Eplattenier
Charles L’Eplattenier was a Swiss painter, decorative artist, and influential art teacher whose nature-inspired style helped shape the early artistic development of architect Le Corbusier.
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C.
John Strachan
John Strachan was a prominent 19th-century Canadian Anglican bishop and educator who played a key role in shaping early Ontario’s religious and educational institutions.
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D.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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E.
John Turner
John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
- 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: Jacques Demers Target entity description: Jacques Demers is a Canadian former NHL head coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1993 Stanley Cup championship.
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A.
Robert Cailliau
Robert Cailliau is a Belgian computer scientist best known for co-developing the World Wide Web alongside Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.
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B.
Charles L’Eplattenier
Charles L’Eplattenier was a Swiss painter, decorative artist, and influential art teacher whose nature-inspired style helped shape the early artistic development of architect Le Corbusier.
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C.
John Strachan
John Strachan was a prominent 19th-century Canadian Anglican bishop and educator who played a key role in shaping early Ontario’s religious and educational institutions.
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D.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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E.
John Turner
John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
human ⓘ ice hockey coach ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Stephen Harper ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Jack Adams Award
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Stanley Cup champion coach ⓘ |
| coachedTeam |
Detroit Red Wings
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Montreal Canadiens ⓘ Quebec Nordiques ⓘ St. Louis Blues ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-08-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French Canadian ⓘ |
| familyName | Demers ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| hasDisclosedPersonalDetail | functional illiteracy during much of his life ⓘ |
| Jack Adams AwardWinner |
1986-1987 NHL season
ⓘ
1987-1988 NHL season ⓘ |
| knownFor | leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1993 Stanley Cup championship ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| leagueCoachedIn | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| ledTeamToChampionship | 1993 Stanley Cup ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Conservative Party of Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian Conservative Party
|
| name | Jacques Demers ⓘ |
| notableWork | They Call Me Coach ⓘ |
| occupation |
National Hockey League coach
ⓘ
author ⓘ ice hockey coach ⓘ senator ⓘ television analyst ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| positionHeld |
head coach of the Detroit Red Wings
ⓘ
head coach of the Montreal Canadiens ⓘ head coach of the Quebec Nordiques ⓘ head coach of the St. Louis Blues ⓘ member of the Senate of Canada ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startTime | 2009-08-27 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical book revealing his struggles with illiteracy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques Demers Description of subject: Jacques Demers is a Canadian former NHL head coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1993 Stanley Cup championship.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.