Mike Krzyzewski
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Mike Krzyzewski is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach best known for his long, title-filled tenure at Duke University and for leading USA Basketball to multiple Olympic gold medals.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mike Krzyzewski canonical | 27 |
| Coach K | 1 |
| Jamie Krzyzewski Spatola | 1 |
| Krzyzewski | 1 |
| Michael William Krzyzewski | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T183613 — 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)
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Target entity: Mike Krzyzewski Context triple: [United States men's national basketball team, notableCoach, Mike Krzyzewski]
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A.
Red Holzman
Red Holzman was a Hall of Fame basketball coach best known for leading the New York Knicks to two NBA championships in the early 1970s.
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B.
Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to multiple deep playoff runs in the early 1990s and later guiding several other franchises with his innovative offensive systems.
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C.
Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach was a legendary NBA coach and executive who built the Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s, leading the team to numerous championships and revolutionizing professional basketball.
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D.
Terry Stotts
Terry Stotts is an American basketball coach best known for his long tenure as head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, where he led the team to multiple playoff appearances.
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E.
Joe Douglas
Joe Douglas is an American football executive best known as the general manager responsible for overseeing player personnel and roster decisions for the New York Jets in the NFL.
- 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: Mike Krzyzewski Target entity description: Mike Krzyzewski is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach best known for his long, title-filled tenure at Duke University and for leading USA Basketball to multiple Olympic gold medals.
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A.
Red Holzman
Red Holzman was a Hall of Fame basketball coach best known for leading the New York Knicks to two NBA championships in the early 1970s.
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B.
Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to multiple deep playoff runs in the early 1990s and later guiding several other franchises with his innovative offensive systems.
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C.
Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach was a legendary NBA coach and executive who built the Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s, leading the team to numerous championships and revolutionizing professional basketball.
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D.
Terry Stotts
Terry Stotts is an American basketball coach best known for his long tenure as head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, where he led the team to multiple playoff appearances.
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E.
Joe Douglas
Joe Douglas is an American football executive best known as the general manager responsible for overseeing player personnel and roster decisions for the New York Jets in the NFL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic coach
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basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACC Coach of the Year
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FIBA World Cup gold medal (head coach, 2010) ⓘ
linked to:
2010 FIBA World Championship
FIBA World Cup gold medal (head coach, 2014) ⓘ NABC Coach of the Year ⓘ Naismith College Coach of the Year ⓘ Olympic gold medal (head coach, 2008 Beijing) ⓘ Olympic gold medal (head coach, 2012 London) ⓘ Olympic gold medal (head coach, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-02-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Archbishop Weber High School
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St. Helen Catholic School ⓘ United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| employer |
Duke University
ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| endTime |
1980 (Army head coach)
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2016 (USA head coach) ⓘ 2022 (Duke head coach) ⓘ |
| familyName |
Krzyzewski
ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Krzyzewski
|
| fullName |
Michael William Krzyzewski
ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Krzyzewski
|
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
College Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
ⓘ
linked to:
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2001) ⓘ
linked to:
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
|
| headCoachOf |
Army Black Knights men's basketball
ⓘ
linked to:
Army Black Knights
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball ⓘ United States men's national basketball team ⓘ |
| leagueChampionshipWon |
NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
ⓘ
linked to:
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
|
| memberOf |
College Basketball Hall of Fame
ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Army Black Knights men's basketball team
ⓘ
linked to:
Army Black Knights
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| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| nickname |
Coach K
ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Krzyzewski
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| notableWork |
leading Duke to multiple NCAA championships
ⓘ
leading USA Basketball to multiple Olympic gold medals ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | guard ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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linked to:
Durham, North Carolina
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| sportsDisciplineCoached | basketball ⓘ |
| spouse | Mickie Krzyzewski ⓘ |
| startTime |
1975 (Army head coach)
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1980 (Duke head coach) ⓘ 2005 (USA head coach) ⓘ |
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: Mike Krzyzewski Description of subject: Mike Krzyzewski is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach best known for his long, title-filled tenure at Duke University and for leading USA Basketball to multiple Olympic gold medals.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mike Krzyzewski
linked to: Mike Krzyzewski
linked to: Mike Krzyzewski
subject linked to:
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball (as player, historical)
subject linked to:
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball (as player, historical)
subject linked to:
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball (as player, historical)
linked to: Mike Krzyzewski
subject linked to:
“Dream Team”
subject linked to:
Duke
subject linked to:
Duke