Herbert Paul Brooks Jr.
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Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. was an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the underdog U.S. men's team to a gold medal in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3263213 — 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: Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. Context triple: [Herb Brooks, fullName, Herbert Paul Brooks Jr.]
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A.
Walter Booth Brooks Jr.
Walter Booth Brooks Jr. was an American businessman and member of a prominent East Coast family active in early 20th-century social and financial circles.
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B.
Edward George Brinkman
Edward George Brinkman was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, best known for his defensive prowess during the 1960s and early 1970s, primarily with the Washington Senators.
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C.
Harold Briggs
Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
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D.
Benjamin Earl Nelson
Benjamin Earl Nelson, better known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer famed for his classic hit "Stand by Me."
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E.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
- 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: Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. Target entity description: Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. was an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the underdog U.S. men's team to a gold medal in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
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A.
Walter Booth Brooks Jr.
Walter Booth Brooks Jr. was an American businessman and member of a prominent East Coast family active in early 20th-century social and financial circles.
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B.
Edward George Brinkman
Edward George Brinkman was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, best known for his defensive prowess during the 1960s and early 1970s, primarily with the Washington Senators.
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C.
Harold Briggs
Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
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D.
Benjamin Earl Nelson
Benjamin Earl Nelson, better known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer famed for his classic hit "Stand by Me."
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E.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic coach
ⓘ
human ⓘ ice hockey coach ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hockey Hall of Fame (as a builder) induction
ⓘ
linked to:
Hockey Hall of Fame
Lester Patrick Trophy ⓘ Olympic gold medal in ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ United States Hockey Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
|
| causeOfDeath | car accident ⓘ |
| coachOfSportsTeam |
Minnesota North Stars
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota North Stars (partial use)
New Jersey Devils ⓘ New York Rangers ⓘ Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey ⓘ
linked to:
St. Cloud State Huskies
United States men's national ice hockey team ⓘ University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-08-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-08-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| employer |
Minnesota North Stars
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota North Stars (partial use)
New Jersey Devils ⓘ New York Rangers ⓘ Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| familyName | Brooks ⓘ |
| givenName |
Herb
ⓘ
Herbert ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
linked to:
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
United States men's national ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ
linked to:
United States men's national ice hockey team
|
| honorificEponym |
Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Herb Brooks Arena complex
Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Golden Gophers
|
| notableAchievement |
coached the "Miracle on Ice" victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
led the U.S. men's ice hockey team to gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| notableWork | coaching the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| occupation |
ice hockey coach
ⓘ
ice hockey player ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1958 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
1964 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1968 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Kurt Russell ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | right wing ⓘ |
| residence |
Minnesota, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film "Miracle" (2004) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. Description of subject: Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. was an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the underdog U.S. men's team to a gold medal in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Referenced by (1)
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