Dorothy Bartish Shula
E371932
Dorothy Bartish Shula was the first wife of legendary NFL coach Don Shula, with whom she shared a long marriage and family life before her death in 1991.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorothy Bartish Shula canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3592487 — 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: Dorothy Bartish Shula Context triple: [Don Shula, spouse, Dorothy Bartish Shula]
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A.
Judy Coughlin
Judy Coughlin is the longtime wife of former NFL head coach Tom Coughlin, known for her quiet support of his coaching career and involvement in family and charitable activities.
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B.
Denise DeBartolo York
Denise DeBartolo York is an American businesswoman and sports executive best known as the co-chair and principal owner of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers.
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C.
Diane Bemus Patrick
Diane Bemus Patrick is an American attorney and mental health advocate best known as the wife of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
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D.
Marion Levy
Marion Levy, better known by her stage name Paulette Goddard, was an American actress and film star prominent in the 1930s and 1940s, noted for her roles in Charlie Chaplin films and several Hollywood classics.
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E.
Barbara Carr
Barbara Carr is a music industry executive and longtime manager of Bruce Springsteen who co-produced his acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
- 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: Dorothy Bartish Shula Target entity description: Dorothy Bartish Shula was the first wife of legendary NFL coach Don Shula, with whom she shared a long marriage and family life before her death in 1991.
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A.
Judy Coughlin
Judy Coughlin is the longtime wife of former NFL head coach Tom Coughlin, known for her quiet support of his coaching career and involvement in family and charitable activities.
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B.
Denise DeBartolo York
Denise DeBartolo York is an American businesswoman and sports executive best known as the co-chair and principal owner of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers.
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C.
Diane Bemus Patrick
Diane Bemus Patrick is an American attorney and mental health advocate best known as the wife of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
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D.
Marion Levy
Marion Levy, better known by her stage name Paulette Goddard, was an American actress and film star prominent in the 1930s and 1940s, noted for her roles in Charlie Chaplin films and several Hollywood classics.
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E.
Barbara Carr
Barbara Carr is a music industry executive and longtime manager of Bruce Springsteen who co-produced his acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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spouse of a sports figure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991 ⓘ |
| deathBefore | Don Shula ⓘ |
| familyName | Shula ⓘ |
| fieldAssociatedWithThroughSpouse | American football ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Dorothy ⓘ |
| hasChildWith | Don Shula ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| lifeEvent | shared family life with Don Shula ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriageCharacteristic | long-term marriage ⓘ |
| name | Dorothy Bartish Shula ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of NFL coach Don Shula ⓘ |
| numberOfMarriages | 1 ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| relative | Don Shula ⓘ |
| spouse | Don Shula ⓘ |
| spouseEmployer | National Football League ⓘ |
| spouseNotableFor |
head coach of the Miami Dolphins
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winningest head coach in NFL history at the time of his retirement ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | American football coach ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | first wife of Don Shula ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Dorothy Bartish Shula Description of subject: Dorothy Bartish Shula was the first wife of legendary NFL coach Don Shula, with whom she shared a long marriage and family life before her death in 1991.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.