Les Bartley
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Les Bartley was a highly successful and influential box lacrosse coach, best known for leading multiple National Lacrosse League teams, including the Toronto Rock, to championship titles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Bartley canonical | 4 |
| Les Bartley Award | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5638029 — 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: Les Bartley Context triple: [Toronto Rock, championshipWinningCoach, Les Bartley]
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A.
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett is an American character actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Shutter Island," "Mad About You," and "Inside Llewyn Davis."
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B.
Ben Bilburn
Ben Bilburn is a music producer known for his work on Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album "The Big Day."
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C.
Barton Bendish
Barton Bendish is a small rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic churches and traditional countryside landscape.
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D.
Eddie Bartlett
Eddie Bartlett is the fictional World War I veteran-turned-bootlegger portrayed by James Cagney in the classic 1939 gangster film "The Roaring Twenties."
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E.
Reg Butler
Reg Butler was a British sculptor known for his expressive, often skeletal metal figures and his prominence in postwar European modernist sculpture.
- 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: Les Bartley Target entity description: Les Bartley was a highly successful and influential box lacrosse coach, best known for leading multiple National Lacrosse League teams, including the Toronto Rock, to championship titles.
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A.
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett is an American character actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Shutter Island," "Mad About You," and "Inside Llewyn Davis."
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B.
Ben Bilburn
Ben Bilburn is a music producer known for his work on Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album "The Big Day."
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C.
Barton Bendish
Barton Bendish is a small rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic churches and traditional countryside landscape.
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D.
Eddie Bartlett
Eddie Bartlett is the fictional World War I veteran-turned-bootlegger portrayed by James Cagney in the classic 1939 gangster film "The Roaring Twenties."
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E.
Reg Butler
Reg Butler was a British sculptor known for his expressive, often skeletal metal figures and his prominence in postwar European modernist sculpture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
box lacrosse coach
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human ⓘ lacrosse coach ⓘ |
| awardNamedAfter |
Les Bartley Award
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linked to:
Les Bartley
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| basedIn |
Buffalo
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Toronto ⓘ |
| championshipWonAsCoach |
1992 MILL championship with Buffalo Bandits
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1993 MILL championship with Buffalo Bandits ⓘ 1996 MILL championship with Buffalo Bandits ⓘ 1999 NLL championship with Toronto Rock ⓘ 2000 NLL championship with Toronto Rock ⓘ 2002 NLL championship with Toronto Rock ⓘ 2003 NLL championship with Toronto Rock ⓘ |
| coachOf |
Buffalo Bandits
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Toronto Rock ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| employer |
Buffalo Bandits
ⓘ
Toronto Rock ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
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National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| influenced | development of professional box lacrosse coaching strategies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coaching in the National Lacrosse League
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coaching the Buffalo Bandits ⓘ coaching the Toronto Rock ⓘ winning multiple NLL championships ⓘ |
| league | National Lacrosse League ⓘ |
| Les Bartley Award | given annually to the NLL coach of the year ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led expansion and relocated franchises to championship success
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one of the winningest coaches in NLL history ⓘ |
| occupation |
box lacrosse coach
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lacrosse coach ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
general manager of the Toronto Rock
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head coach of the Buffalo Bandits ⓘ head coach of the Toronto Rock ⓘ |
| sport | box lacrosse ⓘ |
| teamCoachedInSeason |
Buffalo Bandits 1992 season
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linked to:
Buffalo Bandits
Buffalo Bandits 1993 season ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo Bandits
Buffalo Bandits 1994 season ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo Bandits
Toronto Rock 1999 season ⓘ Toronto Rock 2000 season ⓘ Toronto Rock 2001 season ⓘ Toronto Rock 2002 season ⓘ Toronto Rock 2003 season ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Les Bartley Description of subject: Les Bartley was a highly successful and influential box lacrosse coach, best known for leading multiple National Lacrosse League teams, including the Toronto Rock, to championship titles.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Les Bartley