Don Revie
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Don Revie was an influential English football manager and former player best known for transforming Leeds United into one of Europe’s dominant clubs in the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don Revie canonical | 15 |
| Donald George Revie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T585990 — 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)
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Target entity: Don Revie Context triple: [Leeds United F.C., notableManager, Don Revie]
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A.
Sir Matt Busby
Sir Matt Busby was a legendary Scottish football manager best known for rebuilding Manchester United after the Munich air disaster and leading the club to multiple league titles and the 1968 European Cup.
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B.
Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly was a legendary Scottish football manager who transformed Liverpool F.C. into a major force in English and European football during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Frank Yallop
Frank Yallop is a former Canadian international defender and successful soccer coach best known for leading the San Jose Earthquakes to multiple MLS Cup titles.
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D.
Weeb Ewbank
Weeb Ewbank was an American football coach best known for leading the New York Jets to their historic upset victory in Super Bowl III and for previously coaching the Baltimore Colts to NFL championships.
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E.
Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson is an English football manager best known for leading Leeds United to the 1991–92 First Division title, the last before the formation of the Premier League.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Don Revie Target entity description: Don Revie was an influential English football manager and former player best known for transforming Leeds United into one of Europe’s dominant clubs in the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Sir Matt Busby
Sir Matt Busby was a legendary Scottish football manager best known for rebuilding Manchester United after the Munich air disaster and leading the club to multiple league titles and the 1968 European Cup.
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B.
Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly was a legendary Scottish football manager who transformed Liverpool F.C. into a major force in English and European football during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Frank Yallop
Frank Yallop is a former Canadian international defender and successful soccer coach best known for leading the San Jose Earthquakes to multiple MLS Cup titles.
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D.
Weeb Ewbank
Weeb Ewbank was an American football coach best known for leading the New York Jets to their historic upset victory in Super Bowl III and for previously coaching the Baltimore Colts to NFL championships.
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E.
Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson is an English football manager best known for leading Leeds United to the 1991–92 First Division title, the last before the formation of the Premier League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
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football manager ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWithClubEra | Revie’s Leeds ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | motor neurone disease ⓘ |
| clubManagedLeagueTitles | Leeds United F.C. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-07-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-05-26 ⓘ |
| FACupTitlesWonAsManager | 1 ⓘ |
| familyName | Revie ⓘ |
| fullName |
Donald George Revie
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linked to:
Don Revie
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| givenName | Donald ⓘ |
| InterCitiesFairsCupTitlesWonAsManager | 2 ⓘ |
| LeagueCupTitlesWonAsManager | 1 ⓘ |
| leagueTitlesWonAsManager | 2 ⓘ |
| legacy |
influential figure in English football management in the 1960s and 1970s
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regarded as one of Leeds United’s greatest managers ⓘ |
| managed |
Al-Ahli SC (Dubai)
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Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) ⓘ
linked to:
Al Nasr SC
England national football team ⓘ Leeds United F.C. ⓘ |
| nationalTeamAppearances | 6 ⓘ |
| nationalTeamGoals | 4 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
appointed England manager in 1974
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led Leeds United to promotion to the First Division in 1964 ⓘ led Leeds United to the 1965 FA Cup Final ⓘ won the First Division title with Leeds United in 1968–69 ⓘ won the First Division title with Leeds United in 1973–74 ⓘ |
| notableFor | transforming Leeds United into a major European force in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| occupation |
football manager
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professional footballer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Middlesbrough, England
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linked to:
Middlesbrough
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| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh, Scotland
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linked to:
Edinburgh
|
| playedFor |
Hull City A.F.C.
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Leeds United F.C. ⓘ Leicester City F.C. ⓘ Manchester City F.C. ⓘ Sunderland A.F.C. ⓘ |
| playedForNationalTeam | England national football team ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | inside forward ⓘ |
| shirtNumberInnovation | introduced numbered tactical roles at Leeds United ⓘ |
| tacticalStyle |
defensively disciplined
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highly organised ⓘ physically robust ⓘ |
| wonAward |
Football Writers’ Association Manager of the Year
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
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: Don Revie Description of subject: Don Revie was an influential English football manager and former player best known for transforming Leeds United into one of Europe’s dominant clubs in the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (16)
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