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Tom Shields topic overview

The analysis highlights 2008–2015, 2016–2022 and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Tom Shields. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics: 137
Source areas: 5
Connected nodes: 143
Extracted relationships: 12
Related term clusters: 36
Bridge connections: 143

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

2016–2022 · 54 topics

2008–2015 · 38 topics

Overview · 38 topics

Background · 6 topics

Awards and honors · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born: (1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 35) Panama City, Florida, U.S.
Club: California Aquatics
Coach: Dave Durden (Berkeley)
College team: U. California, Berkeley
Full name: Thomas Allen Shields
Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

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Tom Shields

5Swimming (sport) · Olympic Games · Short course (swimming)

3Panama City, Florida · Tyndall Air Force Base · Huntington Beach, California

3Edison High School, Huntington Beach · University of California, Berkeley · Dave Durden

10Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Gold medal · Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Background

2008–2015

2016–2022

Awards and honors

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Tom Shields connects Entity context

The extracted context around Tom Shields shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Tom Shields → (1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 35) Panama City, Florida, U.S. Another extracted example is Tom Shields → California Aquatics. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

Born · 1

Tom Shields → (1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 35) Panama City, Florida, U.S.

Club · 1

Tom Shields → California Aquatics

Coach · 1

Tom Shields → Dave Durden (Berkeley)

College team · 1

Tom Shields → U. California, Berkeley

Full name · 1

Tom Shields → Thomas Allen Shields

Height · 1

Tom Shields → 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

National team · 1

Tom Shields → United States

Nicknames · 1

Tom Shields → "Tom", "US rocket", "BeefyT"

Sport · 1

Tom Shields → Swimming

Strokes · 1

Tom Shields → Butterfly, freestyle, backstroke

Important terminology

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Important terminology

shields butterfly time 100-meter final swimming seconds medal gold american relay world 50-meter prelims record cup day team championships won

Tom Shields relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 12 structured relationships around Tom Shields. Examples in this analysis include Tom Shields → Born → (1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 35) Panama City, Florida, U.S. and Tom Shields → Club → California Aquatics. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Tom Shields	Born	(1991-07-11) July 11, 1991 (age 35) Panama City, Florida, U.S.	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Club	California Aquatics	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Coach	Dave Durden (Berkeley)	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	College team	U. California, Berkeley	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Full name	Thomas Allen Shields	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	National team	United States	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Nicknames	"Tom", "US rocket", "BeefyT"	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Sport	Swimming	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle, backstroke	1.00	infobox
Tom Shields	Weight	200 lb (91 kg)	1.00	infobox
attempting suicide to make it on the team	instance of	Shields achieving a spot on his second US Olympic Team was a monumental personal triumph as he worked through mental health issues	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Tom Shields bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Butterfly, 100-meter and Time. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Tom Shields
- Butterfly
- 100-meter
- Time
- Final
- Day
- Seconds
- World
- Swimming
- Medal
- Cup
- Gold
- Prelims
tom shields
- Butterfly
- 100-meter
- Time
- Final
- Day
- Seconds
- World
- Swimming
- Medal
- Cup
- Gold
- Prelims
4×100-meter medley relay
- Relay
- Butterfly
- Shields
- Prelims
- Seconds
- Final
- Medal
- Gold
- Freestyle
- Medley
- Swam
- Time
2021 fina swimming world cup
- Cup
- World
- Stop
- Swimming
- Fina
- Team
- Record
- Shields
- Swimmer
- Championships
- Short
- American
fina swimming world cup
- Cup
- World
- Stop
- Swimming
- Fina
- Team
- Record
- Shields
- Swimmer
- Championships
- Short
- American
swimming world
- Cup
- Stop
- Swimming
- World
- Fina
- Team
- Record
- Shields
- Championships
- Short
- American
- Olympic
2010 ncaa division i championships
- Swimming
- Team
- World
- Shields
- Won
- Short
- Freestyle
- Olympic
- Us
- Cup
- Record
- Fina
2011 ncaa division i championships
- Swimming
- Team
- World
- Shields
- Won
- Short
- Freestyle
- Olympic
- Us
- Cup
- Record
- Fina

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Tom Shields, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Tom Shields with 2016–2022. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Tom Shields — 2016–2022 · splits 89 ⟂ 55

Tom Shields — Overview · splits 105 ⟂ 39

Tom Shields — 2008–2015 · splits 105 ⟂ 39

Tom Shields — Background · splits 137 ⟂ 7

Tom Shields — Awards and honors · splits 141 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Tom Shields

Nodes144

Edges143

Triples12

Avg. degree1.99

Density0.013889

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Tom Shields to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as 2008–2015, 2016–2022 & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Tom Shields · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

Tom Shields: 2008–2015, 2016–2022 & Overview

Tom Shields topic overview

What this topic covers Research coverage

Key facts & relationships

Start with your topic. Discover where to go next.

Questions to explore

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Overview

Background

2008–2015

2016–2022

Awards and honors

For the semantics nerds

Advanced semantic analysis

How Tom Shields connects Entity context

Tom Shields

Top relations

Important terminology

Important terminology

Tom Shields relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

Map overview Semantic statistics

Tom Shields

Source & methodology