Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.

E1019629

Filipino politician democracy activist human lawyer

Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. was a prominent Filipino lawyer, democracy advocate, and long-serving senator who played a key role in shaping post-Marcos Philippine politics and local government reforms.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	5
Aquilino Pimentel III	1
Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12963802 — 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: Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.
Context triple: [1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines, notableMember, Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.]

A. Jose W. Diokno
Jose W. Diokno was a prominent Filipino nationalist, human rights lawyer, and senator renowned for his staunch opposition to the Marcos dictatorship and advocacy for civil liberties and social justice.
B. Pio V. Corpuz
Pio V. Corpuz is a coastal municipality in the province of Masbate in the Philippines known for its rural communities and fishing-based local economy.
C. Froilan C. Tenorio
Froilan C. Tenorio was a Northern Mariana Islands politician who served as governor in the 1990s and played a significant role in the territory’s political and economic development.
D. Jose Panganiban
Jose Panganiban is a coastal mining and fishing municipality in the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines.
E. Lorenzo Tañada
Lorenzo Tañada was a prominent Filipino nationalist, human rights lawyer, and long-serving senator known for his staunch opposition to authoritarian rule and advocacy for civil liberties.
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: Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.
Target entity description: Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. was a prominent Filipino lawyer, democracy advocate, and long-serving senator who played a key role in shaping post-Marcos Philippine politics and local government reforms.

A. Jose W. Diokno
Jose W. Diokno was a prominent Filipino nationalist, human rights lawyer, and senator renowned for his staunch opposition to the Marcos dictatorship and advocacy for civil liberties and social justice.
B. Pio V. Corpuz
Pio V. Corpuz is a coastal municipality in the province of Masbate in the Philippines known for its rural communities and fishing-based local economy.
C. Froilan C. Tenorio
Froilan C. Tenorio was a Northern Mariana Islands politician who served as governor in the 1990s and played a significant role in the territory’s political and economic development.
D. Jose Panganiban
Jose Panganiban is a coastal mining and fishing municipality in the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines.
E. Lorenzo Tañada
Lorenzo Tañada was a prominent Filipino nationalist, human rights lawyer, and long-serving senator known for his staunch opposition to authoritarian rule and advocacy for civil liberties.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Filipino politician ⓘ democracy activist ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
child	Aquilino Pimentel III ⓘ Pia Pimentel ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Philippines ⓘ
educatedAt	Ateneo de Cagayan ⓘ linked to: Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Ateneo de Manila University ⓘ Ateneo de Manila University School of Law ⓘ linked to: Ateneo de Manila University
familyName	Pimentel ⓘ
fieldOfWork	human rights ⓘ local government ⓘ public law ⓘ
founderOf	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan ⓘ linked to: Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
givenName	Aquilino ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Senator ⓘ The Honorable ⓘ
languageSpoken	Cebuano ⓘ English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan ⓘ linked to: Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
movement	opposition to martial law in the Philippines ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Cebuano ⓘ English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
notableAchievement	advocated decentralization and local autonomy in the Philippines ⓘ key author of the Philippine Local Government Code ⓘ leading opposition figure during the Marcos regime ⓘ
notableWork	Local Government Code of 1991 ⓘ advocacy for federalism in the Philippines ⓘ opposition to Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ professor ⓘ
positionHeld	Mayor of Cagayan de Oro ⓘ President of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ Secretary of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines ⓘ linked to: Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Senator of the Philippines ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Cagayan de Oro ⓘ Quezon City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Gloria D. Pimentel ⓘ
workLocation	Cagayan de Oro ⓘ Manila ⓘ

How these facts were elicited