Deval Patrick
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Deval Patrick is an American politician, lawyer, and former two-term Democratic governor of Massachusetts who was the state's first African American governor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deval Patrick canonical | 13 |
| Deval Laurdine Patrick | 1 |
| Deval Patrick (former managing director) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19468 — 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: Deval Patrick Context triple: [Paul G. Kirk, appointedBy, Deval Patrick]
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A.
John H. Sununu
John H. Sununu is an American engineer and Republican politician best known for serving as governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
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B.
Nancy Hayes Sununu
Nancy Hayes Sununu is the wife of former New Hampshire governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and the matriarch of the prominent Sununu political family.
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C.
Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu is an American Republican politician and businessman who has served as the governor of New Hampshire.
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D.
John E. Sununu
John E. Sununu is an American politician and engineer who served as a U.S. Representative and later as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.
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E.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
- 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: Deval Patrick Target entity description: Deval Patrick is an American politician, lawyer, and former two-term Democratic governor of Massachusetts who was the state's first African American governor.
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A.
John H. Sununu
John H. Sununu is an American engineer and Republican politician best known for serving as governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
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B.
Nancy Hayes Sununu
Nancy Hayes Sununu is the wife of former New Hampshire governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and the matriarch of the prominent Sununu political family.
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C.
Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu is an American Republican politician and businessman who has served as the governor of New Hampshire.
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D.
John E. Sununu
John E. Sununu is an American politician and engineer who served as a U.S. Representative and later as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.
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E.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Democrat
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| announcedPresidentialCampaignOn | 2019-11-14 ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
ⓘ
The Coca-Cola Company ⓘ
surface form:
Coca-Cola Company
|
| candidateInElection | 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-07-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| electedIn | 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| employer |
The Coca-Cola Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Coca-Cola Company
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ Texaco ⓘ United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| endTime | 2015-01-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Patrick ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights law
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| fullName |
Deval Patrick
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Deval Laurdine Patrick
|
| genre | political memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Deval ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Katherine Patrick
ⓘ
Sarah Patrick ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| notableFor |
First African American governor of Massachusetts
ⓘ
Second African American elected governor in U.S. history ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life ⓘ |
| officeHeldJurisdiction |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
|
| orderInOffice | 71st Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
ⓘ
surface form:
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights of the United States
Co-chair of American Bridge 21st Century ⓘ Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ Managing Director at Bain Capital Double Impact ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mitt Romney ⓘ |
| ranForOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| reElectedIn | 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| religion | United Church of Christ ⓘ |
| residence | Milton, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Diane Bemus Patrick ⓘ |
| startTime | 2007-01-04 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Charlie Baker ⓘ |
| workedAs |
civil rights attorney
ⓘ
corporate executive ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Deval Patrick Description of subject: Deval Patrick is an American politician, lawyer, and former two-term Democratic governor of Massachusetts who was the state's first African American governor.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Deval Laurdine Patrick
subject surface form:
Diane Patrick
this entity surface form:
Deval Patrick (former managing director)