Governor of New South Wales
E14457
The Governor of New South Wales is the King’s representative in the Australian state of New South Wales, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties at the state level.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Governor of New South Wales canonical | 50 |
| Her Excellency the Governor of New South Wales | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T116332 — 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: Governor of New South Wales Context triple: [Parliament of New South Wales, hasMonarchRepresentative, Governor of New South Wales]
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A.
Premier of New South Wales
The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government of the Australian state of New South Wales, leading the executive branch and overseeing state administration and policy.
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B.
President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council is the principal presiding officer of the upper house of the New South Wales Parliament, responsible for maintaining order and overseeing its proceedings.
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C.
Premier of Queensland
The Premier of Queensland is the head of the state government in Queensland, Australia, responsible for leading the executive branch and setting policy direction.
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D.
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament.
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E.
Government of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales is the executive authority of the Australian state of New South Wales, responsible for administering state laws, public services, and policy through its Premier and various departments and agencies.
- 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: Governor of New South Wales Target entity description: The Governor of New South Wales is the King’s representative in the Australian state of New South Wales, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties at the state level.
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A.
Premier of New South Wales
The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government of the Australian state of New South Wales, leading the executive branch and overseeing state administration and policy.
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B.
President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council is the principal presiding officer of the upper house of the New South Wales Parliament, responsible for maintaining order and overseeing its proceedings.
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C.
Premier of Queensland
The Premier of Queensland is the head of the state government in Queensland, Australia, responsible for leading the executive branch and setting policy direction.
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D.
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament.
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E.
Government of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales is the executive authority of the Australian state of New South Wales, responsible for administering state laws, public services, and policy through its Premier and various departments and agencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional office
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public office ⓘ vice-regal office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | New South Wales ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
King of Australia
ⓘ
King of Australia ⓘ
surface form:
Monarch of Australia
|
| appointmentAdvisedBy | Premier of New South Wales ⓘ |
| ceremonialRole |
hosting visiting dignitaries
ⓘ
presiding at state ceremonies ⓘ |
| commanderInChiefOf | New South Wales defence forces (ceremonial) ⓘ |
| communityRole |
presenting awards and honours in New South Wales
ⓘ
supporting charitable organisations in New South Wales ⓘ |
| constitutionalFramework |
Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitution of New South Wales
|
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983
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surface form:
Letters Patent
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| firstHolder | Arthur Phillip ⓘ |
| flag | Flag of the Governor of New South Wales ⓘ |
| flagCaption | Standard of the Governor of New South Wales ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1788-01-26 ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of New South Wales ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
New South Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New South Wales
|
| legalSystem | Common law of New South Wales ⓘ |
| location | New South Wales ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy | Margaret Beazley ⓘ |
| officeHolderStartTime | 2019-05-02 ⓘ |
| officeType | state governor ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian system of constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| power |
appoint Premier of New South Wales
ⓘ
appoint ministers of the Crown in New South Wales ⓘ dissolve New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ give royal assent to New South Wales legislation ⓘ prorogue New South Wales Parliament ⓘ summon New South Wales Parliament ⓘ |
| represents |
King of Australia
ⓘ
King of Australia ⓘ
surface form:
Monarch of Australia
|
| residence | Government House, Sydney ⓘ |
| residesIn | Sydney ⓘ |
| role |
King’s representative in New South Wales
ⓘ
ceremonial duties in New South Wales ⓘ community engagement in New South Wales ⓘ exercise of constitutional powers at state level ⓘ |
| seat | Sydney ⓘ |
| style |
Her Excellency
ⓘ
The Honourable ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Monarch of Australia ⓘ |
| symbol | Badge of the Governor of New South Wales ⓘ |
| symbolType | badge ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Executive Council of New South Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabinet of New South Wales
Premier of New South Wales ⓘ |
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: Governor of New South Wales Description of subject: The Governor of New South Wales is the King’s representative in the Australian state of New South Wales, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties at the state level.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Executive Council of New South Wales
→
constitutionalMonarchRepresentative
→
Governor of New South Wales
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this entity surface form:
Her Excellency the Governor of New South Wales
subject surface form:
Crown in right of New South Wales
subject surface form:
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
subject surface form:
Arthur Phillip
subject surface form:
Arthur Phillip