Raúl Alfonsín
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Raúl Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989, leading the country’s return to democracy after military rule.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raúl Alfonsín canonical | 5 |
| Alfonsín | 1 |
| Raúl Alfonsín | 1 |
| Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1681679 — 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: Raúl Alfonsín Context triple: [University of Buenos Aires, notableAlumni, Raúl Alfonsín]
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A.
Leopoldo Galtieri
Leopoldo Galtieri was an Argentine military general and de facto president best known for leading Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
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B.
Martín Rivadavia
Martín Rivadavia was an Argentine naval officer after whom the Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadavia is named.
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C.
Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as President of Chile from 1946 to 1952.
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D.
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a prominent Peruvian historian, diplomat, and politician renowned for his scholarly work on Peru’s history and his role in national public life.
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E.
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón was an Argentine general and statesman who played a key leadership role in the country’s independence movement and later served as Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
- 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: Raúl Alfonsín Target entity description: Raúl Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989, leading the country’s return to democracy after military rule.
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A.
Leopoldo Galtieri
Leopoldo Galtieri was an Argentine military general and de facto president best known for leading Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
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B.
Martín Rivadavia
Martín Rivadavia was an Argentine naval officer after whom the Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadavia is named.
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C.
Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as President of Chile from 1946 to 1952.
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D.
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a prominent Peruvian historian, diplomat, and politician renowned for his scholarly work on Peru’s history and his role in national public life.
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E.
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón was an Argentine general and statesman who played a key leadership role in the country’s independence movement and later served as Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Argentina
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
democracy
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ |
| awarded |
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
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surface form:
Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
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| birthDate | 1927-03-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ⓘ |
| burialPlace | La Recoleta Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Argentina ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2009-03-31 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Buenos Aires
ⓘ
surface form:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
| educatedAt |
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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surface form:
National University of La Plata
University of Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| era | post-dictatorship Argentina ⓘ |
| familyName |
Raúl Alfonsín
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfonsín
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| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| founded |
CONADEP truth commission
ⓘ
surface form:
CONADEP (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons)
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| fullName |
Raúl Alfonsín
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín
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| givenName | Raúl ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Father of Argentine Democracy ⓘ |
| ideology |
radicalism (Argentina)
ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CONADEP truth commission
ⓘ
leading Argentina’s return to democracy ⓘ prosecuting military juntas for human rights violations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Radical Civic Union ⓘ |
| nationality | Argentine ⓘ |
| notableWork | Juicio a las Juntas (Trial of the Juntas) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1989-07-08 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1983-12-10 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
National Deputy of Argentina
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President of Argentina ⓘ President of the Radical Civic Union ⓘ Senator of Argentina ⓘ |
| precededBy | Reynaldo Bignone ⓘ |
| presidentialTerm | 1983–1989 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| signed |
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina
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surface form:
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Argentina and Chile
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| spouse | María Lorenza Barreneche ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Carlos Menem
ⓘ
surface form:
Carlos Saúl Menem
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Raúl Alfonsín Description of subject: Raúl Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989, leading the country’s return to democracy after military rule.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Raúl Alfonsín
subject surface form:
University of Buenos Aires
this entity surface form:
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín
this entity surface form:
Alfonsín