Joe Clark
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Joe Clark is a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada and later held senior cabinet roles, including in foreign affairs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joe Clark canonical | 5 |
| Joe Clark (as his own ministry’s head) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1683448 — 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: Joe Clark Context triple: [Secretary of State for External Affairs, officeHoldersInclude, Joe Clark]
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A.
Fred McMullin
Fred McMullin was a utility infielder for the Chicago White Sox best known for his role as one of the eight players implicated in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
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B.
Chuck Mitchell
Chuck Mitchell is an American musician and former folk singer best known for his brief marriage and early musical partnership with Joni Mitchell in the 1960s.
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C.
John Anderson
John Anderson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known for serving as head coach of the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers.
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D.
John Anderson
John Anderson was an 18th-century Scottish physicist and educator whose bequest and vision led to the creation of the institution that became the University of Strathclyde.
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E.
Reagan Arthur
Reagan Arthur is an American book editor and publishing executive known for her influential leadership roles at major publishing houses.
- 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: Joe Clark Target entity description: Joe Clark is a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada and later held senior cabinet roles, including in foreign affairs.
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A.
Fred McMullin
Fred McMullin was a utility infielder for the Chicago White Sox best known for his role as one of the eight players implicated in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
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B.
Chuck Mitchell
Chuck Mitchell is an American musician and former folk singer best known for his brief marriage and early musical partnership with Joni Mitchell in the 1960s.
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C.
John Anderson
John Anderson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known for serving as head coach of the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers.
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D.
John Anderson
John Anderson was an 18th-century Scottish physicist and educator whose bequest and vision led to the creation of the institution that became the University of Strathclyde.
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E.
Reagan Arthur
Reagan Arthur is an American book editor and publishing executive known for her influential leadership roles at major publishing houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian politician
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-06-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dalhousie University
ⓘ
University of Alberta ⓘ |
| endTime |
1980-03-03 (term as Prime Minister of Canada)
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1983 (first term as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada) ⓘ 1991 (as Secretary of State for External Affairs) ⓘ 2003 (second term as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada) ⓘ |
| familyName | Clark ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName |
Charles
ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading a minority government in Canada from 1979 to 1980
ⓘ
serving as Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs during the Mulroney government ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Nation Too Good to Lose: Renewing the Purpose of Canada ⓘ |
| officeNumber | 16th Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | High River, Alberta, Canada ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)
ⓘ
surface form:
Leader of the Opposition (Canada)
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ Minister of Constitutional Affairs of Canada ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada ⓘ President of the Privy Council (Canada) ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Privy Council of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ Secretary of State for External Affairs ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada
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| precededBy |
Pierre Trudeau
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surface form:
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism (convert from Protestantism) ⓘ |
| representedElectoralDistrict |
Calgary Centre (House of Commons of Canada)
ⓘ
Rocky Mountain (House of Commons of Canada) ⓘ Yellowhead (House of Commons of Canada) ⓘ |
| residence |
Ottawa
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| servedInCabinetOf |
Brian Mulroney
ⓘ
Joe Clark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Joe Clark (as his own ministry’s head)
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Maureen McTeer ⓘ |
| startTime |
1976 (first term as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)
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1979-06-04 (term as Prime Minister of Canada) ⓘ 1984 (as Secretary of State for External Affairs) ⓘ 1998 (second term as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada) ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Pierre Trudeau
ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joe Clark Description of subject: Joe Clark is a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada and later held senior cabinet roles, including in foreign affairs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dalhousie University
this entity surface form:
Joe Clark (as his own ministry’s head)