Martha Coakley
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Martha Coakley is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts and was the Democratic nominee in the state's 2010 U.S. Senate and 2014 gubernatorial races.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martha Coakley canonical | 4 |
| Coakley | 1 |
| Martha Coakley as Attorney General of Massachusetts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2179962 — 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: Martha Coakley Context triple: [Martha, hasNotableBearer, Martha Coakley]
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A.
Maura Healey
Maura Healey is an American politician and attorney who became the first woman and first openly lesbian governor of Massachusetts.
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B.
Jean Saltonstall
Jean Saltonstall was a member of a prominent Boston Brahmin family and the first wife of journalist and longtime Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee.
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C.
Kathy Clark
Kathy Clark is known as the spouse of Chad Hurley, the co-founder and former CEO of YouTube.
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D.
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren is a prominent American politician, legal scholar, and U.S. senator from Massachusetts known for her advocacy on consumer protection, financial regulation, and economic inequality.
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E.
Valerie Sununu
Valerie Sununu is an American educator and the First Lady of New Hampshire, known for her advocacy on issues such as literacy and children's mental health.
- 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: Martha Coakley Target entity description: Martha Coakley is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts and was the Democratic nominee in the state's 2010 U.S. Senate and 2014 gubernatorial races.
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A.
Maura Healey
Maura Healey is an American politician and attorney who became the first woman and first openly lesbian governor of Massachusetts.
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B.
Jean Saltonstall
Jean Saltonstall was a member of a prominent Boston Brahmin family and the first wife of journalist and longtime Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee.
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C.
Kathy Clark
Kathy Clark is known as the spouse of Chad Hurley, the co-founder and former CEO of YouTube.
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D.
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren is a prominent American politician, legal scholar, and U.S. senator from Massachusetts known for her advocacy on consumer protection, financial regulation, and economic inequality.
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E.
Valerie Sununu
Valerie Sununu is an American educator and the First Lady of New Hampshire, known for her advocacy on issues such as literacy and children's mental health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| candidateInElection |
2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
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2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boston University School of Law
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Williams College ⓘ |
| familyName |
Martha Coakley
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Coakley
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| fieldOfWork |
consumer protection
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health care law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| givenName | Martha ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfOffice |
Massachusetts
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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| mainOpponent |
Charlie Baker
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Scott Brown ⓘ |
| memberOf | Massachusetts Bar ⓘ |
| name | Martha Coakley self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Democratic nominee in 2010 U.S. Senate special election in Massachusetts
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being Democratic nominee in 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ⓘ serving as Attorney General of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| outcomeOfElection |
lost 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
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lost 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| partyAffiliationInElection | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Massachusetts Attorney General
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surface form:
Attorney General of Massachusetts
District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
Governor of Massachusetts
ⓘ
United States Senator from Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation | Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Martha Coakley Description of subject: Martha Coakley is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts and was the Democratic nominee in the state's 2010 U.S. Senate and 2014 gubernatorial races.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Martha Coakley as Attorney General of Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Coakley