Anthony Rota
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Anthony Rota is a Canadian Liberal politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during the 43rd Canadian Parliament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthony Michael Rota | 1 |
| Anthony Rota canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5740691 — 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: Anthony Rota Context triple: [43rd Canadian Parliament, speakerOfTheHouseOfCommons, Anthony Rota]
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A.
Victor Silvestri
Victor Silvestri was a prominent British dance band leader and pianist known for his influential role in popularizing ballroom dance music in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Anthony Di Ninno
Anthony Di Ninno is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated feature film "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie."
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C.
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando is an American musician and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit song "Shallow" from the 2018 film *A Star Is Born*.
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D.
Paul De Meo
Paul De Meo was an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing action and war-themed films and television projects, often in collaboration with J. Michael Straczynski and others.
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E.
Louis Fraina
Louis Fraina was an Italian-born American Marxist theorist and political activist who was a key early leader in the U.S. communist movement.
- 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: Anthony Rota Target entity description: Anthony Rota is a Canadian Liberal politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during the 43rd Canadian Parliament.
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A.
Victor Silvestri
Victor Silvestri was a prominent British dance band leader and pianist known for his influential role in popularizing ballroom dance music in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Anthony Di Ninno
Anthony Di Ninno is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated feature film "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie."
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C.
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando is an American musician and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit song "Shallow" from the 2018 film *A Star Is Born*.
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D.
Paul De Meo
Paul De Meo was an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing action and war-themed films and television projects, often in collaboration with J. Michael Straczynski and others.
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E.
Louis Fraina
Louis Fraina was an Italian-born American Marxist theorist and political activist who was a key early leader in the U.S. communist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian politician
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Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName |
Anthony Michael Rota
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linked to:
Anthony Rota
|
| continentOfCitizenship | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-05-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Nipissing University
ⓘ
University of Ottawa ⓘ |
| electedIn |
2004 Canadian federal election
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2015 Canadian federal election ⓘ 2019 Canadian federal election ⓘ 2021 Canadian federal election ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Italian Canadian
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linked to:
Italian Canadians
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| fieldOfWork | federal politics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Business Administration ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
administrator
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businessman ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Honourable ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment |
federal government of Canada
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linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ |
| notableFor |
representing the riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming as a Liberal MP
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serving as Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada during the 43rd Canadian Parliament ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime (Speaker of the House of Commons) | 2023-09-27 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2019-12-05 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime (Speaker of the House of Commons) | 2019-12-05 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm |
43rd Canadian Parliament
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44th Canadian Parliament ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
North Bay
|
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming
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Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming (2004–2011) ⓘ Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming (2015– ) ⓘ Member of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ |
| precededBy (Speaker of the House of Commons) | Geoff Regan ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| representedElectoralDistrict | Nipissing—Timiskaming ⓘ |
| residence |
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
North Bay
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| servedAs |
assistant vice-president at Nipissing University
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city councillor in North Bay ⓘ |
| succeededBy (Speaker of the House of Commons) | Greg Fergus ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
Ottawa
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Instruction
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Subject: Anthony Rota Description of subject: Anthony Rota is a Canadian Liberal politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during the 43rd Canadian Parliament.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Anthony Rota