Bill Richardson

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American politician Democratic Party politician United States Cabinet member United States representative ambassador diplomat governor human

Bill Richardson was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of New Mexico, U.S. congressman, and a prominent international negotiator and envoy.

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Label	Occurrences
Bill Richardson canonical	6
William Blaine Richardson III	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T510289 — 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: Bill Richardson
Context triple: [United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level), officeHeldBy, Bill Richardson]

A. Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
B. Lou Leon Guerrero
Lou Leon Guerrero is an American politician and former nurse who became the first female governor of Guam.
C. Michele Tafoya
Michele Tafoya is an American sportscaster best known for her long tenure as a sideline reporter on major NFL broadcasts, including Sunday Night Football.
D. Bob Kerrey
Bob Kerrey is a former U.S. senator from Nebraska and Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient who later served on the 9/11 Commission.
E. John Edwards
John Edwards is an American lawyer and former U.S. senator from North Carolina who was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in the 2004 election.
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: Bill Richardson
Target entity description: Bill Richardson was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of New Mexico, U.S. congressman, and a prominent international negotiator and envoy.

A. Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
B. Lou Leon Guerrero
Lou Leon Guerrero is an American politician and former nurse who became the first female governor of Guam.
C. Michele Tafoya
Michele Tafoya is an American sportscaster best known for her long tenure as a sideline reporter on major NFL broadcasts, including Sunday Night Football.
D. Bob Kerrey
Bob Kerrey is a former U.S. senator from Nebraska and Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient who later served on the 9/11 Commission.
E. John Edwards
John Edwards is an American lawyer and former U.S. senator from North Carolina who was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in the 2004 election.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Democratic Party politician ⓘ United States Cabinet member ⓘ United States representative ⓘ ambassador ⓘ diplomat ⓘ governor ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Nobel Peace Prize nomination ⓘ
birthName	Bill Richardson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Blaine Richardson III
boardMemberOf	World Resources Institute ⓘ
candidateInElection	Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 ⓘ surface form: 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1947-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2023-09-01 ⓘ
degreeEarned	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Master of Arts ⓘ
educatedAt	Tufts College ⓘ surface form: Tufts University Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Mexican American ⓘ
founded	Richardson Center for Global Engagement ⓘ
governorOf	New Mexico ⓘ
knownFor	diplomatic missions to Iraq ⓘ diplomatic missions to North Korea ⓘ diplomatic missions to Sudan ⓘ hostage negotiation ⓘ international diplomacy ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
name	Bill Richardson self-link ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ
officeEndTime	Governor of New Mexico: 2011-01-01 ⓘ U.S. Representative from New Mexico's 3rd district: 1997-02-13 ⓘ United States Ambassador to the United Nations: 1998-08-18 ⓘ United States Secretary of Energy: 2001-01-20 ⓘ
officeStartTime	Governor of New Mexico: 2003-01-01 ⓘ U.S. Representative from New Mexico's 3rd district: 1983-01-03 ⓘ United States Ambassador to the United Nations: 1997-02-13 ⓘ United States Secretary of Energy: 1998-08-18 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Pasadena ⓘ surface form: Pasadena, California, United States
placeOfDeath	Chatham, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Chatham, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld	Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus ⓘ Chair of the Democratic Governors Association ⓘ Chair of the Western Governors' Association ⓘ Governor of New Mexico ⓘ United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) ⓘ surface form: United States Ambassador to the United Nations United States Secretary of Energy ⓘ United States representative from New Mexico ⓘ
ranForOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedDistrict	New Mexico's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
servedInAdministrationOf	Bill Clinton ⓘ surface form: President Bill Clinton
spouse	Barbara Richardson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) → officeHeldBy → Bill Richardson ⓘ

Madeleine Albright → succeededBy_UNAmbassador → Bill Richardson ⓘ

Bill Richardson → name → Bill Richardson self-link ⓘ

Bill Richardson → birthName → Bill Richardson self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Blaine Richardson III

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 → defeatedCandidate → Bill Richardson ⓘ

Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 → majorCandidate → Bill Richardson ⓘ

New Hampshire Democratic primary, 2008 → majorCandidate → Bill Richardson ⓘ

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