Dave Heineman
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Dave Heineman is an American Republican politician who served as the 39th governor of Nebraska from 2005 to 2015.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dave Heineman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6663052 — 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: Dave Heineman Context triple: [Mike Johanns, successor, Dave Heineman]
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A.
Ed Heinemann
Ed Heinemann was a renowned American aeronautical engineer best known for designing innovative and influential military aircraft for Douglas Aircraft Company during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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C.
John Kiffmeyer
John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
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D.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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E.
Eric Danchick
Eric Danchick is a film producer known for his work on the movie "Bound 2."
- 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: Dave Heineman Target entity description: Dave Heineman is an American Republican politician who served as the 39th governor of Nebraska from 2005 to 2015.
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A.
Ed Heinemann
Ed Heinemann was a renowned American aeronautical engineer best known for designing innovative and influential military aircraft for Douglas Aircraft Company during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
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C.
John Kiffmeyer
John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
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D.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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E.
Eric Danchick
Eric Danchick is a film producer known for his work on the movie "Bound 2."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| assumedGovernorshipUpon | resignation of Mike Johanns to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1948-05-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Falls City, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Business School
ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| electedIn |
2006 Nebraska gubernatorial election
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2010 Nebraska gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| familyName | Heineman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorOf | Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | The Honorable ⓘ |
| isFrom | Richardson County, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Fremont, Nebraska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lincoln, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| militaryServiceEnd | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| militaryServiceStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| name | Dave Heineman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | longest-serving governor of Nebraska at the time he left office ⓘ |
| notablePolicyArea |
education policy in Nebraska
ⓘ
state budget and fiscal policy in Nebraska ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2015-01-08 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2005-01-21 ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 39th Governor of Nebraska ⓘ |
| partyRole | Republican state-level leader in Nebraska ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | conservatism in the United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Nebraska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor of Fremont, Nebraska ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mike Johanns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | chair of the National Governors Association ⓘ |
| spouse | Sally Ganem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Pete Ricketts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLimitReasonForLeavingOffice | Nebraska gubernatorial term limits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dave Heineman Description of subject: Dave Heineman is an American Republican politician who served as the 39th governor of Nebraska from 2005 to 2015.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mike Johanns