Jenny Shipley
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Jenny Shipley is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the country's first woman to hold the office.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jenny Shipley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9493753 — 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: Jenny Shipley Context triple: [Dame Sian Elias, appointedBy, Jenny Shipley]
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A.
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick is an American politician and attorney best known for serving multiple terms as a U.S. Representative from Arizona.
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B.
Maureen McDonnell
Maureen McDonnell is the former First Lady of Virginia who gained national attention due to her and her husband Bob McDonnell’s high-profile political corruption trial.
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C.
Paula Kent Meehan
Paula Kent Meehan was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the professional haircare company Redken.
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D.
Judith Kilpatrick
Judith Kilpatrick is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kilpatrick.
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E.
Connie Snyder
Connie Snyder is an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, known for her work supporting children’s welfare, education, and social services.
- 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: Jenny Shipley Target entity description: Jenny Shipley is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the country's first woman to hold the office.
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A.
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick is an American politician and attorney best known for serving multiple terms as a U.S. Representative from Arizona.
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B.
Maureen McDonnell
Maureen McDonnell is the former First Lady of Virginia who gained national attention due to her and her husband Bob McDonnell’s high-profile political corruption trial.
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C.
Paula Kent Meehan
Paula Kent Meehan was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the professional haircare company Redken.
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D.
Judith Kilpatrick
Judith Kilpatrick is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kilpatrick.
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E.
Connie Snyder
Connie Snyder is an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, known for her work supporting children’s welfare, education, and social services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1952-02-04 ⓘ |
| birthName | Jennifer Mary Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Gore, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
China Construction Bank (New Zealand) Limited
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Genesis Energy (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Marlborough Girls' College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfTermAsPrimeMinister | 1999 ⓘ |
| familyName | Shipley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
politics
ⓘ
public policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jennifer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honouredFor | services to the State and the community ⓘ |
| inceptionAsPrimeMinister | 1997 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | New Zealand Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | New Zealand National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first female Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ |
| notableWork | autobiographical and political commentary writings ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
company director
ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ |
| officeContested | Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | National Party caucus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
New Zealand general election, 1993
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand general election, 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand general election, 1999 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the National Party (New Zealand)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives ⓘ Minister of Health of New Zealand ⓘ Minister of Social Welfare of New Zealand ⓘ Prime Minister of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| replaced | Jim Bolger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Helen Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedElectorate |
Ashburton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
List MP (National Party) ⓘ Rakaia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Burton Shipley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jenny Shipley Description of subject: Jenny Shipley is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the country's first woman to hold the office.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.