James Richard Perry
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James Richard Perry, better known as Rick Perry, is an American politician who served as the longest-tenured governor of Texas and later as U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Donald Trump.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Richard Perry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10094614 — 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: James Richard Perry Context triple: [Rick Perry, birthName, James Richard Perry]
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A.
Perry Howze
Perry Howze is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1988 romantic comedy film "Mystic Pizza."
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B.
Christopher Raymond Perry
Christopher Raymond Perry was an American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later became known as the father of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
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C.
Michael R. Perry
Michael R. Perry is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work in film and television, including contributions to genre projects such as the dark comedy horror film "The Voices."
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D.
Anthony Perry
Anthony Perry was a military leader known for commanding forces during the Battle of Vinegar Hill in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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E.
Anthony Perry
Anthony Perry is a film producer best known for his work on the World War II drama "Operation Daybreak."
- 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: James Richard Perry Target entity description: James Richard Perry, better known as Rick Perry, is an American politician who served as the longest-tenured governor of Texas and later as U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Donald Trump.
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A.
Perry Howze
Perry Howze is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1988 romantic comedy film "Mystic Pizza."
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B.
Christopher Raymond Perry
Christopher Raymond Perry was an American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later became known as the father of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
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C.
Michael R. Perry
Michael R. Perry is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work in film and television, including contributions to genre projects such as the dark comedy horror film "The Voices."
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D.
Anthony Perry
Anthony Perry was a military leader known for commanding forces during the Battle of Vinegar Hill in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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E.
Anthony Perry
Anthony Perry is a film producer best known for his work on the World War II drama "Operation Daybreak."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Texas A&M University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Donald Trump NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1950-03-04 ⓘ |
| birthName | James Richard Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Haskell, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateInElection |
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
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2016 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Texas A&M University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | public administration ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | The Honorable ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Rick Perry ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism in the United States ⓘ |
| longestTenured | Governor of Texas ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| middleName | Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Captain ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nickname | Rick Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
service as United States Secretary of Energy
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tenure as Governor of Texas ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
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politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2015-01-20 ⓘ |
| officeEndTime (United States Secretary of Energy) | 2019-12-01 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2000-12-21 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime (United States Secretary of Energy) | 2017-03-02 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commissioner of Agriculture of Texas
NERFINISHED
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Governor of Texas ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Secretary of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousMemberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ranForOffice | President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence | Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | chair of the Republican Governors Association ⓘ |
| servedIn | Texas House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Anita Thigpen Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: James Richard Perry Description of subject: James Richard Perry, better known as Rick Perry, is an American politician who served as the longest-tenured governor of Texas and later as U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Donald Trump.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.