José Serra
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José Serra is a Brazilian politician and economist who has held prominent roles including governor of São Paulo, mayor of São Paulo, and multiple federal ministerial positions, and has been a leading figure in Brazil’s center-right politics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| José Serra canonical | 4 |
| José Serra–Rita Camata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10506682 — 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: José Serra Context triple: [Brazilian Social Democracy Party, foundedBy, José Serra]
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A.
Flávio Dino
Flávio Dino is a Brazilian politician and former governor of Maranhão who has served as Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security.
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B.
Sérgio Bernardes
Sérgio Bernardes was a prominent Brazilian modernist architect known for his innovative structural designs and significant contributions to 20th-century Brazilian architecture.
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C.
Alexandre Gusmão
Alexandre Gusmão was a prominent 17th–18th century Portuguese-Brazilian diplomat and negotiator, best known for helping define Brazil’s borders through the Treaty of Madrid (1750).
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D.
Pedro Malan
Pedro Malan is a Brazilian economist and former finance minister known for his central role in stabilizing Brazil’s economy during the 1990s.
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E.
Paulo Henrique Cardoso
Paulo Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian academic and public figure best known as the son of former Brazilian president and sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
- 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: José Serra Target entity description: José Serra is a Brazilian politician and economist who has held prominent roles including governor of São Paulo, mayor of São Paulo, and multiple federal ministerial positions, and has been a leading figure in Brazil’s center-right politics.
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A.
Flávio Dino
Flávio Dino is a Brazilian politician and former governor of Maranhão who has served as Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security.
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B.
Sérgio Bernardes
Sérgio Bernardes was a prominent Brazilian modernist architect known for his innovative structural designs and significant contributions to 20th-century Brazilian architecture.
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C.
Alexandre Gusmão
Alexandre Gusmão was a prominent 17th–18th century Portuguese-Brazilian diplomat and negotiator, best known for helping define Brazil’s borders through the Treaty of Madrid (1750).
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D.
Pedro Malan
Pedro Malan is a Brazilian economist and former finance minister known for his central role in stabilizing Brazil’s economy during the 1990s.
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E.
Paulo Henrique Cardoso
Paulo Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian academic and public figure best known as the son of former Brazilian president and sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian politician
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| candidateIn |
2002 Brazilian presidential election
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linked to:
2002 Brazilian general election
2010 Brazilian presidential election ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-03-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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University of São Paulo ⓘ |
| familyName | Serra ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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public policy ⓘ |
| givenName | José ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
economist
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politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Brazilian Social Democracy Party ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership in Brazilian center-right politics ⓘ |
| notableWork | implementation of generic drugs policy in Brazil ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
Governor of São Paulo: 2010
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Mayor of São Paulo: 2006 ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil: 2017 ⓘ Minister of Health of Brazil: 2002 ⓘ Minister of Planning of Brazil: 1996 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
Governor of São Paulo: 2007
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Mayor of São Paulo: 2005 ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil: 2016 ⓘ Minister of Health of Brazil: 1998 ⓘ Minister of Planning of Brazil: 1995 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Brazilian military dictatorship opposition movement
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linked to:
Brazilian social movements
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| placeOfBirth | São Paulo ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | center-right politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Federal Deputy of Brazil
ⓘ
Governor of São Paulo ⓘ Mayor of São Paulo ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil ⓘ Minister of Health of Brazil ⓘ Minister of Planning of Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian Ministry of Planning
Senator of the Republic of Brazil ⓘ |
| residence | São Paulo ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mônica Serra ⓘ |
| wasExiledTo |
Chile
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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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: José Serra Description of subject: José Serra is a Brazilian politician and economist who has held prominent roles including governor of São Paulo, mayor of São Paulo, and multiple federal ministerial positions, and has been a leading figure in Brazil’s center-right politics.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: José Serra