Jerry Brown

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American politician Democrat human

Jerry Brown is an American Democratic politician who served multiple terms as governor of California and ran several times for the U.S. presidency.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jerry Brown canonical	17
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.	2
Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr.	1
Jerry Brown 1992 presidential campaign	1
Jerry Brown's first governorship of California	1
Pat Brown	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19585 — 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: Jerry Brown
Context triple: [Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980, hasCandidate, Jerry Brown]

A. William Newsom
William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
B. Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the governor of California and is known for his progressive policies on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and social justice.
C. Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Jennifer Siebel Newsom is an American documentary filmmaker, actor, and advocate for gender equality who serves as the First Partner of California.
D. Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu is an American Republican politician and businessman who has served as the governor of New Hampshire.
E. Lieutenant Governor of California
The Lieutenant Governor of California is the state's second-highest executive officer, who serves as acting governor when the governor is absent and holds roles on key state boards and commissions.
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: Jerry Brown
Target entity description: Jerry Brown is an American Democratic politician who served multiple terms as governor of California and ran several times for the U.S. presidency.

A. William Newsom
William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
B. Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the governor of California and is known for his progressive policies on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and social justice.
C. Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Jennifer Siebel Newsom is an American documentary filmmaker, actor, and advocate for gender equality who serves as the First Partner of California.
D. Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu is an American Republican politician and businessman who has served as the governor of New Hampshire.
E. Lieutenant Governor of California
The Lieutenant Governor of California is the state's second-highest executive officer, who serves as acting governor when the governor is absent and holds roles on key state boards and commissions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Democrat ⓘ human ⓘ
birthName	Jerry Brown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.
candidateInElection	1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 ⓘ surface form: 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1938-04-07 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
endTime	1983-01-03 ⓘ 2019-01-07 ⓘ
familyName	Black ⓘ surface form: Brown
father	Pat Brown ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	law ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Edmund ⓘ Gerald ⓘ
ideology	fiscal conservatism (relative within Democratic Party) ⓘ progressivism ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
mother	Bernice Layne Brown ⓘ
name	Jerry Brown self-link ⓘ
nickname	Governor Moonbeam ⓘ
notableFor	environmental policy initiatives in California ⓘ fiscal austerity measures as governor ⓘ
notableWork	promotion of California’s cap-and-trade climate program ⓘ
officeHeldDuringPeriod	Governor of California (first tenure) ⓘ Governor of California ⓘ surface form: Governor of California (second tenure)
placeOfBirth	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
positionHeld	Attorney General of California ⓘ Chair of the California Democratic Party ⓘ Governor of California ⓘ Mayor of Oakland, California ⓘ Secretary of State of California ⓘ
precededBy	Arnold Schwarzenegger ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ
ranForOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Colusa County, California, United States ⓘ Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California, United States
spouse	Anne Gust Brown ⓘ
startTime	1975-01-06 ⓘ 2011-01-03 ⓘ
succeededBy	Gavin Newsom ⓘ George Deukmejian ⓘ
workLocation	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California, United States

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

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 → hasCandidate → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 → notableOpponent → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Ronald Reagan → predecessor (governor of California) → Jerry Brown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pat Brown

Ronald Reagan → successor (governor of California) → Jerry Brown ⓘ

California Governor's Mansion → hasResidentGovernor → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Jerry Brown → name → Jerry Brown self-link ⓘ

Jerry Brown → birthName → Jerry Brown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.

Pat Brown → fatherOf → Jerry Brown ⓘ

George Deukmejian → precededBy → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Governor Moonbeam → refersTo → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Governor Moonbeam → appliedTo → Jerry Brown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr.

Governor Moonbeam → appliedDuring → Jerry Brown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerry Brown's first governorship of California

Gerald → birthName → Jerry Brown ⓘ

subject surface form: Gerald Jerry Brown

this entity surface form: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.

Gerald → nickname → Jerry Brown ⓘ

subject surface form: Gerald Jerry Brown

Anne Gust Brown → spouse → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Anne Gust Brown → spouseName → Jerry Brown ⓘ

CCPA → signedBy → Jerry Brown ⓘ

California Conservation Corps → foundedBy → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Bernice Layne Brown → child → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Bernice Layne Brown → relative → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Joe Trippi → workedOn → Jerry Brown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerry Brown 1992 presidential campaign

California Coastal Act of 1976 → signedBy → Jerry Brown ⓘ

Gust Brown → spouse → Jerry Brown ⓘ

subject surface form: Anne Gust Brown

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