Caspar Weinberger
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Caspar Weinberger was a U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, known for his role in expanding the American military and shaping Cold War defense policy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caspar Weinberger canonical | 7 |
| Caspar Willard Weinberger | 1 |
| Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1706596 — 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: Caspar Weinberger Context triple: [Reagan Doctrine, significantPerson, Caspar Weinberger]
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A.
Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig was a U.S. Army general and statesman who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Richard Nixon and later as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan.
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B.
William P. Rogers
William P. Rogers was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State, and later chaired the presidential commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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C.
James R. Schlesinger
James R. Schlesinger was an American economist and government official who served in several top national security roles, including U.S. Secretary of Defense and the first Secretary of Energy.
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D.
Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan before later becoming a prominent business executive.
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E.
Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft was a prominent American national security advisor and retired Air Force lieutenant general who served under multiple U.S. presidents and was highly influential in shaping late 20th-century U.S. foreign policy.
- 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: Caspar Weinberger Target entity description: Caspar Weinberger was a U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, known for his role in expanding the American military and shaping Cold War defense policy.
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A.
Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig was a U.S. Army general and statesman who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Richard Nixon and later as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan.
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B.
William P. Rogers
William P. Rogers was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State, and later chaired the presidential commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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C.
James R. Schlesinger
James R. Schlesinger was an American economist and government official who served in several top national security roles, including U.S. Secretary of Defense and the first Secretary of Energy.
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D.
Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan before later becoming a prominent business executive.
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E.
Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft was a prominent American national security advisor and retired Air Force lieutenant general who served under multiple U.S. presidents and was highly influential in shaping late 20th-century U.S. foreign policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Republican Party politician
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United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-08-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-03-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| employer | Bechtel Corporation ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Weinberger ⓘ |
| fullName |
Caspar Weinberger
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caspar Willard Weinberger
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| genre | political memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Caspar ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
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surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of the Strategic Defense Initiative
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expansion of U.S. military spending in the 1980s ⓘ involvement in the Iran-Contra affair ⓘ shaping U.S. Cold War defense policy ⓘ |
| notableWork | Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1987-11-23 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1981-01-21 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Bangor, Maine
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surface form:
Bangor, Maine, United States
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| positionHeld |
California State Assembly member
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Chair of the California Republican Party ⓘ Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Cabinet-level) ⓘ
surface form:
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
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| precededBy | Harold Brown ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| servesAs | United States Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Dalton Weinberger ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Frank Carlucci ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Caspar Weinberger Description of subject: Caspar Weinberger was a U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, known for his role in expanding the American military and shaping Cold War defense policy.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Maryland, United States
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hasNotableBurial
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Caspar Weinberger
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subject surface form:
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
this entity surface form:
Caspar Willard Weinberger