Nelson Rockefeller
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Nelson Rockefeller was an American businessman and politician who served as governor of New York and later as vice president of the United States.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T240226 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nelson Rockefeller Context triple: [Gerald Ford administration, vicePresident, Nelson Rockefeller]
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David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller was an American banker, philanthropist, and heir to the Rockefeller family fortune who led Chase Manhattan Bank and became a prominent figure in global finance and charitable giving.
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Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
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C.
Roy Vagelos
Roy Vagelos is an American physician, scientist, and former CEO of Merck & Co., renowned for his leadership in the pharmaceutical industry and major philanthropic support of medical education.
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D.
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt was a 19th-century American businessman and patriarch of the Roosevelt family, serving as the grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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E.
James Baker
James Baker is an American statesman and Republican political figure who served in several top U.S. government roles, including White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State, under multiple presidential administrations in the late 20th century.
- 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: Nelson Rockefeller Target entity description: Nelson Rockefeller was an American businessman and politician who served as governor of New York and later as vice president of the United States.
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A.
David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller was an American banker, philanthropist, and heir to the Rockefeller family fortune who led Chase Manhattan Bank and became a prominent figure in global finance and charitable giving.
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B.
Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft was a prominent mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Ohio, known as “Mr. Republican” for his influential conservative leadership and opposition to many New Deal and postwar internationalist policies.
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C.
Roy Vagelos
Roy Vagelos is an American physician, scientist, and former CEO of Merck & Co., renowned for his leadership in the pharmaceutical industry and major philanthropic support of medical education.
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D.
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt was a 19th-century American businessman and patriarch of the Roosevelt family, serving as the grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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E.
James Baker
James Baker is an American statesman and Republican political figure who served in several top U.S. government roles, including White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State, under multiple presidential administrations in the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art collector
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businessman ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1908-07-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bar Harbor, Maine, United States ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
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surface form:
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1979-01-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| educatedAt |
Dartmouth College
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Lincoln School (New York City) ⓘ |
| familyName |
Rockefeller family
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surface form:
Rockefeller
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| father | John D. Rockefeller Jr. ⓘ |
| founded | Museum of Primitive Art ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nelson Rockefeller
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
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| givenName | Nelson ⓘ |
| ideology | liberal Republicanism ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
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surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| mother | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller ⓘ |
| movement | Rockefeller Republican ⓘ |
| notableWork | Rockefeller drug laws in New York State ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Governor of New York: 1973-12-31
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Vice President of the United States: 1977-01-20 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Governor of New York: 1959-01-01
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Vice President of the United States: 1974-12-19 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
41st Vice President of the United States
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Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs ⓘ Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs ⓘ Governor of New York ⓘ United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form:
Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
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| predecessor |
Gerald Ford
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surface form:
Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States
Averell Harriman ⓘ
surface form:
W. Averell Harriman as Governor of New York
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| ranForOffice |
Republican presidential nomination 1960
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Republican presidential nomination 1964 ⓘ Republican presidential nomination 1968 ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Gerald Ford
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surface form:
President Gerald Ford
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| sibling |
David Rockefeller
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Laurance Rockefeller ⓘ Winthrop Rockefeller ⓘ |
| spouse |
Margaretta Large Fitler (Happy) Murphy
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Mary Todhunter Clark ⓘ |
| successor |
Governor of New York
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surface form:
Malcolm Wilson as Governor of New York
Walter Mondale ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Mondale as Vice President of the United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Nelson Rockefeller Description of subject: Nelson Rockefeller was an American businessman and politician who served as governor of New York and later as vice president of the United States.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center Corporation
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namedAfter
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Nelson Rockefeller
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this entity surface form:
Nelson A. Rockefeller
this entity surface form:
Nelson A. Rockefeller
this entity surface form:
Nelson Rockefeller (cremated remains, temporary)
this entity surface form:
Nelson A. Rockefeller
subject surface form:
Wallace Harrison