Bob Hawke
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Bob Hawke was an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991 and became one of the country’s most popular and longest-serving leaders.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Hawke canonical | 6 |
| Bob Hawke (as Prime Minister of Australia) | 1 |
| Robert James Lee Hawke | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3876170 — 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: Bob Hawke Context triple: [University of Western Australia, notableAlumni, Bob Hawke]
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A.
Paul Keating
Paul Keating is a former Australian Prime Minister (1991–1996) known for his economic reforms, assertive leadership style, and efforts toward national reconciliation and republicanism.
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B.
Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser was an Australian politician who served as the country’s 22nd Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983, leading a conservative government during a period of significant political and economic change.
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C.
John Gorton
John Gorton was an Australian politician who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971.
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John Howard
John Howard was an 18th-century English philanthropist and prison reformer renowned for his pioneering efforts to improve conditions in jails and promote humanitarian penal reforms.
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E.
John Howard
John Howard is a former Prime Minister of Australia who led the country from 1996 to 2007 as head of the Liberal Party.
- 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: Bob Hawke Target entity description: Bob Hawke was an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991 and became one of the country’s most popular and longest-serving leaders.
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A.
Paul Keating
Paul Keating is a former Australian Prime Minister (1991–1996) known for his economic reforms, assertive leadership style, and efforts toward national reconciliation and republicanism.
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B.
Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser was an Australian politician who served as the country’s 22nd Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983, leading a conservative government during a period of significant political and economic change.
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C.
John Gorton
John Gorton was an Australian politician who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971.
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D.
John Howard
John Howard was an 18th-century English philanthropist and prison reformer renowned for his pioneering efforts to improve conditions in jails and promote humanitarian penal reforms.
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E.
John Howard
John Howard is a former Prime Minister of Australia who led the country from 1996 to 2007 as head of the Liberal Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian politician
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Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ Rhodes Scholar ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Bachelor of Laws ⓘ Bachelor of Letters ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-12-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-05-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Perth Modern School
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University College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeInOffice | 1991-12-20 ⓘ |
| familyName | Hawke ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bob Hawke
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Robert James Lee Hawke
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| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| ideology | social democracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Prices and Incomes Accord with trade unions
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consensus-style leadership ⓘ economic reforms in Australia ⓘ environmental protection policies ⓘ financial deregulation in the 1980s ⓘ floating the Australian dollar ⓘ strong electoral popularity ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Australian Labor Party ⓘ |
| nickname | Bob Hawke self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led Labor to victory in the 1983 federal election
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led Labor to victory in the 1984 federal election ⓘ led Labor to victory in the 1987 federal election ⓘ led Labor to victory in the 1990 federal election ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| officeNumber | 23rd Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bordertown, South Australia, Australia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the Australian Labor Party
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Leader of the Opposition (Australia) ⓘ Member of the Australian House of Representatives ⓘ President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions ⓘ Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of Australia
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| precededBy | Malcolm Fraser ⓘ |
| primeMinisterForMonarch | Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| recordHeld | one of Australia’s longest-serving prime ministers ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Methodist family background ⓘ |
| spouse |
Blanche d’Alpuget
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Hazel Hawke ⓘ |
| startTimeInOffice | 1983-03-11 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Paul Keating ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Bob Hawke Description of subject: Bob Hawke was an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991 and became one of the country’s most popular and longest-serving leaders.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bob Hawke (as Prime Minister of Australia)
this entity surface form:
Robert James Lee Hawke