Jim McDermott
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Jim McDermott is an American psychiatrist and Democratic politician who represented Washington's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2017.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jim McDermott canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069918 — 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: Jim McDermott Context triple: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Jim McDermott]
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A.
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio is an American politician who served for over three decades as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, becoming one of the longest-serving members of the state's congressional delegation.
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B.
John Spratt
John Spratt is an American Democratic politician who long represented South Carolina's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his work on budget and defense issues.
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C.
Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen is an American sports broadcasting executive best known for creating ESPN, the first 24-hour cable sports television network.
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D.
Thomas F. Foley
Thomas F. Foley was a prominent New York City political figure and Tammany Hall leader in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Jim McGovern
Jim McGovern is a long-serving Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts known for his progressive stances and advocacy on issues like human rights and food security.
- 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: Jim McDermott Target entity description: Jim McDermott is an American psychiatrist and Democratic politician who represented Washington's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2017.
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A.
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio is an American politician who served for over three decades as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, becoming one of the longest-serving members of the state's congressional delegation.
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B.
John Spratt
John Spratt is an American Democratic politician who long represented South Carolina's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his work on budget and defense issues.
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C.
Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen is an American sports broadcasting executive best known for creating ESPN, the first 24-hour cable sports television network.
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D.
Thomas F. Foley
Thomas F. Foley was a prominent New York City political figure and Tammany Hall leader in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Jim McGovern
Jim McGovern is a long-serving Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts known for his progressive stances and advocacy on issues like human rights and food security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ |
| areaOfLegislativeActivity |
health care policy
ⓘ
social welfare policy ⓘ tax policy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | medical school (psychiatry training) ⓘ |
| endTime | 2017 (as U.S. Representative) ⓘ |
| familyName | McDermott ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
psychiatry
ⓘ
public policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jim ⓘ |
| hasProfession |
legislator
ⓘ
physician ⓘ |
| hasRole |
federal legislator
ⓘ
mental health professional ⓘ |
| ideology |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party platform
|
| isFrom |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Pacific Northwest region
|
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-serving Democratic representative from Washington
ⓘ
service on health-related legislative issues ⓘ |
| notableOfficeEnd | 2017 ⓘ |
| notableOfficeStart | 1989 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
psychiatrist ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Congress ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
U.S. Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district
ⓘ
member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| represented | Washington's 7th congressional district ⓘ |
| representsLevelOfGovernment |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| residence |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| sector | public service ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1989 (as U.S. Representative) ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Washington ⓘ |
| typeOfRepresentative | House member ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington State, United States
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surface form:
Washington State
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jim McDermott Description of subject: Jim McDermott is an American psychiatrist and Democratic politician who represented Washington's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2017.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.