Daniel Inouye

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Democratic Party politician United States senator World War II veteran human lawyer military veteran politician

Daniel Inouye was a highly decorated World War II veteran and long-serving U.S. senator from Hawaii who became nationally prominent for his role on the Senate Watergate Committee.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Daniel Inouye canonical 9
Daniel K. Inouye 6
Daniel Ken Inouye 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party politician ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military veteran ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Medal of Honor ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
burialPlace National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ⓘ
causeOfDeath respiratory complications ⓘ
child Ken Inouye ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-12-17 ⓘ
education George Washington University Law School ⓘ
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ⓘ
surface form: University of Hawaii at Mānoa
endTime 2012-12-17 (as U.S. Senator from Hawaii) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Japanese American ⓘ
familyName Daniel Inouye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inouye
fullName Daniel Inouye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Daniel Ken Inouye
givenName Daniel ⓘ
honorificPrefix Senator ⓘ
memberOf United States Senate Watergate Committee ⓘ
surface form: Senate Watergate Committee
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryUnit 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
namedAfter Daniel K. Inouye International Airport ⓘ
USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) ⓘ
notableFor being the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
being the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
longest-serving U.S. senator from Hawaii at the time of his death ⓘ
notableWork Service on the Senate Watergate Committee ⓘ
placeOfBirth Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ
surface form: Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations ⓘ
Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ⓘ
Chair of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
Majority Whip ⓘ
surface form: Majority Whip of the United States Senate

Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
represented Hawaii ⓘ
spouse Irene Hirano ⓘ
Margaret Shinobu Awamura ⓘ
startTime 1959-08-21 (as U.S. Representative from Hawaii) ⓘ
1963-01-03 (as U.S. Senator from Hawaii) ⓘ

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: Daniel Inouye
Description of subject: Daniel Inouye was a highly decorated World War II veteran and long-serving U.S. senator from Hawaii who became nationally prominent for his role on the Senate Watergate Committee.

Referenced by (18)

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

United States Senate Watergate Committee → member → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities → member → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport → namedAfter → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel K. Inouye
Daniel Inouye → fullName → Daniel Inouye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel Ken Inouye
Daniel Inouye → familyName → Daniel Inouye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inouye
112th United States Congress → senatePresidentProTempore → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
111th United States Congress → senatePresidentProTempore → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
HNL → namedAfter → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel K. Inouye
PHNL → renamedAfter → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel K. Inouye
Irene Hirano → spouse → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel K. Inouye
USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) → namedAfter → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel K. Inouye
USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) → namedFor → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Ken Inouye → notableFamilyMember → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Ken Inouye → father → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Ken Inouye → hasRelative → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Margaret Shinobu Awamura → spouse → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center → namedAfter → Daniel Inouye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel K. Inouye
Punchbowl Cemetery → notableBurial → Daniel Inouye ⓘ