Harold Holt
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Harold Holt was the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, best known for his sudden disappearance while swimming in 1967, which sparked enduring mystery and speculation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harold Holt canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5210096 — 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: Harold Holt Context triple: [Melbourne Grammar School, hasNotableAlumni, Harold Holt]
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A.
Leslie Menzies
Leslie Menzies is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Menzies.
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B.
Dick Smith
Dick Smith was a pioneering American special makeup effects artist renowned for his groundbreaking, realistic prosthetic work in films such as "The Exorcist" and "The Godfather."
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C.
Charles Blamey
Charles Blamey is known primarily as the son of Australian Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, a prominent military leader in World War II.
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D.
Junior Cook
Junior Cook was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist best known for his long tenure with the Horace Silver Quintet and work with other leading jazz artists of the 1950s–70s.
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E.
Sir Dove-Myer Robinson
Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was a long-serving and influential Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, known for his independent politics and major contributions to the city’s urban development and environmental policies.
- 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: Harold Holt Target entity description: Harold Holt was the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, best known for his sudden disappearance while swimming in 1967, which sparked enduring mystery and speculation.
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A.
Leslie Menzies
Leslie Menzies is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Menzies.
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B.
Dick Smith
Dick Smith was a pioneering American special makeup effects artist renowned for his groundbreaking, realistic prosthetic work in films such as "The Exorcist" and "The Godfather."
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C.
Charles Blamey
Charles Blamey is known primarily as the son of Australian Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, a prominent military leader in World War II.
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D.
Junior Cook
Junior Cook was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist best known for his long tenure with the Horace Silver Quintet and work with other leading jazz artists of the 1950s–70s.
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E.
Sir Dove-Myer Robinson
Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was a long-serving and influential Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, known for his independent politics and major contributions to the city’s urban development and environmental policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prime Minister of Australia
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human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Governor-General Lord Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | no body recovered; officially declared dead in absentia ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | presumed drowning ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-08-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-12-17 ⓘ |
| education |
University of Melbourne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wesley College, Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1967-12-17 ⓘ |
| familyName | Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, Melbourne
NERFINISHED
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Harold Holt Memorial, Portsea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | disappearance while swimming ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Edward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Harold Edward Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Australia during the Vietnam War era
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sudden disappearance in 1967 ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeNumber | 17th Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency |
Division of Fawkner
NERFINISHED
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Division of Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policy | support for United States involvement in Vietnam ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
NERFINISHED
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Member of the Australian House of Representatives ⓘ Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ Treasurer of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Robert Menzies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| slogan | "All the way with LBJ" ⓘ |
| spouse | Zara Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1966-01-26 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | conspiracy theories about his disappearance ⓘ |
| succeededBy | John McEwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEndAsTreasurer | 1966 ⓘ |
| termStartAsTreasurer | 1958 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harold Holt Description of subject: Harold Holt was the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, best known for his sudden disappearance while swimming in 1967, which sparked enduring mystery and speculation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.