Peter Costello
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Peter Costello is an Australian former politician who served as the country's longest-serving federal Treasurer, holding the position from 1996 to 2007 under Prime Minister John Howard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Costello canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5210103 — 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: Peter Costello Context triple: [Melbourne Grammar School, hasNotableAlumni, Peter Costello]
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A.
Paul Martin
Paul Martin is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and was previously a long-time Liberal finance minister known for deficit reduction.
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B.
John Turner
John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
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C.
John Turner
John Turner is a British television producer best known for serving as the longest-running producer of the classic science fiction series "Doctor Who" from 1980 to 1989.
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D.
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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E.
Tony Paterson
Tony Paterson is a film editor best known for his work on the influential Australian action film "Mad Max."
- 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: Peter Costello Target entity description: Peter Costello is an Australian former politician who served as the country's longest-serving federal Treasurer, holding the position from 1996 to 2007 under Prime Minister John Howard.
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A.
Paul Martin
Paul Martin is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and was previously a long-time Liberal finance minister known for deficit reduction.
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B.
John Turner
John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
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C.
John Turner
John Turner is a British television producer best known for serving as the longest-running producer of the classic science fiction series "Doctor Who" from 1980 to 1989.
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D.
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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E.
Tony Paterson
Tony Paterson is a film editor best known for his work on the influential Australian action film "Mad Max."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian politician
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human ⓘ treasurer ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Costello Memoirs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | Nine Entertainment Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairpersonOf | Nine Entertainment Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Peter Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-08-14 ⓘ |
| deputyLeaderOf | Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Monash University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeAsMP | 2009 ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | three children ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| knownFor | economic liberalisation policies in Australia ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Australian House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishment of the Future Fund
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federal budget surpluses during the Howard government ⓘ introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in Australia ⓘ longest-serving federal Treasurer of Australia ⓘ role in Australian economic reform in the late 1990s and 2000s ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Costello Memoirs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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company director ⓘ newspaper columnist ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2007 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1996 ⓘ |
| parliament | Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portfolio | Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
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Member of the Australian House of Representatives ⓘ Treasurer of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsTreasurer | Ralph Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| representedElectorate | Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInGovernmentOf | Howard Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | John Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Tanya Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeAsMP | 1990 ⓘ |
| successorAsTreasurer | Wayne Swan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Costello Description of subject: Peter Costello is an Australian former politician who served as the country's longest-serving federal Treasurer, holding the position from 1996 to 2007 under Prime Minister John Howard.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.