Sir Jerry Mateparae
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Sir Jerry Mateparae is a New Zealand statesman and former military leader who served as the country’s Governor-General.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Jerry Mateparae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8216408 — 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: Sir Jerry Mateparae Context triple: [Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa, officeHoldersInclude, Sir Jerry Mateparae]
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Sir David Vunagi
Sir David Vunagi is a Solomon Islands statesman and former Anglican archbishop who serves as the country’s Governor-General.
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B.
Sir Frank Kabui
Sir Frank Kabui is a Solomon Islands lawyer, former Attorney General, and jurist who served as the country's Governor-General.
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C.
Feleti Teo
Feleti Teo is a Tuvaluan politician and lawyer who serves as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
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D.
Murphy Morobe
Murphy Morobe is a South African anti-apartheid activist and political leader known for his prominent role in the Black Consciousness Movement and the United Democratic Front during the struggle against apartheid.
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E.
Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo
Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo was a Tuvaluan statesman who became the country’s first Governor-General following its independence.
- 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: Sir Jerry Mateparae Target entity description: Sir Jerry Mateparae is a New Zealand statesman and former military leader who served as the country’s Governor-General.
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A.
Sir David Vunagi
Sir David Vunagi is a Solomon Islands statesman and former Anglican archbishop who serves as the country’s Governor-General.
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B.
Sir Frank Kabui
Sir Frank Kabui is a Solomon Islands lawyer, former Attorney General, and jurist who served as the country's Governor-General.
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C.
Feleti Teo
Feleti Teo is a Tuvaluan politician and lawyer who serves as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
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D.
Murphy Morobe
Murphy Morobe is a South African anti-apartheid activist and political leader known for his prominent role in the Black Consciousness Movement and the United Democratic Front during the struggle against apartheid.
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E.
Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo
Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo was a Tuvaluan statesman who became the country’s first Governor-General following its independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor-General of New Zealand
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
New Zealand Order of Merit
NERFINISHED
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Order of Fiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Merit of the Italian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Tahiti Nui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-11-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Wanganui High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Māori
NERFINISHED
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Ngāti Kahungunu NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngāti Tūwharetoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Mateparae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jeremiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | New Zealand Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Sir Jeremiah Mateparae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
leadership of New Zealand Defence Force
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service as Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
public servant
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soldier ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 2016-08-31 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 2011-08-31 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Whanganui, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Army
NERFINISHED
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Chief of Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor-General of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sir Anand Satyanand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residenceDuringOffice | Government House, Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 2011 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1972 ⓘ |
| spouse | Janine Mateparae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Dame Patsy Reddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Sir Jerry Mateparae Description of subject: Sir Jerry Mateparae is a New Zealand statesman and former military leader who served as the country’s Governor-General.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.