Pete Wilson
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Pete Wilson is an American Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999 and previously as a U.S. senator and mayor of San Diego.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pete Wilson canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T657843 — 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: Pete Wilson Context triple: [Gray Davis, precededBy, Pete Wilson]
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A.
George Deukmejian
George Deukmejian was an American Republican politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991.
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B.
Gray Davis
Gray Davis is an American Democratic politician who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 until his recall in 2003.
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C.
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown is an American Democratic politician who served multiple terms as governor of California and ran several times for the U.S. presidency.
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D.
William Newsom
William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
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E.
Pat Brown
Pat Brown was a mid-20th-century Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of California and played a major role in expanding the state's infrastructure and higher education system.
- 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: Pete Wilson Target entity description: Pete Wilson is an American Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999 and previously as a U.S. senator and mayor of San Diego.
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A.
George Deukmejian
George Deukmejian was an American Republican politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991.
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B.
Gray Davis
Gray Davis is an American Democratic politician who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 until his recall in 2003.
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C.
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown is an American Democratic politician who served multiple terms as governor of California and ran several times for the U.S. presidency.
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D.
William Newsom
William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
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E.
Pat Brown
Pat Brown was a mid-20th-century Democratic politician who served as the 32nd governor of California and played a major role in expanding the state's infrastructure and higher education system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
Republican Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | August 23, 1933 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lake Forest, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| conflict | Korean War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boalt Hall School of Law
ⓘ
surface form:
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Yale University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1999 (term as Governor of California) ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
Sacramento ⓘ
surface form:
Sacramento, California
San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
San Diego, California
|
| memberOf |
Republican National Committee
ⓘ
State Bar of California ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| name | Pete Wilson self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fiscal conservatism as Governor of California
ⓘ
service as 36th Governor of California from 1991 to 1999 ⓘ service as Mayor of San Diego from 1971 to 1983 ⓘ service as U.S. Senator from California from 1983 to 1991 ⓘ tough-on-immigration policies as Governor of California ⓘ |
| notableWork | California Proposition 187 advocacy ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
1983 (Mayor of San Diego)
ⓘ
January 4, 1999 (Governor of California) ⓘ January 7, 1991 (U.S. Senator from California) ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
1971 (Mayor of San Diego)
ⓘ
January 3, 1983 (U.S. Senator from California) ⓘ January 7, 1991 (Governor of California) ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 36th Governor of California ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of California
ⓘ
Mayor of San Diego ⓘ Mayor of San Diego, California ⓘ Member of the United States Senate from California ⓘ United States Senator ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| representedIn | United States Senate ⓘ |
| representedState |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| spouse | Gayle Wilson ⓘ |
| startTime | 1991 (term as Governor of California) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pete Wilson Description of subject: Pete Wilson is an American Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999 and previously as a U.S. senator and mayor of San Diego.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joseph Graham Davis Jr.