George C. Perkins
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George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George C. Perkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T244922 — 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: George C. Perkins Context triple: [California Governor's Mansion, hasResidentGovernor, George C. Perkins]
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A.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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B.
Nathaniel A. Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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C.
Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist, merchant, and politician who played a key role in the early textile industry and the development of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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D.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
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E.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
- 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: George C. Perkins Target entity description: George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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A.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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B.
Nathaniel A. Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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C.
Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist, merchant, and politician who played a key role in the early textile industry and the development of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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D.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
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E.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1839-08-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kennebec County, Maine ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
banking
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1923-02-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Oakland, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
|
| educatedAt | public schools in Maine ⓘ |
| employer | Pacific Coast Steamship Company ⓘ |
| endTime |
service as United States Senator from California ended in 1915
ⓘ
term as Governor of California ended in 1883 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yankee American ⓘ |
| familyName | Perkins ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| knownFor |
long tenure as U.S. Senator from California
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serving as 14th Governor of California ⓘ |
| legislativeFocus |
commerce and infrastructure
ⓘ
maritime affairs ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of California’s maritime commerce ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | 14th Governor of California ⓘ |
| partyRole | Republican leader in California politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of California
ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ member of the California State Senate ⓘ president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce ⓘ sheriff ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Charles F. Felton as U.S. Senator from California
ⓘ
William Irwin as Governor of California ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | California in 1855 ⓘ |
| residence |
Oakland, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ruth Parker ⓘ |
| startTime |
service as United States Senator from California began in 1893
ⓘ
term as Governor of California began in 1880 ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInSenate |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| succeededBy |
George Stoneman as Governor of California
ⓘ
linked to:
Governor of California
James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George C. Perkins Description of subject: George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.