Fiona Ma
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Fiona Ma is an American politician and certified public accountant who has served in various California state and local offices, including the State Assembly and Board of Equalization, and is known for her work on tax policy, infrastructure financing, and small business advocacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fiona Ma canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1570659 — 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: Fiona Ma Context triple: [State Treasurer of California, officeHolder, Fiona Ma]
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A.
Melissa Chiu
Melissa Chiu is an Australian-born art historian and curator known for her leadership roles in major contemporary art institutions, including directing the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Vivian Chan
Vivian Chan is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, media, and business.
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C.
Anita Chan
Anita Chan is a prominent scholar known for her influential research on Chinese labor issues and labor rights.
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D.
Eileen Loo
Eileen Loo was the wife of renowned Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei and a supportive partner throughout his celebrated career.
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E.
Gwen May-Wan Kao
Gwen May-Wan Kao is best known as the wife and long-time partner of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles K. Kao, often recognized for supporting his pioneering work in fiber-optic communications.
- 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: Fiona Ma Target entity description: Fiona Ma is an American politician and certified public accountant who has served in various California state and local offices, including the State Assembly and Board of Equalization, and is known for her work on tax policy, infrastructure financing, and small business advocacy.
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A.
Melissa Chiu
Melissa Chiu is an Australian-born art historian and curator known for her leadership roles in major contemporary art institutions, including directing the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Vivian Chan
Vivian Chan is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, media, and business.
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C.
Anita Chan
Anita Chan is a prominent scholar known for her influential research on Chinese labor issues and labor rights.
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D.
Eileen Loo
Eileen Loo was the wife of renowned Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei and a supportive partner throughout his celebrated career.
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E.
Gwen May-Wan Kao
Gwen May-Wan Kao is best known as the wife and long-time partner of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles K. Kao, often recognized for supporting his pioneering work in fiber-optic communications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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certified public accountant ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1966-03-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Golden Gate University
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Pepperdine University ⓘ Rochester Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Ma ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Fiona ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in accounting
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MBA ⓘ Master of Science in taxation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
infrastructure financing advocacy
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public finance expertise ⓘ small business advocacy ⓘ tax policy work ⓘ |
| licensedAs | Certified Public Accountant in California ⓘ |
| memberOf |
California Board of Equalization
ⓘ
linked to:
California State Board of Equalization
California State Legislature ⓘ California State Treasurer's Office ⓘ
linked to:
California State Treasurer’s Office
|
| name | Fiona Ma ⓘ |
| notableWork |
legislation on high-speed rail financing in California
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legislation supporting small businesses in California ⓘ reforms to California tax administration ⓘ |
| occupation |
accountant
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politician ⓘ |
| officeAssumed | Treasurer of California 2019-01-07 ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the California Board of Equalization
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Member of the California Board of Equalization ⓘ Member of the California State Assembly ⓘ Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ⓘ Speaker pro tempore of the California State Assembly ⓘ Treasurer of California ⓘ
linked to:
State Treasurer of California
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| represents |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
California Board of Equalization District 2 ⓘ California's 12th Assembly District ⓘ
linked to:
California State Assembly District 12
California's 19th Assembly District ⓘ |
| residence | San Francisco, California ⓘ |
| termEnd |
California Board of Equalization 2019
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California State Assembly 2012 ⓘ |
| termStart |
California Board of Equalization 2015
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California State Assembly 2006 ⓘ |
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: Fiona Ma Description of subject: Fiona Ma is an American politician and certified public accountant who has served in various California state and local offices, including the State Assembly and Board of Equalization, and is known for her work on tax policy, infrastructure financing, and small business advocacy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.