Herb Kohl (as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)

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National Basketball Association team United States senator businessperson human politician

Herb Kohl was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, known for his moderate politics, focus on education and consumer issues, and ownership of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks.

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Label	Occurrences
Herb Kohl	5
Herb Kohl (as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3599972 — 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: Herb Kohl (as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)
Context triple: [Tammy Baldwin, precededBy, Herb Kohl (as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)]

A. Lee H. Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton is an American politician and foreign policy expert who served as a long-time U.S. congressman from Indiana and later as a leading figure on major national security and intelligence commissions.
B. Herbert Kohl
Herbert Kohl is an American educator and author known for his influential work on progressive education, social justice in schools, and innovative teaching methods.
C. Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Donald W. Riegle Jr. is a former United States Senator from Michigan who played a prominent role in banking and financial regulation policy during his tenure in Congress.
D. Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski was a powerful Democratic U.S. congressman from Chicago who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and played a key role in national tax and trade legislation before his career ended amid a federal corruption scandal.
E. Tom Foley
Tom Foley is an American politician who served as the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995.
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: Herb Kohl (as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)
Target entity description: Herb Kohl was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, known for his moderate politics, focus on education and consumer issues, and ownership of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks.

A. Lee H. Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton is an American politician and foreign policy expert who served as a long-time U.S. congressman from Indiana and later as a leading figure on major national security and intelligence commissions.
B. Herbert Kohl
Herbert Kohl is an American educator and author known for his influential work on progressive education, social justice in schools, and innovative teaching methods.
C. Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Donald W. Riegle Jr. is a former United States Senator from Michigan who played a prominent role in banking and financial regulation policy during his tenure in Congress.
D. Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski was a powerful Democratic U.S. congressman from Chicago who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and played a key role in national tax and trade legislation before his career ended amid a federal corruption scandal.
E. Tom Foley
Tom Foley is an American politician who served as the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Basketball Association team ⓘ United States senator ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
announcedRetirement	2011 ⓘ
businessRole	president of Kohl’s Corporation ⓘ
caucus	Democratic Caucus in the United States Senate ⓘ linked to: United States Senate Democratic Caucus
chairpersonOf	Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights ⓘ linked to: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Senate Special Committee on Aging ⓘ
committeeMembership	Senate Committee on Appropriations ⓘ Senate Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ linked to: Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Special Committee on Aging ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1935-02-07 ⓘ
didNotSeek	re-election in 2012 U.S. Senate elections ⓘ
education	Harvard Business School ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
electedTo	U.S. Senate in 1988 ⓘ
endTime	2013-01-03 ⓘ
familyName	Kohl ⓘ
givenName	Herbert ⓘ
helpedDevelop	Kohl’s department store chain ⓘ
ideology	moderate Democrat ⓘ
knownFor	avoiding national media attention ⓘ focus on Wisconsin constituent services ⓘ low-key personal style ⓘ
legislativeFocus	aging and seniors issues ⓘ antitrust issues ⓘ consumer protection ⓘ education policy ⓘ
memberOf	United States Senate ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army Reserve ⓘ linked to: Army Reserve
name	Herbert H. Kohl ⓘ linked to: Herbert Kohl
owned	Milwaukee Bucks ⓘ
ownershipEndTime	2014 ⓘ
ownershipStartTime	1985 ⓘ
philanthropy	Herb Kohl Educational Foundation ⓘ
philanthropyFocus	scholarships for Wisconsin students and teachers ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
politicalParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
positionHeld	United States Senator ⓘ
precededBy	William Proxmire ⓘ
reElected	U.S. Senate in 1994 ⓘ linked to: 1994 United States Senate elections U.S. Senate in 2000 ⓘ U.S. Senate in 2006 ⓘ
represented	Wisconsin ⓘ
startTime	1989-01-03 ⓘ
succeededBy	Tammy Baldwin ⓘ

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