Donna E. Shalala
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Donna E. Shalala is an American academic and public servant best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and as president of the University of Miami.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Donna E. Shalala canonical | 1 |
| Donna Edna Shalala | 1 |
| Donna Shalala | 1 |
| Donna Shalala – former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4220714 — 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: Donna E. Shalala Context triple: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Donna E. Shalala]
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A.
Carol Browner
Carol Browner is an American environmental policy expert and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who has held several senior roles in Democratic administrations.
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B.
Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the fictional, neurotic head writer of the sketch comedy show within the television series "30 Rock," portrayed by Tina Fey.
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C.
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who played a central role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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D.
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright was the first female U.S. Secretary of State, known for her influential role in American foreign policy during the Clinton administration.
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E.
Laura Leedy Gansler
Laura Leedy Gansler is an American lawyer and author best known for her nonfiction book about a landmark sexual harassment case that inspired the film "North Country."
- 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: Donna E. Shalala Target entity description: Donna E. Shalala is an American academic and public servant best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and as president of the University of Miami.
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A.
Carol Browner
Carol Browner is an American environmental policy expert and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who has held several senior roles in Democratic administrations.
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B.
Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the fictional, neurotic head writer of the sketch comedy show within the television series "30 Rock," portrayed by Tina Fey.
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C.
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who played a central role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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D.
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright was the first female U.S. Secretary of State, known for her influential role in American foreign policy during the Clinton administration.
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E.
Laura Leedy Gansler
Laura Leedy Gansler is an American lawyer and author best known for her nonfiction book about a landmark sexual harassment case that inspired the film "North Country."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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academic administrator ⓘ cabinet minister ⓘ human ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Public Service Award
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Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Cleveland Clinic
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UnitedHealth Group ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-02-14 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts
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PhD in political science ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Syracuse University
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Western College for Women ⓘ |
| employer |
Baruch College
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Clinton Foundation ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ Hunter College ⓘ Syracuse University ⓘ University of Miami ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| endTime |
1988
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1993 ⓘ 2001-01-20 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ 2021-01-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Lebanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Shalala ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | political science ⓘ |
| fullName |
Donna Edna Shalala
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linked to:
Donna E. Shalala
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Donna ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
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| notableAchievement | Longest-serving U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services at the time of her tenure ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during Clinton administration ⓘ |
| officeContested | U.S. House of Representatives seat for Florida's 27th congressional district ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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President and CEO of the Clinton Foundation ⓘ President of Hunter College ⓘ President of the University of Miami ⓘ United States Representative from Florida's 27th congressional district ⓘ United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ |
| residence | Miami, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| startTime |
1980
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1988 ⓘ 1993-01-22 ⓘ 2001 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ 2019-01-03 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Donna E. Shalala Description of subject: Donna E. Shalala is an American academic and public servant best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and as president of the University of Miami.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Donna E. Shalala
Miami Palmetto Senior High School
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notableAlumnusOccupation
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Donna Shalala – former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
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linked to: Donna E. Shalala
linked to: Donna E. Shalala