Robert E. Kennedy
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Robert E. Kennedy was an American academic administrator who served as president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and was influential in its development and growth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert E. Kennedy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9248600 — 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: Robert E. Kennedy Context triple: [Kennedy Library, namedAfter, Robert E. Kennedy]
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A.
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was a prominent American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney General and later as a U.S. senator before his assassination during his 1968 presidential campaign.
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B.
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy was a long-serving U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a leading figure in liberal politics, particularly known for his work on health care, civil rights, and social welfare legislation.
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C.
Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey centre best known as a longtime star and captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL.
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D.
Roy J. Kennedy
Roy J. Kennedy was an American physicist best known for co-devising the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, a key test of special relativity.
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E.
Thomas Francis Kennedy
Thomas Francis Kennedy was a 19th-century Scottish Whig politician and reformer closely associated with leading liberal figures of his time.
- 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: Robert E. Kennedy Target entity description: Robert E. Kennedy was an American academic administrator who served as president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and was influential in its development and growth.
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A.
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was a prominent American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney General and later as a U.S. senator before his assassination during his 1968 presidential campaign.
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B.
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy was a long-serving U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a leading figure in liberal politics, particularly known for his work on health care, civil rights, and social welfare legislation.
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C.
Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey centre best known as a longtime star and captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL.
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D.
Roy J. Kennedy
Roy J. Kennedy was an American physicist best known for co-devising the Kennedy–Thorndike experiment, a key test of special relativity.
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E.
Thomas Francis Kennedy
Thomas Francis Kennedy was a 19th-century Scottish Whig politician and reformer closely associated with leading liberal figures of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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human ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| affiliation | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | university in the United States (unspecified) ⓘ |
| employer | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| familyName | Kennedy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | higher education administration ⓘ |
| genre | university governance ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasRole | leader of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| influenced | growth of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Robert E. Kennedy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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expansion of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| notableWork | administrative leadership at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic administrator
ⓘ
university president ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| residence |
San Luis Obispo, California
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linked to:
San Luis Obispo
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| significantEvent | oversaw institutional development at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| workLocation |
San Luis Obispo, California
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linked to:
San Luis Obispo
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert E. Kennedy Description of subject: Robert E. Kennedy was an American academic administrator who served as president of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and was influential in its development and growth.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.