Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615
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Lupe Valdez is an American politician and former Dallas County sheriff who became the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in the 2018 election.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9796522 — 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: Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615 Context triple: [2018 Texas gubernatorial election, popularVote, Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615]
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A.
Lumi Cavazos
Lumi Cavazos is a Mexican actress best known internationally for her acclaimed role in the film "Like Water for Chocolate."
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B.
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly is an American Democratic politician serving as the governor of Kansas.
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C.
Julia Carin Cavazos
Julia Carin Cavazos, known professionally as Julia Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter recognized for her solo pop hits and for writing chart-topping songs for numerous major artists.
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D.
Margarita Zavala
Margarita Zavala is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as First Lady of Mexico and later became a prominent member of the National Action Party (PAN) and an independent presidential candidate.
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E.
Dalia Soto del Valle
Dalia Soto del Valle is the second wife of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, known for maintaining a low public profile despite her long-term marriage to the revolutionary figure.
- 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: Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615 Target entity description: Lupe Valdez is an American politician and former Dallas County sheriff who became the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in the 2018 election.
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A.
Lumi Cavazos
Lumi Cavazos is a Mexican actress best known internationally for her acclaimed role in the film "Like Water for Chocolate."
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B.
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly is an American Democratic politician serving as the governor of Kansas.
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C.
Julia Carin Cavazos
Julia Carin Cavazos, known professionally as Julia Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter recognized for her solo pop hits and for writing chart-topping songs for numerous major artists.
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D.
Margarita Zavala
Margarita Zavala is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as First Lady of Mexico and later became a prominent member of the National Action Party (PAN) and an independent presidential candidate.
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E.
Dalia Soto del Valle
Dalia Soto del Valle is the second wife of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, known for maintaining a low public profile despite her long-term marriage to the revolutionary figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ sheriff ⓘ |
| candidateInElectionForOffice | Governor of Texas ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource | 2018 Texas election coverage ⓘ |
| election | 2018 Texas gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ |
| familyName | Valdez ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law enforcement
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Lupe ⓘ |
| hasRole |
county sheriff
ⓘ
gubernatorial candidate ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| name | Lupe Valdez ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in 2018
ⓘ
serving as Dallas County sheriff ⓘ |
| occupation |
law enforcement officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
American sheriffs
ⓘ
Texas Democratic Party politicians ⓘ Women in Texas politics ⓘ Women in law enforcement in the United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas
ⓘ
Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas County Sheriff
|
| residence | Texas ⓘ |
| stateOfPoliticalActivity | Texas ⓘ |
| workLocation | Dallas County, Texas ⓘ |
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: Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615 Description of subject: Lupe Valdez is an American politician and former Dallas County sheriff who became the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in the 2018 election.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.