Influence Explorer
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Influence Explorer is an online transparency tool that aggregates and visualizes political influence data, such as campaign contributions and lobbying records, to help the public track money in politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Influence Explorer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15575880 — 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: Influence Explorer Context triple: [Sunlight Foundation, notableProject, Influence Explorer]
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A.
Matthew Gentzkow
Matthew Gentzkow is an American economist known for his influential research on media, political communication, and industrial organization.
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B.
Media Research Center
Media Research Center is a conservative media watchdog organization in the United States that monitors and critiques perceived liberal bias in news and entertainment media.
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C.
Edward Bernays
Edward Bernays was an Austrian-American pioneer of public relations and propaganda, often called the "father of public relations" for his influential theories and campaigns in the 20th century.
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D.
political scientist Ithiel de Sola Pool
Ithiel de Sola Pool was an influential American political scientist and communications scholar known for pioneering work on the social and political impacts of mass media and emerging technologies.
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E.
John Muller
John Muller is the central character in the 1948 film noir "Hollow Triumph," a criminal who assumes the identity of his exact double with disastrous consequences.
- 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: Influence Explorer Target entity description: Influence Explorer is an online transparency tool that aggregates and visualizes political influence data, such as campaign contributions and lobbying records, to help the public track money in politics.
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A.
Matthew Gentzkow
Matthew Gentzkow is an American economist known for his influential research on media, political communication, and industrial organization.
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B.
Media Research Center
Media Research Center is a conservative media watchdog organization in the United States that monitors and critiques perceived liberal bias in news and entertainment media.
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C.
Edward Bernays
Edward Bernays was an Austrian-American pioneer of public relations and propaganda, often called the "father of public relations" for his influential theories and campaigns in the 20th century.
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D.
political scientist Ithiel de Sola Pool
Ithiel de Sola Pool was an influential American political scientist and communications scholar known for pioneering work on the social and political impacts of mass media and emerging technologies.
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E.
John Muller
John Muller is the central character in the 1948 film noir "Hollow Triumph," a criminal who assumes the identity of his exact double with disastrous consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.