Washington Post
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The Washington Post is a major American newspaper renowned for its investigative journalism, particularly its pivotal reporting on the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Washington Post | 122 |
| The Washington Post newsroom | 2 |
| The Washington Post investigative team | 1 |
| The Washington Post newspaper | 1 |
| Washington Post canonical | 1 |
| Washington Post journalists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78237 — 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)
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Target entity: Washington Post Context triple: [Watergate scandal, involves, Washington Post]
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The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading American newspaper renowned for its influential journalism, extensive global coverage, and role as a newspaper of record.
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B.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is a major American daily newspaper based in Boston, renowned for its in-depth local and national reporting, including extensive coverage of the Boston Red Sox and New England sports.
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C.
National Journal
National Journal is an American political journalism and policy analysis publication known for its in-depth coverage of U.S. politics, Congress, and public affairs.
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D.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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E.
Newsweek magazine
Newsweek magazine is a long-running American weekly news publication known for its national and international news coverage, analysis, and commentary.
- 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: Washington Post Target entity description: The Washington Post is a major American newspaper renowned for its investigative journalism, particularly its pivotal reporting on the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
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A.
The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading American newspaper renowned for its influential journalism, extensive global coverage, and role as a newspaper of record.
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B.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is a major American daily newspaper based in Boston, renowned for its in-depth local and national reporting, including extensive coverage of the Boston Red Sox and New England sports.
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C.
National Journal
National Journal is an American political journalism and policy analysis publication known for its in-depth coverage of U.S. politics, Congress, and public affairs.
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D.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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E.
Newsweek magazine
Newsweek magazine is a long-running American weekly news publication known for its national and international news coverage, analysis, and commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadsheet newspaper
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daily newspaper ⓘ news organization ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Jeff Bezos ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize ⓘ |
| basedIn | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| cityOfPublication | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
events leading to Richard Nixon’s resignation
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exposure of the Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverageArea |
arts and culture
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business ⓘ international news ⓘ national news ⓘ opinion ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| dateOfAcquisition | 2013 ⓘ |
| format | broadsheet ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Graham family
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The Washington Post Company ⓘ |
| foundedAs | four-page Democratic morning paper ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Stilson Hutchins ⓘ |
| hasDigitalProduct |
The Washington Post app
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Washington Post digital subscription ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Democracy Dies in Darkness ⓘ |
| hasNotableEditor | Ben Bradlee ⓘ |
| hasNotableJournalist |
Bob Woodward
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Carl Bernstein ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Metro
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Opinions ⓘ Outlook ⓘ Style ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.washingtonpost.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1877 ⓘ |
| ISSN | 0190-8286 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
online
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print ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Watergate scandal reporting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coverage of the Watergate scandal
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investigative journalism ⓘ |
| OCLC | 2269358 ⓘ |
| owner | Jeff Bezos ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | generally liberal ⓘ |
| printEditionFrequency | daily ⓘ |
| publisher | Nash Holdings LLC ⓘ |
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: Washington Post Description of subject: The Washington Post is a major American newspaper renowned for its investigative journalism, particularly its pivotal reporting on the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
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