Joe Trippi
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Joe Trippi is an American political strategist and media consultant best known for pioneering online fundraising and digital organizing in Democratic campaigns, notably during Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential bid.
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| Joe Trippi canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Trippi Context triple: [Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign, campaignManager, Joe Trippi]
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Bud Tribble
Bud Tribble is an American software engineer and executive best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and later a senior leader at both NeXT and Apple.
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Ted Tally
Ted Tally is an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of "The Silence of the Lambs."
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C.
Rollie Totheroh
Rollie Totheroh was an American cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with Charlie Chaplin on many of the comedian’s classic silent and early sound films.
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D.
Keith Merryman
Keith Merryman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular romantic comedies such as "Think Like a Man" and its sequel.
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Guy Lewis
Guy Lewis was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for building the University of Houston into a national powerhouse and popularizing the high-flying "Phi Slama Jama" teams of the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Trippi Target entity description: Joe Trippi is an American political strategist and media consultant best known for pioneering online fundraising and digital organizing in Democratic campaigns, notably during Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential bid.
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A.
Bud Tribble
Bud Tribble is an American software engineer and executive best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and later a senior leader at both NeXT and Apple.
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B.
Ted Tally
Ted Tally is an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of "The Silence of the Lambs."
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C.
Rollie Totheroh
Rollie Totheroh was an American cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with Charlie Chaplin on many of the comedian’s classic silent and early sound films.
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D.
Keith Merryman
Keith Merryman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular romantic comedies such as "Think Like a Man" and its sequel.
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E.
Guy Lewis
Guy Lewis was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for building the University of Houston into a national powerhouse and popularizing the high-flying "Phi Slama Jama" teams of the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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media consultant ⓘ political consultant ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| advised |
Democratic candidates for U.S. House of Representatives
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Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate ⓘ international political campaigns ⓘ |
| appearedIn | political commentary programs on cable news networks ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| coFounded | Trippi, McMahon & Squier ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | San Jose State University ⓘ |
| employer | Trippi, McMahon & Squier ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
digital politics
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online fundraising ⓘ political advertising ⓘ political campaigning ⓘ |
| genre | political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasWritten | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early adoption of blogs and online communities in campaigns
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small-donor online fundraising strategies ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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| notableFor |
pioneering digital organizing in Democratic campaigns
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pioneering online fundraising in U.S. political campaigns ⓘ role in Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign ⓘ use of the internet and social media in politics ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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campaign manager ⓘ media consultant ⓘ partner at political consulting firm Trippi, McMahon & Squier ⓘ political strategist ⓘ television commentator ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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| residence |
Maryland
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surface form:
Maryland, United States
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| roleInCampaign | campaign manager for Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Dick Gephardt 1988 presidential campaign
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Doug Jones 2017 U.S. Senate campaign in Alabama ⓘ Gary Hart ⓘ
surface form:
Gary Hart 1984 presidential campaign
Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign ⓘ Jerry Brown ⓘ
surface form:
Jerry Brown 1992 presidential campaign
John Edwards 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ Walter Mondale ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign
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