Katharine Graham
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Katharine Graham was the influential publisher of The Washington Post who oversaw its coverage of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, becoming a pioneering female leader in American journalism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Katharine Graham canonical | 9 |
| Katharine Meyer Graham | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2009204 — 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: Katharine Graham Context triple: [The Post, portrays, Katharine Graham]
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A.
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger was an American civic leader and influential matriarch of the family that owned and published The New York Times for much of the 20th century.
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B.
Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Sally Quinn
Sally Quinn is an American journalist, author, and longtime Washington Post writer known for her coverage of Washington society and politics.
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D.
Carole Robertson
Carole Robertson was a 14-year-old African American girl and civil rights martyr who was killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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E.
Lesley Stahl
Lesley Stahl is an American television journalist best known for her long-running investigative and political reporting on the CBS news magazine program "60 Minutes."
- 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: Katharine Graham Target entity description: Katharine Graham was the influential publisher of The Washington Post who oversaw its coverage of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, becoming a pioneering female leader in American journalism.
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A.
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger was an American civic leader and influential matriarch of the family that owned and published The New York Times for much of the 20th century.
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B.
Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Sally Quinn
Sally Quinn is an American journalist, author, and longtime Washington Post writer known for her coverage of Washington society and politics.
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D.
Carole Robertson
Carole Robertson was a 14-year-old African American girl and civil rights martyr who was killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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E.
Lesley Stahl
Lesley Stahl is an American television journalist best known for her long-running investigative and political reporting on the CBS news magazine program "60 Minutes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business executive
ⓘ
human ⓘ journalist ⓘ memoirist ⓘ newspaper publisher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Humanities Medal
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Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ |
| birthName | Katharine Meyer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | head injury ⓘ |
| child |
Donald E. Graham
ⓘ
Lally Weymouth ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-06-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-07-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
ⓘ
Vassar College ⓘ |
| employer |
Washington Post
ⓘ
surface form:
The Washington Post
The Washington Post Company ⓘ |
| familyName | Graham ⓘ |
| father | Eugene Meyer ⓘ |
| fullName |
Katharine Graham
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Katharine Meyer Graham
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName |
Kathryn
ⓘ
surface form:
Katharine
|
| knownFor |
being a pioneering female leader in American journalism
ⓘ
leadership of The Washington Post during the Nixon administration ⓘ oversight of The Washington Post coverage of the Pentagon Papers ⓘ oversight of The Washington Post coverage of the Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Meyer family ⓘ |
| mother | Agnes Ernst Meyer ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Personal History ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Boise
ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| positionHeld |
chairwoman of The Washington Post Company
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chief executive officer of The Washington Post Company ⓘ publisher of The Washington Post ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| spouse |
Philip L. Graham
ⓘ
surface form:
Philip Graham
|
| termEnd | 1991 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1963 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Katharine Graham Description of subject: Katharine Graham was the influential publisher of The Washington Post who oversaw its coverage of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, becoming a pioneering female leader in American journalism.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Post
subject surface form:
The Post
this entity surface form:
Katharine Meyer Graham