Richard Dudman
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Richard Dudman was an American journalist and foreign correspondent known for his incisive reporting on major international conflicts and political events in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Dudman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6124317 — 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: Richard Dudman Context triple: [Dispatch News Service, foundedBy, Richard Dudman]
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A.
Robert Dorer
Robert Dorer was a sculptor best known for creating the National Monument of Geneva in Switzerland.
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B.
Daniel Ullman
Daniel Ullman was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, particularly Westerns and thrillers.
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C.
Kenneth Muir
Kenneth Muir was a prominent British literary scholar and Shakespearean critic known for his influential editions and analyses of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.
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D.
Arthur Seid
Arthur Seid is a film editor known for his work on the classic 1948 crime drama "Force of Evil."
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E.
John Dolman
John Dolman was an English clergyman and benefactor of the late 16th century best known for establishing Pocklington School in Yorkshire.
- 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: Richard Dudman Target entity description: Richard Dudman was an American journalist and foreign correspondent known for his incisive reporting on major international conflicts and political events in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Robert Dorer
Robert Dorer was a sculptor best known for creating the National Monument of Geneva in Switzerland.
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B.
Daniel Ullman
Daniel Ullman was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, particularly Westerns and thrillers.
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C.
Kenneth Muir
Kenneth Muir was a prominent British literary scholar and Shakespearean critic known for his influential editions and analyses of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.
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D.
Arthur Seid
Arthur Seid is a film editor known for his work on the classic 1948 crime drama "Force of Evil."
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E.
John Dolman
John Dolman was an English clergyman and benefactor of the late 16th century best known for establishing Pocklington School in Yorkshire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
George Polk Award
NERFINISHED
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Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Viet Cong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coveredConflict |
Bay of Pigs Invasion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Six-Day War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coveredEvent |
Cuban Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Watergate scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| coveredRegion |
Latin America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-08-03 ⓘ |
| detentionEvent | held captive in Cambodia during the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bates College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | St. Louis Post-Dispatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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political journalism ⓘ war correspondence ⓘ |
| hasChild | Martha Dudman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Council on Foreign Relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coverage of U.S. foreign policy in the mid-20th century
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incisive reporting on major international conflicts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Forty Days with the Enemy
NERFINISHED
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Men of the Far Right NERFINISHED ⓘ Prisoners of War: How We Treat Them NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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foreign correspondent ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Centerville, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Blue Hill, Maine, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Washington bureau chief of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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chief Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarian Universalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Helen Dudman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard Dudman Description of subject: Richard Dudman was an American journalist and foreign correspondent known for his incisive reporting on major international conflicts and political events in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.