Mark Whitacre
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Mark Whitacre is a real-life American whistleblower and former corporate executive whose story of exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland was dramatized in the film "The Informant!".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mark Whitacre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1805947 — 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: Mark Whitacre Context triple: [The Informant!, mainCharacter, Mark Whitacre]
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A.
Frank Gresham
Frank Gresham is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," portrayed as a young English gentleman torn between love and the financial pressures of his aristocratic family.
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B.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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C.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
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D.
Jonathan M. Daniels
Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
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E.
Mark D. Bailey
Mark D. Bailey is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- 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: Mark Whitacre Target entity description: Mark Whitacre is a real-life American whistleblower and former corporate executive whose story of exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland was dramatized in the film "The Informant!".
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A.
Frank Gresham
Frank Gresham is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," portrayed as a young English gentleman torn between love and the financial pressures of his aristocratic family.
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B.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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C.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
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D.
Jonathan M. Daniels
Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
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E.
Mark D. Bailey
Mark D. Bailey is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business executive
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human ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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Ohio State University ⓘ |
| employer | Archer Daniels Midland ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
biochemistry
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nutritional biochemistry ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | true crime (as subject of books and film) ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
PhD
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bachelor's degree ⓘ |
| hasRole | FBI informant ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | corporate whistleblowing ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
his whistleblowing led to major antitrust prosecutions against ADM
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served as an undercover informant while a senior executive at ADM ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the highest-level corporate executives to become an FBI informant
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exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland ⓘ |
| notableWork | cooperation with FBI investigation into lysine price-fixing ⓘ |
| occupation |
executive
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whistleblower ⓘ |
| participantIn |
citric acid price-fixing investigation
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lysine price-fixing investigation ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Matt Damon ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Informant! ⓘ |
| positionHeld | corporate executive at Archer Daniels Midland ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheInspirationFor |
The Informant!
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surface form:
film "The Informant!"
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book "The Informant" by Kurt Eichenwald
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numerous articles on corporate whistleblowing ⓘ |
| workLocation | Decatur, Illinois ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mark Whitacre Description of subject: Mark Whitacre is a real-life American whistleblower and former corporate executive whose story of exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland was dramatized in the film "The Informant!".
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.