Colonel McCormick
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Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel McCormick canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4406303 — 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: Colonel McCormick Context triple: [Robert R. McCormick, nickname, Colonel McCormick]
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A.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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B.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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C.
Colonel Noel Wild
Colonel Noel Wild was a British Army officer who played a key leadership role in the Allied deception efforts surrounding Operation Bodyguard during World War II.
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D.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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E.
Colonel Bobi
Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
- 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: Colonel McCormick Target entity description: Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Colonel Howard
Colonel Howard is a fictional military officer character featured in the film "The Pilot."
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B.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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C.
Colonel Noel Wild
Colonel Noel Wild was a British Army officer who played a key leadership role in the Allied deception efforts surrounding Operation Bodyguard during World War II.
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D.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Lt. Col. Frank Slade is the blind, irascible yet deeply principled retired Army officer portrayed by Al Pacino in the film "Scent of a Woman."
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E.
Colonel Bobi
Colonel Bobi is a ruthless and power-hungry military officer who becomes the central figure in a coup plot in Frederick Forsyth’s novel "The Dogs of War."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American conservative
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editor ⓘ human ⓘ media proprietor ⓘ military officer ⓘ newspaper publisher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1880-07-30 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cantigny Park, Wheaton, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Cantigny Park
|
| businessLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1955-04-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University School of Law
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | Chicago Tribune ⓘ |
| familyName |
McCormick
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linked to:
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
|
| fieldOfWork |
newspaper publishing
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political commentary ⓘ |
| founded |
Cantigny Park museum and estate legacy
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linked to:
Cantigny Park
|
| fullName |
Robert Rutherford McCormick
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linked to:
Robert R. McCormick
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| genre | journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| heritage | member of the McCormick family of Chicago ⓘ |
| influenced |
American conservative journalism
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Midwestern political discourse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of American non-interventionism before World War II
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opposition to the New Deal ⓘ strong opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Republican Party (United States)
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linked to:
Republican Party
|
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| nickname | Colonel McCormick ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conservative political influence in mid-20th-century America
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leading the Chicago Tribune as a major American newspaper ⓘ using the Chicago Tribune to promote conservative and isolationist views ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the modern Chicago Tribune ⓘ |
| owned |
Chicago Tribune
ⓘ
WGN radio ⓘ
linked to:
WGN Radio
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| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Wheaton, Illinois, United States
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linked to:
Wheaton, Illinois
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| politicalAlignment |
conservative
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isolationist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune
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editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune ⓘ |
| residence |
Cantigny estate, Wheaton, Illinois, United States
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linked to:
Cantigny Park
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| workLocation |
Chicago Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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linked to:
Chicago Tribune Tower
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colonel McCormick Description of subject: Colonel McCormick was a powerful American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his conservative political influence in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
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