CPI
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The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was a U.S. government agency created during World War I to influence public opinion and promote support for the war through propaganda and mass communication.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CPI canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4561131 — 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: CPI Context triple: [Committee on Public Information, alsoKnownAs, CPI]
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A.
CPI
CPI is a national political party in India that adheres to a Marxist–Leninist ideology and is one of the country’s oldest communist organizations.
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B.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures changes over time in the average prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services, commonly used to track inflation and adjust income-related benefits.
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C.
GDP deflator
The GDP deflator is a broad measure of overall price inflation in an economy, capturing the change in prices of all domestically produced final goods and services included in GDP.
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D.
Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
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E.
CPIF
CPIF is Sweden’s consumer price index adjusted for fixed interest rates, used by the Riksbank as its primary measure of underlying inflation.
- 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: CPI Target entity description: The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was a U.S. government agency created during World War I to influence public opinion and promote support for the war through propaganda and mass communication.
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A.
CPI
CPI is a national political party in India that adheres to a Marxist–Leninist ideology and is one of the country’s oldest communist organizations.
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B.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures changes over time in the average prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services, commonly used to track inflation and adjust income-related benefits.
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C.
GDP deflator
The GDP deflator is a broad measure of overall price inflation in an economy, capturing the change in prices of all domestically produced final goods and services included in GDP.
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D.
Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
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E.
CPIF
CPIF is Sweden’s consumer price index adjusted for fixed interest rates, used by the Riksbank as its primary measure of underlying inflation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
ⓘ
World War I propaganda organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Creel Committee ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| appointedBy | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| chairperson | George Creel ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1919 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mass communication
ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ public relations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Division of Civic and Educational Cooperation
ⓘ
Division of Films ⓘ Division of News ⓘ Division of Pictorial Publicity ⓘ
linked to:
War Propaganda Bureau
Foreign Section ⓘ Four Minute Men division ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1917-04-13 ⓘ |
| influenced | later U.S. government information and propaganda agencies ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalBasis | Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
World War I home front
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censorship ⓘ public opinion ⓘ war propaganda ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Creel ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Four Minute Men speeches
ⓘ
linked to:
Four-Minute Men speeches
Liberty Loan publicity campaigns ⓘ
linked to:
Liberty bond campaigns
Official Bulletin ⓘ posters such as "I Want You for U.S. Army" (through promotion) ⓘ |
| operatedInConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| operatingPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States war effort in World War I
ⓘ
linked to:
United States home front during World War I
|
| purpose |
disseminate pro-Allied information
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influence public opinion in favor of U.S. participation in World War I ⓘ promote support for the U.S. war effort ⓘ suppress information considered harmful to the war effort ⓘ |
| shortName | CPI ⓘ |
| supervises |
Four Minute Men volunteer speakers
ⓘ
linked to:
Four Minute Men
|
| targetAudience |
American public
ⓘ
foreign audiences ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
films
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foreign-language press ⓘ magazines ⓘ newspapers ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ posters ⓘ public speeches ⓘ wire services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CPI Description of subject: The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was a U.S. government agency created during World War I to influence public opinion and promote support for the war through propaganda and mass communication.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.