Office of War Information
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The Office of War Information was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for coordinating and disseminating propaganda and information to both domestic and international audiences.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Office of War Information canonical | 24 |
| U.S. Office of War Information | 5 |
| United States Office of War Information | 5 |
| Bureau of Motion Pictures | 1 |
| Bureau of Radio | 1 |
| Office of War Information photography project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60218 — 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.
Target entity: Office of War Information Context triple: [Office for Emergency Management, hasPart, Office of War Information]
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A.
War Manpower Commission
The War Manpower Commission was a U.S. World War II-era federal agency responsible for mobilizing, allocating, and managing civilian labor and manpower to support the war effort.
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B.
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was the United States’ World War II-era intelligence and covert operations agency that laid the groundwork for the modern American intelligence community.
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C.
Office of the Four Year Plan
The Office of the Four Year Plan was a central Nazi economic and administrative body, led by Hermann Göring, tasked with preparing Germany’s economy and industry for war and autarky.
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D.
Federal Writers’ Project
The Federal Writers’ Project was a New Deal initiative that employed thousands of writers during the Great Depression to produce guidebooks, oral histories, and other cultural documentation across the United States.
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E.
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Office of War Information Target entity description: The Office of War Information was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for coordinating and disseminating propaganda and information to both domestic and international audiences.
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A.
War Manpower Commission
The War Manpower Commission was a U.S. World War II-era federal agency responsible for mobilizing, allocating, and managing civilian labor and manpower to support the war effort.
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B.
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was the United States’ World War II-era intelligence and covert operations agency that laid the groundwork for the modern American intelligence community.
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C.
Office of the Four Year Plan
The Office of the Four Year Plan was a central Nazi economic and administrative body, led by Hermann Göring, tasked with preparing Germany’s economy and industry for war and autarky.
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D.
Federal Writers’ Project
The Federal Writers’ Project was a New Deal initiative that employed thousands of writers during the Great Depression to produce guidebooks, oral histories, and other cultural documentation across the United States.
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E.
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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World War II propaganda agency ⓘ |
| activity |
advised Hollywood film studios
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distributed photographs ⓘ issued press releases ⓘ produced newsreels ⓘ produced pamphlets ⓘ produced posters ⓘ produced radio programs ⓘ |
| archivesAt |
National Archives and Records Administration
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surface form:
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Elmer Davis ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1945 ⓘ |
| employed |
filmmakers
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journalists ⓘ photographers ⓘ radio broadcasters ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| followedBy |
U.S. Department of Commerce
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surface form:
Department of Commerce
United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form:
Department of the Interior
Government Printing Office ⓘ Library of Congress ⓘ State Department Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs ⓘ United States Department of War ⓘ
surface form:
War Department
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| foundedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| hasPart |
Office of War Information
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bureau of Motion Pictures
Bureau of Publications ⓘ Office of War Information self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bureau of Radio
Domestic Branch ⓘ Overseas Branch ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1942-06-13 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Executive Order 9182 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
build public support for the American war effort
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coordinate U.S. government information services during World War II ⓘ counter Axis propaganda ⓘ disseminate propaganda to domestic audiences ⓘ disseminate propaganda to foreign audiences ⓘ |
| notableEmployee |
Archibald MacLeish
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Elmer Davis ⓘ John Houseman ⓘ Archibald MacLeish ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Sherwood
|
| notableProgram | Voice of America ⓘ |
| operatedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| oversaw | Voice of America ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Office for Emergency Management
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surface form:
Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management
Office of Facts and Figures ⓘ Office of Government Reports within the Executive Office of the President ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Government Reports
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| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Office of War Information Description of subject: The Office of War Information was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for coordinating and disseminating propaganda and information to both domestic and international audiences.
Referenced by (37)
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