McCord
E670921
McCord is a surname most notably associated with James W. McCord Jr., a key figure in the Watergate scandal.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7533036 — 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: McCord Context triple: [James W. McCord Jr., familyName, McCord]
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A.
Cordell
Cordell is a masculine given name most notably borne by Cordell Hull, the long-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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B.
Corrigan
Corrigan is an Irish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as religion, politics, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
McCaskey
McCaskey is the surname of Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime principal owner of the NFL’s Chicago Bears and daughter of legendary coach and owner George Halas.
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D.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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E.
Dortch
Dortch is a surname most notably associated with Helen Dortch Longstreet, an American social reformer, suffragist, and the second wife of Confederate General James Longstreet.
- 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: McCord Target entity description: McCord is a surname most notably associated with James W. McCord Jr., a key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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A.
Cordell
Cordell is a masculine given name most notably borne by Cordell Hull, the long-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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B.
Corrigan
Corrigan is an Irish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as religion, politics, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
McCaskey
McCaskey is the surname of Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime principal owner of the NFL’s Chicago Bears and daughter of legendary coach and owner George Halas.
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D.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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E.
Dortch
Dortch is a surname most notably associated with Helen Dortch Longstreet, an American social reformer, suffragist, and the second wife of Confederate General James Longstreet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | role as one of the Watergate burglars ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
burglary related to Watergate
ⓘ
conspiracy related to Watergate ⓘ wiretapping related to Watergate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Baylor University
ⓘ
George Washington University ⓘ |
| employer |
Central Intelligence Agency
ⓘ
Committee for the Re-Election of the President ⓘ
linked to:
Committee to Re-elect the President
|
| familyName | McCord ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | James W. McCord Jr. ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MacCord
ⓘ
linked to:
McCord
McCourt ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| notableFor | Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| occupation |
former CIA officer
ⓘ
security consultant ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Watergate burglary ⓘ |
| positionHeld | security coordinator for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| wrote | letter to Judge John Sirica exposing higher-level involvement in Watergate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: McCord Description of subject: McCord is a surname most notably associated with James W. McCord Jr., a key figure in the Watergate scandal.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.