The Harvard Crimson

E129037

Harvard University student organization daily newspaper newspaper student newspaper

The Harvard Crimson is the daily student-run newspaper of Harvard University, known for its influential campus and national reporting and for serving as a training ground for many prominent journalists and writers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Harvard Crimson canonical	1
The Harvard Crimson photo archives	1
The Harvard Crimson, Inc.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1116858 — 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: The Harvard Crimson
Context triple: [Lisa Brennan-Jobs, employer, The Harvard Crimson]

A. Harvard Crimson
Harvard Crimson is the collective name for Harvard University's varsity athletic teams, which compete in NCAA Division I as part of the Ivy League.
B. Harvard Crimson men’s basketball
Harvard Crimson men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Harvard University, competing in the Ivy League.
C. Harvard Crimson men’s soccer
Harvard Crimson men’s soccer is the NCAA Division I varsity men’s soccer program representing Harvard University in the Ivy League.
D. Harvard Crimson men’s track and field
Harvard Crimson men’s track and field is the varsity collegiate track and field program representing Harvard University in NCAA Division I competition.
E. Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse
Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program representing Harvard University in the Ivy League.
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: The Harvard Crimson
Target entity description: The Harvard Crimson is the daily student-run newspaper of Harvard University, known for its influential campus and national reporting and for serving as a training ground for many prominent journalists and writers.

A. Harvard Crimson
Harvard Crimson is the collective name for Harvard University's varsity athletic teams, which compete in NCAA Division I as part of the Ivy League.
B. Harvard Crimson men’s basketball
Harvard Crimson men’s basketball is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball program representing Harvard University, competing in the Ivy League.
C. Harvard Crimson men’s soccer
Harvard Crimson men’s soccer is the NCAA Division I varsity men’s soccer program representing Harvard University in the Ivy League.
D. Harvard Crimson men’s track and field
Harvard Crimson men’s track and field is the varsity collegiate track and field program representing Harvard University in NCAA Division I competition.
E. Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse
Harvard Crimson men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse program representing Harvard University in the Ivy League.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harvard University student organization ⓘ daily newspaper ⓘ newspaper ⓘ student newspaper ⓘ
affiliation	Harvard University ⓘ
campus	Harvard University ⓘ
city	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
competitor	The Harvard Independent ⓘ The Harvard Lampoon ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
editorialIndependenceFrom	Harvard University administration ⓘ linked to: Harvard Corporation
format	broadsheet ⓘ
founded	1873 ⓘ
foundedBy	Harvard University students ⓘ
hasEdition	online edition ⓘ print edition ⓘ
hasMotto	None official (commonly associated with Harvard's Veritas motto) ⓘ
hasOffice	14 Plympton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasPhotographicArchive	The Harvard Crimson photo archives ⓘ linked to: The Harvard Crimson
hasSection	arts ⓘ blog ⓘ magazine ⓘ news ⓘ opinion ⓘ sports ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.thecrimson.com/ ⓘ
ISSN	1932-4219 ⓘ
knownFor	campus news coverage ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ national political reporting ⓘ training student journalists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
mediaType	online ⓘ print ⓘ
nameChange	The Magenta to The Harvard Crimson ⓘ
notableAlumni	Chuck Schumer ⓘ linked to: Charles Schumer David Souter ⓘ linked to: David H. Souter Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Jeff Zucker ⓘ Jill Abramson ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Linda Greenhouse ⓘ Michael Crichton ⓘ Nicholas Kristof ⓘ Tom Wicker ⓘ
OCLC	60622264 ⓘ
operatedBy	students ⓘ
originalName	The Magenta ⓘ
publicationFrequency	daily ⓘ
publisher	The Harvard Crimson, Inc. ⓘ linked to: The Harvard Crimson
subjectOf	Harvard student journalism history ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lisa Brennan-Jobs → employer → The Harvard Crimson ⓘ

The Harvard Crimson → publisher → The Harvard Crimson, Inc. ⓘ

linked to: The Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson → hasPhotographicArchive → The Harvard Crimson photo archives ⓘ