Works Progress Administration
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The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs during the Great Depression by funding public works and arts projects across the United States.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1856 — 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: Works Progress Administration Context triple: [Franklin D. Roosevelt, notablePolicy, Works Progress Administration]
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Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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NACA
NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
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Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
The Office of Scientific Research and Development was a U.S. government agency during World War II that coordinated military-related scientific research, including major projects like the development of radar and the atomic bomb.
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Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
- 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: Works Progress Administration Target entity description: The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs during the Great Depression by funding public works and arts projects across the United States.
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A.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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B.
NACA
NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
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C.
Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
The Office of Scientific Research and Development was a U.S. government agency during World War II that coordinated military-related scientific research, including major projects like the development of radar and the atomic bomb.
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Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal agency
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federal government program ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizedFor | alleged political patronage ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1943 ⓘ |
| employedApproximately | 8.5 million people ⓘ |
| employerOf |
actors
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artists ⓘ clerical workers ⓘ construction workers ⓘ engineers ⓘ musicians ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| focusArea |
airports
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bridges ⓘ infrastructure construction ⓘ parks and recreational facilities ⓘ public buildings ⓘ roads and highways ⓘ sewers and utilities ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| fundingSource | federal appropriations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| impact |
expanded U.S. public infrastructure
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reduced unemployment ⓘ supported American arts and culture ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| laterName |
Work Projects Administration
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linked to:
Works Progress Administration
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| legislatedBy | Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
fund public works projects
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provide employment during the Great Depression ⓘ support arts and cultural projects ⓘ |
| nameChangeDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | work relief ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Harry Hopkins ⓘ |
| notableWorkType |
dams
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guidebooks ⓘ hospitals ⓘ libraries ⓘ post offices ⓘ public murals ⓘ schools ⓘ sculptures ⓘ sidewalks ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | Great Depression ⓘ |
| operatedIn | all 48 U.S. states (contiguous at the time) ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some business groups ⓘ |
| originalName | Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Federal government of the United States
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linked to:
United States government
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| partOf | New Deal ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Second New Deal
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linked to:
New Deal
response to mass unemployment ⓘ |
| program |
Federal Art Project
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Federal Music Project ⓘ Federal Theatre Project ⓘ Federal Writers’ Project ⓘ Historical Records Survey ⓘ |
| replacedBy | War Manpower Commission ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
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: Works Progress Administration Description of subject: The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs during the Great Depression by funding public works and arts projects across the United States.
Referenced by (101)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
linked to: Works Progress Administration
linked to: Works Progress Administration
subject linked to:
PWA
linked to: Works Progress Administration
linked to: Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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partiallyReplacedBy
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Works Progress Administration employment programs
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linked to: Works Progress Administration
subject linked to:
WPA
subject linked to:
WPA
linked to: Works Progress Administration
subject linked to:
HRS
subject linked to:
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
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compiledBy
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Works Progress Administration
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linked to: Works Progress Administration
subject linked to:
FTP
subject linked to:
FTP