Linda Tripp
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Linda Tripp was a former U.S. civil servant whose secret recordings of Monica Lewinsky’s conversations with her played a central role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linda Tripp canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2800441 — 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: Linda Tripp Context triple: [Monica Lewinsky scandal, notableFigureInvolved, Linda Tripp]
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A.
Janet Hill
Janet Hill is known as the former wife of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
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B.
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky is an American activist, writer, and former White House intern best known for her involvement in a 1990s political scandal with President Bill Clinton and her later work against cyberbullying and public shaming.
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C.
Sherron Watkins
Sherron Watkins is an American accountant and former Enron vice president best known as the whistleblower who warned company leadership about the fraudulent accounting practices that led to Enron’s collapse.
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D.
Christina Crawford
Christina Crawford is an American author and actress best known for her memoir "Mommie Dearest," which exposed the alleged abusive behavior of her adoptive mother, Hollywood star Joan Crawford.
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E.
Christine Keeler
Christine Keeler was a British model and showgirl whose involvement with government minister John Profumo in the early 1960s sparked the Profumo affair, a major political scandal in the United Kingdom.
- 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: Linda Tripp Target entity description: Linda Tripp was a former U.S. civil servant whose secret recordings of Monica Lewinsky’s conversations with her played a central role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
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A.
Janet Hill
Janet Hill is known as the former wife of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
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B.
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky is an American activist, writer, and former White House intern best known for her involvement in a 1990s political scandal with President Bill Clinton and her later work against cyberbullying and public shaming.
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C.
Sherron Watkins
Sherron Watkins is an American accountant and former Enron vice president best known as the whistleblower who warned company leadership about the fraudulent accounting practices that led to Enron’s collapse.
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D.
Christina Crawford
Christina Crawford is an American author and actress best known for her memoir "Mommie Dearest," which exposed the alleged abusive behavior of her adoptive mother, Hollywood star Joan Crawford.
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E.
Christine Keeler
Christine Keeler was a British model and showgirl whose involvement with government minister John Profumo in the early 1960s sparked the Profumo affair, a major political scandal in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States civil servant
ⓘ
human ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-11-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-04-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hanover Park High School ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
White House ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German American ⓘ |
| familyName | Tripp ⓘ |
| givenName | Linda ⓘ |
| hasBiographyIn | major U.S. newspapers and news magazines ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Pentagon public affairs employee
ⓘ
White House staffer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
providing evidence to Independent Counsel Ken Starr
ⓘ
recording telephone conversations with Monica Lewinsky ⓘ |
| legalStatus | granted immunity from prosecution in the Lewinsky investigation ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance | numerous television news interviews during the late 1990s ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Republican Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
|
| notableEvent |
testified before a grand jury in the Clinton–Lewinsky investigation
ⓘ
turned over tapes of Monica Lewinsky conversations to Independent Counsel ⓘ |
| notableWork | secret recordings of Monica Lewinsky ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | civil servant ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
ⓘ
linked to:
Monica Lewinsky scandal
impeachment of Bill Clinton ⓘ
linked to:
Clinton impeachment
|
| placeOfBirth |
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Jersey City
|
| placeOfDeath | Berlin, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sarah Paulson ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin, Maryland, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Berlin, Maryland
Columbia, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia, Maryland
Rural Retreat, Virginia, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bruce Tripp
ⓘ
Dietrich Snider ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Impeachment: American Crime Story
ⓘ
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (indirectly, as part of anthology franchise context) ⓘ numerous books on the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Pentagon
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Linda Tripp Description of subject: Linda Tripp was a former U.S. civil servant whose secret recordings of Monica Lewinsky’s conversations with her played a central role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.