Coleen Rowley
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Coleen Rowley is a former FBI special agent and whistleblower known for exposing intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coleen Rowley canonical | 5 |
| Coleen Rowley Hawkins | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5731618 — 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: Coleen Rowley Context triple: [Sherron Watkins, coRecipientWith, Coleen Rowley]
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A.
Christine Collins
Christine Collins was a real-life Los Angeles mother whose 1928 fight against police corruption and search for her missing son became the basis for the film "Changeling."
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B.
Lori Trahan
Lori Trahan is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts known for her work on issues such as healthcare, education, and campaign finance reform.
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C.
Cynthia Murphy
Cynthia Murphy is a central maternal character in the musical "Dear Evan Hansen," known as the caring but emotionally strained mother of Connor and Zoe Murphy.
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D.
Connie Snyder
Connie Snyder is an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, known for her work supporting children’s welfare, education, and social services.
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E.
Maureen Beattie
Maureen Beattie is a Scottish actress known for her extensive work in television, theatre, and film, including roles in British dramas and comedies.
- 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: Coleen Rowley Target entity description: Coleen Rowley is a former FBI special agent and whistleblower known for exposing intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks.
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A.
Christine Collins
Christine Collins was a real-life Los Angeles mother whose 1928 fight against police corruption and search for her missing son became the basis for the film "Changeling."
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B.
Lori Trahan
Lori Trahan is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts known for her work on issues such as healthcare, education, and campaign finance reform.
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C.
Cynthia Murphy
Cynthia Murphy is a central maternal character in the musical "Dear Evan Hansen," known as the caring but emotionally strained mother of Connor and Zoe Murphy.
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D.
Connie Snyder
Connie Snyder is an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, known for her work supporting children’s welfare, education, and social services.
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E.
Maureen Beattie
Maureen Beattie is a Scottish actress known for her extensive work in television, theatre, and film, including roles in British dramas and comedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former FBI special agent
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human ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| advocates |
civil liberties
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peace and antiwar policies ⓘ whistleblower protections ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sammies Federal Employee of the Year finalist
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TIME Person of the Year ⓘ
linked to:
Time Person of the Year
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| barAdmission |
Iowa bar
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linked to:
Iowa State Bar Association
Minnesota bar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criticized | FBI headquarters for blocking Minneapolis field office requests before 9/11 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
TIME magazine 2002 Person of the Year cover story
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linked to:
Time Person of the Year
|
| educatedAt |
University of Iowa
ⓘ
University of Iowa College of Law ⓘ |
| electionDate | 2006 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ |
| employer | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
counterterrorism
ⓘ
intelligence oversight ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | 4 children ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.coleenrowley.com/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for government accountability
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critic of U.S. policies in the war on terror ⓘ |
| laterCareer | lecturer and commentator on ethics and intelligence ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
|
| notableFor |
criticizing FBI handling of pre‑9/11 terrorism intelligence
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exposing intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| notableWork | whistleblower memo on Zacarias Moussaoui investigation ⓘ |
| occupation |
FBI special agent
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| participatedIn | public debates on intelligence reform after 9/11 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Iowa ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | ran for U.S. Congress in Minnesota ⓘ |
| positionHeld | FBI special agent in Minneapolis field office ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district
|
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| residence | Minnesota ⓘ |
| sharedAwardWith |
Cynthia Cooper
ⓘ
Sherron Watkins ⓘ |
| speaks | English ⓘ |
| spouse | Wesley Rowley ⓘ |
| timePersonOfTheYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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linked to:
Minneapolis
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| wrote | memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller criticizing FBI headquarters’ actions before 9/11 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Coleen Rowley Description of subject: Coleen Rowley is a former FBI special agent and whistleblower known for exposing intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Coleen Rowley