Price Administrator
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The Price Administrator was a U.S. wartime official responsible for setting and enforcing price controls to prevent inflation and economic instability during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Price Administrator canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9618241 — 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: Price Administrator Context triple: [Yakus v. United States, involvedOfficial, Price Administrator]
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A.
Price Supervisor
The Price Supervisor is a Swiss federal authority responsible for monitoring and preventing abusive pricing practices to protect consumers and ensure fair competition.
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B.
Price
Price is a common English surname and word referring to the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.
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C.
Price Tag
"Price Tag" is a 2011 pop song by British singer Jessie J featuring B.o.B that became an international hit for its catchy melody and anti-materialism message.
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D.
Price Check
Price Check is a 2012 independent comedy-drama film in which Parker Posey plays an ambitious supermarket executive whose arrival upends the life of a middle-management employee.
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E.
Price Daniel
Price Daniel was a mid-20th-century Texas politician who served as governor, U.S. senator, and state attorney general.
- 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: Price Administrator Target entity description: The Price Administrator was a U.S. wartime official responsible for setting and enforcing price controls to prevent inflation and economic instability during World War II.
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A.
Price Supervisor
The Price Supervisor is a Swiss federal authority responsible for monitoring and preventing abusive pricing practices to protect consumers and ensure fair competition.
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B.
Price
Price is a common English surname and word referring to the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.
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C.
Price Tag
"Price Tag" is a 2011 pop song by British singer Jessie J featuring B.o.B that became an international hit for its catchy melody and anti-materialism message.
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D.
Price Check
Price Check is a 2012 independent comedy-drama film in which Parker Posey plays an ambitious supermarket executive whose arrival upends the life of a middle-management employee.
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E.
Price Daniel
Price Daniel was a mid-20th-century Texas politician who served as governor, U.S. senator, and state attorney general.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal position
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government office ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
control wartime inflation
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prevent economic instability ⓘ protect consumers ⓘ |
| appliesTo | World War II ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | other wartime economic agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| enforces |
price ceilings
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rationing-related price rules ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | domestic U.S. markets ⓘ |
| hasRole |
enforcing price controls
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maintaining economic stability ⓘ preventing inflation ⓘ setting price controls ⓘ |
| legalBasis | wartime emergency powers ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | early 1940s ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. wartime administration
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wartime economic mobilization ⓘ |
| policyTool |
administrative price fixing
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enforcement actions against violators ⓘ |
| reasonForCreation |
need for centralized price control
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wartime inflation risk ⓘ |
| regulates |
prices of goods
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prices of services ⓘ |
| sector |
economic policy
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price regulation ⓘ |
| supervises | implementation of price regulations ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Price Administrator Description of subject: The Price Administrator was a U.S. wartime official responsible for setting and enforcing price controls to prevent inflation and economic instability during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States