The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
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"The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron" is a nonfiction investigative book that chronicles the meteoric growth and catastrophic collapse of the Enron Corporation, exposing the corporate fraud, hubris, and systemic failures behind one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14508291 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron Context triple: [Bethany McLean, notableWork, The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron]
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film that investigates the rise and catastrophic collapse of the Enron Corporation and the corporate fraud behind it.
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" is a bestselling non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s, illustrating the excesses and power struggles of Wall Street during that era.
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Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend is a nonfiction book by Mitchell Zuckoff that recounts the rise and fall of Charles Ponzi and the infamous investment fraud that bears his name.
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The Insider
The Insider was an American syndicated entertainment news television program that focused on celebrity news, gossip, and pop culture.
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker is Robert A. Caro’s landmark biography of urban planner Robert Moses, renowned for its exhaustive research and incisive examination of political power and city-building in 20th-century New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron Target entity description: "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron" is a nonfiction investigative book that chronicles the meteoric growth and catastrophic collapse of the Enron Corporation, exposing the corporate fraud, hubris, and systemic failures behind one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history.
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A.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film that investigates the rise and catastrophic collapse of the Enron Corporation and the corporate fraud behind it.
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B.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" is a bestselling non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s, illustrating the excesses and power struggles of Wall Street during that era.
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C.
Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend is a nonfiction book by Mitchell Zuckoff that recounts the rise and fall of Charles Ponzi and the infamous investment fraud that bears his name.
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D.
The Insider
The Insider was an American syndicated entertainment news television program that focused on celebrity news, gossip, and pop culture.
-
E.
The Power Broker
The Power Broker is Robert A. Caro’s landmark biography of urban planner Robert Moses, renowned for its exhaustive research and incisive examination of political power and city-building in 20th-century New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Bethany McLean
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notableWork
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
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