Cocaine
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Cocaine is a powerful and addictive stimulant drug derived from the coca plant, known for its euphoric effects and significant health and legal risks.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1470824 — 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: Cocaine Context triple: [Eric Clapton, notableWork, Cocaine]
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A.
Substiane
Substiane is a La Roche-Posay skincare line formulated to address loss of firmness, density, and comfort in mature or aging skin.
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Ganja
Ganja is one of Azerbaijan’s largest and oldest cities, known as a historic cultural and economic center in the South Caucasus.
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C.
Cocaine 80s
Cocaine 80s is a musical collective led by producer No I.D., known for its soulful, experimental R&B and hip-hop collaborations in the early 2010s.
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D.
Junkie
"Junkie" is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that offers a stark, firsthand portrayal of drug addiction and urban underworld life, and is considered an early landmark of the Beat Generation.
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Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants best known for producing psychoactive and medicinal compounds such as THC and CBD, widely used for recreational, therapeutic, and industrial (hemp) purposes.
- 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: Cocaine Target entity description: Cocaine is a powerful and addictive stimulant drug derived from the coca plant, known for its euphoric effects and significant health and legal risks.
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A.
Substiane
Substiane is a La Roche-Posay skincare line formulated to address loss of firmness, density, and comfort in mature or aging skin.
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B.
Ganja
Ganja is one of Azerbaijan’s largest and oldest cities, known as a historic cultural and economic center in the South Caucasus.
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C.
Cocaine 80s
Cocaine 80s is a musical collective led by producer No I.D., known for its soulful, experimental R&B and hip-hop collaborations in the early 2010s.
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D.
Junkie
"Junkie" is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that offers a stark, firsthand portrayal of drug addiction and urban underworld life, and is considered an early landmark of the Beat Generation.
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E.
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants best known for producing psychoactive and medicinal compounds such as THC and CBD, widely used for recreational, therapeutic, and industrial (hemp) purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
controlled substance
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psychoactive substance ⓘ stimulant drug ⓘ tropane alkaloid ⓘ |
| affectsNeurotransmitter |
dopamine
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norepinephrine ⓘ serotonin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
drug trafficking
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substance use disorder ⓘ |
| canBeAdministeredBy |
intravenous injection
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oral ingestion ⓘ smoking ⓘ snorting ⓘ |
| chemicalFormula | C17H21NO4 ⓘ |
| commonStreetForm |
cocaine hydrochloride
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crack cocaine ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Erythroxylum coca
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coca plant ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAddictionPotential | high ⓘ |
| hasDependenceType |
physical dependence
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psychological dependence ⓘ |
| hasIUPACName | methyl (1R,2R,3S,5S)-3-(benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylate ⓘ |
| hasMedicalUse | local anesthetic in some eye, ear, nose, and throat procedures ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEffect |
euphoria
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increased alertness ⓘ increased energy ⓘ |
| healthRisk |
arrhythmia
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heart attack ⓘ seizures ⓘ stroke ⓘ sudden death ⓘ |
| isAddictive | true ⓘ |
| legalStatus | illegal recreational drug in most countries ⓘ |
| legalStatusUN | controlled under UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ⓘ |
| legalStatusUS | Schedule II controlled substance ⓘ |
| longTermEffect |
addiction
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cardiovascular damage ⓘ cognitive impairment ⓘ nasal septum damage ⓘ weight loss ⓘ |
| mechanismOfAction |
blocks dopamine reuptake
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blocks norepinephrine reuptake ⓘ blocks serotonin reuptake ⓘ |
| pharmacologicalClass |
central nervous system stimulant
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local anesthetic ⓘ |
| primaryMetabolite | benzoylecgonine ⓘ |
| riskOfOverdose | high ⓘ |
| routeOfMetabolism | liver ⓘ |
| shortTermEffect |
decreased appetite
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dilated pupils ⓘ increased blood pressure ⓘ increased body temperature ⓘ increased heart rate ⓘ |
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: Cocaine Description of subject: Cocaine is a powerful and addictive stimulant drug derived from the coca plant, known for its euphoric effects and significant health and legal risks.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
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