Tim Weiner
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Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tim Weiner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7857779 — 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: Tim Weiner Context triple: [Weiner, hasNotableBearer, Tim Weiner]
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A.
Peter Scheuer
Peter Scheuer is a radio astronomer known for his contributions to the development of aperture synthesis and the study of extragalactic radio sources.
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B.
Robert Baer
Robert Baer is a former CIA case officer and author known for his memoirs on Middle East espionage and U.S. intelligence, one of which inspired the film "Syriana."
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C.
Peter Kornbluh
Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
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D.
Michael Whittaker
Michael Whittaker is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Whittaker.
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E.
Lenard A. Fisk
Lenard A. Fisk is an American space physicist known for his leadership at NASA and his influential research on the heliosphere and solar-terrestrial interactions.
- 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: Tim Weiner Target entity description: Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
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A.
Peter Scheuer
Peter Scheuer is a radio astronomer known for his contributions to the development of aperture synthesis and the study of extragalactic radio sources.
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B.
Robert Baer
Robert Baer is a former CIA case officer and author known for his memoirs on Middle East espionage and U.S. intelligence, one of which inspired the film "Syriana."
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C.
Peter Kornbluh
Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
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D.
Michael Whittaker
Michael Whittaker is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Whittaker.
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E.
Lenard A. Fisk
Lenard A. Fisk is an American space physicist known for his leadership at NASA and his influential research on the heliosphere and solar-terrestrial interactions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian of intelligence
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ |
| author |
Tim Weiner
NERFINISHED
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Tim Weiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Weiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Weiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Weiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coveredTopic |
Central Intelligence Agency
NERFINISHED
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Cold War political warfare ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | The New York Times ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
U.S. foreign policy
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U.S. intelligence agencies NERFINISHED ⓘ national security ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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political non-fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAwardForWork | Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blank Check: The Pentagon’s Black Budget
NERFINISHED
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Enemies: A History of the FBI NERFINISHED ⓘ Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA NERFINISHED ⓘ One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare, 1945–2020 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporting
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historical investigations of U.S. intelligence agencies ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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historian ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
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: Tim Weiner Description of subject: Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.