Triple

T12268889
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patrick Radden Keefe E292420 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is a nonfiction investigative book that chronicles the rise of the Sackler family and their central role in the opioid crisis through the marketing of OxyContin.
E974223 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty | Statement: [Patrick Radden Keefe, notableWork, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Context triple: [Patrick Radden Keefe, notableWork, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty]
  • A. Bad Pharma
    Bad Pharma is a non-fiction book by physician and writer Ben Goldacre that critically examines how the pharmaceutical industry distorts medical evidence and harms patients.
  • B. Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs
    Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs is a nonfiction investigative book that exposes the risks, regulatory failures, and human consequences surrounding the use and oversight of prescription medications.
  • C. The War on Drugs
    The War on Drugs is an American indie rock band known for its expansive, atmospheric sound that blends heartland rock, shoegaze, and synth-driven textures.
  • D. The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
    The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade is a landmark investigative book that examines the historical intersections between U.S. intelligence operations and the international heroin trade.
  • E. White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret
    "White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret" is a historical nonfiction book by A. J. Baime that explores the life of NAACP leader Walter F. White, a light-skinned Black man who investigated lynchings and racial violence in early 20th-century America while often passing as white.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Triple: [Patrick Radden Keefe, notableWork, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty]
Generated description
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is a nonfiction investigative book that chronicles the rise of the Sackler family and their central role in the opioid crisis through the marketing of OxyContin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Target entity description: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is a nonfiction investigative book that chronicles the rise of the Sackler family and their central role in the opioid crisis through the marketing of OxyContin.
  • A. Bad Pharma
    Bad Pharma is a non-fiction book by physician and writer Ben Goldacre that critically examines how the pharmaceutical industry distorts medical evidence and harms patients.
  • B. Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs
    Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs is a nonfiction investigative book that exposes the risks, regulatory failures, and human consequences surrounding the use and oversight of prescription medications.
  • C. The War on Drugs
    The War on Drugs is an American indie rock band known for its expansive, atmospheric sound that blends heartland rock, shoegaze, and synth-driven textures.
  • D. The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
    The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade is a landmark investigative book that examines the historical intersections between U.S. intelligence operations and the international heroin trade.
  • E. White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret
    "White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret" is a historical nonfiction book by A. J. Baime that explores the life of NAACP leader Walter F. White, a light-skinned Black man who investigated lynchings and racial violence in early 20th-century America while often passing as white.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cdea6e881908e13f8259bad6ddc completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6799088190a5644267733ca2e5 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f5bc1fc8190af9d74acc307ebe1 completed May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6203ef5008190af9103460b096cff completed May 2, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.