Triple

T1302892
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred W. McCoy E27806 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
*A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror* is a historical and investigative study by Alfred W. McCoy that traces the development, methods, and global impact of U.S. psychological torture and interrogation practices from the early Cold War through the post-9/11 era.
E148759 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: A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror | Statement: [Alfred W. McCoy, notableWork, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Context triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, notableWork, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror]
  • A. Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987
    Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 is a non-fiction book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward that examines the covert operations, internal politics, and controversies of the CIA during the Reagan administration.
  • B. Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA
    "Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA" is the memoir of former CIA Director William Colby, recounting his decades in U.S. intelligence and the moral and political controversies surrounding the agency’s activities during his tenure.
  • C. Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country
    Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country is a nonfiction book by Andrew Bacevich that critiques the disconnect between the American public, its political leaders, and the all-volunteer military in the era of perpetual war.
  • D. The Decision to Intervene
    The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.
  • E. The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
    The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War is a critical examination of how U.S. culture, politics, and religion have combined to normalize and glorify military power in American life and foreign policy.
  • 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: A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, notableWork, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror]
Generated description
*A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror* is a historical and investigative study by Alfred W. McCoy that traces the development, methods, and global impact of U.S. psychological torture and interrogation practices from the early Cold War through the post-9/11 era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Target entity description: *A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror* is a historical and investigative study by Alfred W. McCoy that traces the development, methods, and global impact of U.S. psychological torture and interrogation practices from the early Cold War through the post-9/11 era.
  • A. Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987
    Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981–1987 is a non-fiction book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward that examines the covert operations, internal politics, and controversies of the CIA during the Reagan administration.
  • B. Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA
    "Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA" is the memoir of former CIA Director William Colby, recounting his decades in U.S. intelligence and the moral and political controversies surrounding the agency’s activities during his tenure.
  • C. Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country
    Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country is a nonfiction book by Andrew Bacevich that critiques the disconnect between the American public, its political leaders, and the all-volunteer military in the era of perpetual war.
  • D. The Decision to Intervene
    The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.
  • E. The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
    The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War is a critical examination of how U.S. culture, politics, and religion have combined to normalize and glorify military power in American life and foreign policy.
  • 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_69a496d7d83481908f83085854e51328 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c116d7d881908ee631258f80980e completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acb3046a888190956f6bedb6ec589f completed March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acb370c7cc81908a78bb5438416db6 completed March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acb409b4d0819081266cf3e6c09164 completed March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.