Triple

T1308553
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Kinzer E27935 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
"Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control" is a nonfiction book by Stephen Kinzer that investigates the life of CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb and his central role in the agency’s secret MK-Ultra mind control experiments.
E149412 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: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control | Statement: [Stephen Kinzer, notableWork, Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
Context triple: [Stephen Kinzer, notableWork, Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Before the Lobotomy
    "Before the Lobotomy" is a multi-part punk rock song by Green Day from their rock opera album *21st Century Breakdown*, exploring themes of disillusionment and societal decay.
  • D. The Manchurian Candidate
    The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 political thriller film about brainwashing and Cold War conspiracy, widely regarded as a classic of American cinema.
  • E. The Craft of Intelligence
    The Craft of Intelligence is a seminal book on espionage and intelligence operations written by former CIA Director Allen Dulles, offering an insider’s perspective on the theory and practice of modern intelligence work.
  • 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: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
Triple: [Stephen Kinzer, notableWork, Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control]
Generated description
"Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control" is a nonfiction book by Stephen Kinzer that investigates the life of CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb and his central role in the agency’s secret MK-Ultra mind control experiments.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
Target entity description: "Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control" is a nonfiction book by Stephen Kinzer that investigates the life of CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb and his central role in the agency’s secret MK-Ultra mind control experiments.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Before the Lobotomy
    "Before the Lobotomy" is a multi-part punk rock song by Green Day from their rock opera album *21st Century Breakdown*, exploring themes of disillusionment and societal decay.
  • D. The Manchurian Candidate
    The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 political thriller film about brainwashing and Cold War conspiracy, widely regarded as a classic of American cinema.
  • E. The Craft of Intelligence
    The Craft of Intelligence is a seminal book on espionage and intelligence operations written by former CIA Director Allen Dulles, offering an insider’s perspective on the theory and practice of modern intelligence work.
  • 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_69a4c13806b48190a0db33f8e5d53734 completed March 1, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acb308fdcc8190b33da42f16cd65dd completed March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acb3a1978c819081cdc85f8fe10dd3 completed March 7, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acb4132dbc8190b3e6c4880c33b7f2 completed March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.