Triple
T14508288
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bethany McLean |
E340324
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOf |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World
"Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World" is a nonfiction book that investigates the rise of the U.S. shale oil industry, its key players, and its economic and geopolitical consequences.
|
E1102841
|
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: Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World | Statement: [Bethany McLean, authorOf, Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World Context triple: [Bethany McLean, authorOf, Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World]
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A.
Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection
"Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection" is a political nonfiction book that critically examines the U.S.–Saudi alliance, highlighting human rights abuses, geopolitical interests, and the influence of Saudi Arabia on American foreign policy.
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B.
Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources
Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources is a non-fiction book by Dilip Hiro that analyzes global geopolitics, conflict, and power struggles surrounding dwindling oil supplies.
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C.
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil is a popular science book by physicist David L. Goodstein that explains the science of fossil fuels and warns about the impending decline of global oil production and its consequences.
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D.
Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
"Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude" is a nonfiction book by former CIA officer Robert Baer that critically examines the United States’ political and economic entanglement with Saudi Arabia and its implications for national security and global stability.
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E.
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening is a memoir by Saudi women’s rights activist Manal al-Sharif that chronicles her fight against the kingdom’s driving ban on women and her broader struggle for personal and political freedom.
- 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: Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World Triple: [Bethany McLean, authorOf, Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World]
Generated description
"Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World" is a nonfiction book that investigates the rise of the U.S. shale oil industry, its key players, and its economic and geopolitical consequences.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World Target entity description: "Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World" is a nonfiction book that investigates the rise of the U.S. shale oil industry, its key players, and its economic and geopolitical consequences.
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A.
Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection
"Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection" is a political nonfiction book that critically examines the U.S.–Saudi alliance, highlighting human rights abuses, geopolitical interests, and the influence of Saudi Arabia on American foreign policy.
-
B.
Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources
Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources is a non-fiction book by Dilip Hiro that analyzes global geopolitics, conflict, and power struggles surrounding dwindling oil supplies.
-
C.
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil is a popular science book by physicist David L. Goodstein that explains the science of fossil fuels and warns about the impending decline of global oil production and its consequences.
-
D.
Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
"Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude" is a nonfiction book by former CIA officer Robert Baer that critically examines the United States’ political and economic entanglement with Saudi Arabia and its implications for national security and global stability.
-
E.
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening is a memoir by Saudi women’s rights activist Manal al-Sharif that chronicles her fight against the kingdom’s driving ban on women and her broader struggle for personal and political freedom.
- 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_69d822d9c0408190b9a2b3643e58bb4d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de94e40e44819084f323f8f9982b75 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd6da26a308190bf86ed1edbe8d57e |
completed | May 8, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd71ef47848190bf10dbedb72304e6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd729c87dc81909d9149928c70cb00 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:21 a.m.