Triple
T6156293
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andrew Cockburn |
E137328
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine
Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine is a nonfiction book that investigates how the U.S. military-industrial complex is driven by profit and bureaucracy rather than genuine security needs.
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E573425
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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: Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine | Statement: [Andrew Cockburn, notableWork, Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine Context triple: [Andrew Cockburn, notableWork, Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine]
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A.
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.
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B.
Waging Modern War
Waging Modern War is a memoir and analysis of the Kosovo conflict and contemporary military strategy by retired U.S. General Wesley K. Clark.
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C.
Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War
"Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques the bipartisan U.S. foreign policy consensus and argues it has entrenched a self-perpetuating state of endless military intervention.
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D.
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
"The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic" is a non-fiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. imperial overreach, permanent war, and the erosion of American democracy.
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E.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
- 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: Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine Triple: [Andrew Cockburn, notableWork, Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine]
Generated description
Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine is a nonfiction book that investigates how the U.S. military-industrial complex is driven by profit and bureaucracy rather than genuine security needs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine Target entity description: Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine is a nonfiction book that investigates how the U.S. military-industrial complex is driven by profit and bureaucracy rather than genuine security needs.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Waging Modern War
Waging Modern War is a memoir and analysis of the Kosovo conflict and contemporary military strategy by retired U.S. General Wesley K. Clark.
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C.
Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War
"Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques the bipartisan U.S. foreign policy consensus and argues it has entrenched a self-perpetuating state of endless military intervention.
-
D.
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
"The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic" is a non-fiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. imperial overreach, permanent war, and the erosion of American democracy.
-
E.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
- 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_69c008a45d008190832a9e19f5d63406 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05d0376408190a2233375f478377e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c141867fac819093a3093aa8251eac |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c14794c3488190874b0a4d2c00514d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1480b10f08190891bfc8488bbaf16 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:17 p.m.