Triple
T8576048
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Baer |
E203050
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E743680
|
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: Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude | Statement: [Robert Baer, notableWork, Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude Context triple: [Robert Baer, notableWork, Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude]
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A.
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
"All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror" is a historical nonfiction book that examines the 1953 CIA-backed overthrow of Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and its long-term consequences for U.S.–Middle East relations.
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B.
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
"Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth" is a nonfiction book by Rachel Maddow that investigates how the global oil and gas industry fuels corruption, undermines democracy, and destabilizes international politics.
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C.
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire is a historical and political analysis book that examines the nature, ambitions, and limitations of American global power in the modern era.
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D.
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq is a historical nonfiction book that examines a series of U.S.-backed coups and interventions abroad over more than a century and their long-term global consequences.
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E.
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
"Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History" is a nonfiction book by George Crile that chronicles how U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos secretly funded and armed Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War, creating the largest covert operation in CIA history.
- 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: Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude Triple: [Robert Baer, notableWork, Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude]
Generated description
"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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude Target entity description: "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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A.
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
"All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror" is a historical nonfiction book that examines the 1953 CIA-backed overthrow of Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and its long-term consequences for U.S.–Middle East relations.
-
B.
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
"Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth" is a nonfiction book by Rachel Maddow that investigates how the global oil and gas industry fuels corruption, undermines democracy, and destabilizes international politics.
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C.
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire is a historical and political analysis book that examines the nature, ambitions, and limitations of American global power in the modern era.
-
D.
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq is a historical nonfiction book that examines a series of U.S.-backed coups and interventions abroad over more than a century and their long-term global consequences.
-
E.
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
"Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History" is a nonfiction book by George Crile that chronicles how U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos secretly funded and armed Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War, creating the largest covert operation in CIA history.
- 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea9638c081909a537cc44e485bee |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce899dd7d48190b44338b92ad68bd0 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce8c7ad5cc8190a50c8e15ce353d1d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce8d595d80819093a1b849bcb3c7c7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:21 p.m.