Conspiracy of Fools
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Conspiracy of Fools is a non-fiction book by journalist Kurt Eichenwald that provides a detailed, narrative account of the Enron scandal and its key players.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conspiracy of Fools canonical | 3 |
| Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8498891 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conspiracy of Fools Context triple: [Kurt Eichenwald, notableWork, Conspiracy of Fools]
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A.
Conspiracy of One
Conspiracy of One is a 2000 studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring, featuring a blend of punk, pop-punk, and alternative rock.
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B.
La Conspiración
La Conspiración is a notable literary work by Italian writer Leonida Repaci, reflecting his engagement with political and social themes.
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C.
The Debacle
The Debacle is the English title of Émile Zola’s historical novel depicting the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of the Second French Empire.
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D.
The Great Lie
The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
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E.
The Plotters
"The Plotters" is a vibrant, jazz-age painting by African American artist Archibald Motley that depicts a group of figures engaged in an intense, conspiratorial discussion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conspiracy of Fools Target entity description: Conspiracy of Fools is a non-fiction book by journalist Kurt Eichenwald that provides a detailed, narrative account of the Enron scandal and its key players.
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A.
Conspiracy of One
Conspiracy of One is a 2000 studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring, featuring a blend of punk, pop-punk, and alternative rock.
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B.
La Conspiración
La Conspiración is a notable literary work by Italian writer Leonida Repaci, reflecting his engagement with political and social themes.
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C.
The Debacle
The Debacle is the English title of Émile Zola’s historical novel depicting the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of the Second French Empire.
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D.
The Great Lie
The Great Lie is a 1941 American drama film starring Bette Davis and Mary Astor, noted for Astor’s Oscar-winning supporting performance.
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E.
The Plotters
"The Plotters" is a vibrant, jazz-age painting by African American artist Archibald Motley that depicts a group of figures engaged in an intense, conspiratorial discussion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Arthur Andersen
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Enron ⓘ Enron executives ⓘ U.S. securities regulation ⓘ financial markets ⓘ |
| author | Kurt Eichenwald ⓘ |
| authorName | Kurt Eichenwald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describes |
complex financial structures used by Enron
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internal culture of Enron ⓘ key players in the Enron scandal ⓘ regulatory failures related to Enron ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
Enron bankruptcy
ⓘ
collapse of Enron ⓘ investigations into Enron ⓘ |
| genre |
business history
ⓘ
narrative non-fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | investigative ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Enron scandal
ⓘ
linked to:
Enron accounting scandal
accounting scandals ⓘ corporate fraud ⓘ corporate governance ⓘ energy trading ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
journalistic
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third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed narrative account of the Enron scandal
ⓘ
in-depth reporting on Enron’s internal operations ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Broadway Books
ⓘ
Random House ⓘ |
| settingTime |
1990s
ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
accounting
ⓘ
business ⓘ corporate ethics ⓘ economics ⓘ law ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ rise and fall of Enron ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Conspiracy of Fools Description of subject: Conspiracy of Fools is a non-fiction book by journalist Kurt Eichenwald that provides a detailed, narrative account of the Enron scandal and its key players.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Conspiracy of Fools
subject linked to:
Eichenwald
subject linked to:
kurteichenwald
subject linked to:
kurteichenwald
linked to: Conspiracy of Fools