Triple

T15308698
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kill the Messenger E365971 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb
*Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb* is a nonfiction book that chronicles investigative reporter Gary Webb’s exposé on alleged CIA involvement in the crack epidemic and the ensuing backlash that ruined his career.
E1149603 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: Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb | Statement: [Kill the Messenger, basedOn, Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb
Context triple: [Kill the Messenger, basedOn, Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb]
  • A. The Truth Will Out
    The Truth Will Out is a novel by British writer John Bowen, known for its psychologically driven narrative and exploration of moral ambiguity.
  • B. Murder in the CIA
    Murder in the CIA is a mystery novel set within the Capital Crimes series, following a suspenseful investigation into a killing connected to the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • C. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
    The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a documentary film that chronicles Daniel Ellsberg’s role in leaking the Pentagon Papers and exposing U.S. government deception about the Vietnam War.
  • D. The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
    The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade is a landmark investigative book that examines the historical intersections between U.S. intelligence operations and the international heroin trade.
  • E. The Brass Check
    The Brass Check is a 1919 exposé by Upton Sinclair that harshly criticizes the American newspaper industry for corruption, bias, and manipulation of public opinion.
  • 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: Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb
Triple: [Kill the Messenger, basedOn, Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb]
Generated description
*Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb* is a nonfiction book that chronicles investigative reporter Gary Webb’s exposé on alleged CIA involvement in the crack epidemic and the ensuing backlash that ruined his career.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb
Target entity description: *Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb* is a nonfiction book that chronicles investigative reporter Gary Webb’s exposé on alleged CIA involvement in the crack epidemic and the ensuing backlash that ruined his career.
  • A. The Truth Will Out
    The Truth Will Out is a novel by British writer John Bowen, known for its psychologically driven narrative and exploration of moral ambiguity.
  • B. Murder in the CIA
    Murder in the CIA is a mystery novel set within the Capital Crimes series, following a suspenseful investigation into a killing connected to the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • C. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
    The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a documentary film that chronicles Daniel Ellsberg’s role in leaking the Pentagon Papers and exposing U.S. government deception about the Vietnam War.
  • D. The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
    The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade is a landmark investigative book that examines the historical intersections between U.S. intelligence operations and the international heroin trade.
  • E. The Brass Check
    The Brass Check is a 1919 exposé by Upton Sinclair that harshly criticizes the American newspaper industry for corruption, bias, and manipulation of public opinion.
  • 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_69d85a113ee881908e297a1d38dd79fa completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03cd176708190b0f6ba17aed92f8e completed April 16, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fef89feda88190b18f6a03d6e968aa completed May 9, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fefa13e8508190930a22439b7f154a completed May 9, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fefa80be14819089e87e7bdb3af7ec completed May 9, 2026, 9:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:16 a.m.