Triple
T7211469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control |
E149412
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entity |
| Predicate | portrays |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra
Sidney Gottlieb was a CIA chemist who led the MKUltra program, overseeing covert experiments with drugs, hypnosis, and other methods in an attempt to develop techniques for mind control and interrogation during the Cold War.
|
E648503
|
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: Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra | Statement: [Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, portrays, Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra Context triple: [Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, portrays, Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra]
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A.
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer best known for advocating the therapeutic and spiritual use of psychedelic drugs during the 1960s counterculture movement.
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B.
Robert Keyes
Robert Keyes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
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C.
CIA officer Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Richard M. Bissell Jr. was a senior CIA officer best known for overseeing major Cold War covert operations, including the U-2 spy plane program and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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D.
Mark Agnew
Mark Agnew is a professional associated with Lakeside School as one of its notable alumni, recognized for his subsequent career achievements.
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E.
G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy was an American lawyer, FBI agent, and political operative best known as a key architect of the Watergate break-in and later a conservative media personality.
- 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: Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra Triple: [Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, portrays, Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra]
Generated description
Sidney Gottlieb was a CIA chemist who led the MKUltra program, overseeing covert experiments with drugs, hypnosis, and other methods in an attempt to develop techniques for mind control and interrogation during the Cold War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra Target entity description: Sidney Gottlieb was a CIA chemist who led the MKUltra program, overseeing covert experiments with drugs, hypnosis, and other methods in an attempt to develop techniques for mind control and interrogation during the Cold War.
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A.
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer best known for advocating the therapeutic and spiritual use of psychedelic drugs during the 1960s counterculture movement.
-
B.
Robert Keyes
Robert Keyes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
-
C.
CIA officer Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Richard M. Bissell Jr. was a senior CIA officer best known for overseeing major Cold War covert operations, including the U-2 spy plane program and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
-
D.
Mark Agnew
Mark Agnew is a professional associated with Lakeside School as one of its notable alumni, recognized for his subsequent career achievements.
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E.
G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy was an American lawyer, FBI agent, and political operative best known as a key architect of the Watergate break-in and later a conservative media personality.
- 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_69c687eca814819095abb52316b1af80 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e96f99088190a085476bcfca26fd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7bfc9aae48190aa432ebc0034d9b8 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7c071778881909a82eedf61cae22b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7c111e05c8190a9cfba3fca1f8198 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.