whistleblower
C3032
concept
A whistleblower is an individual who exposes information or activities within an organization that are deemed illegal, unethical, or otherwise improper, typically to authorities, regulators, or the public.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| whistleblower canonical | 38 |
| corporate whistleblower | 1 |
| whistleblowing advocate | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: whistleblower
Generated description
A whistleblower is an individual who exposes information or activities within an organization that are deemed illegal, unethical, or otherwise improper, typically to authorities, regulators, or the public.
Instances (39)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| David Fravor | — |
| Sherron Watkins | — |
| Chelsea Manning | — |
| Daniel Ellsberg | — |
| James W. McCord Jr. | — |
| Edward Snowden | — |
| Mark Whitacre | — |
| Karen Silkwood | — |
| Daniel Domscheit-Berg | — |
| Mark Felt | — |
| Mordechai Vanunu | — |
| Frank Serpico | — |
| Linda Tripp | — |
| Mona Hanna-Attisha | — |
| Josiah E. DuBois Jr. | — |
| Julian Assange | whistleblowing advocate |
| Thomas Tamm | — |
| Deep Throat | — |
| A. Ernest Fitzgerald | — |
|
Gert Postel (German impostor)
surface form:
Gert Postel
|
— |
|
Watkins
surface form:
Sherron Watkins
|
— |
| Cynthia Cooper | — |
| Coleen Rowley | — |
| Vil Mirzayanov | — |
| Harry Markopolos | — |
| Xue Yinxian | — |
| Samuel A. Adams | — |
| Sam Adams (CIA analyst) | — |
| Katharine Gun | — |
| Thomas Drake | — |
| Annie Machon | — |
| William Binney | — |
| Jay Vivian Chambers | — |
| Jeffrey Wigand | — |
| Herb Stempel | — |
|
Daniel Berg
surface form:
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
|
— |
|
Vanunu
surface form:
Mordechai Vanunu
|
— |
| Amy Loughren | — |
| Georges Picquart | — |