Triple
T14509099
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks |
E340348
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresPerson |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Ball
James Ball is a British journalist and former WikiLeaks staffer known for his investigative reporting on transparency, surveillance, and digital politics.
|
E1102912
|
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: James Ball | Statement: [We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, featuresPerson, James Ball]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ball Context triple: [We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, featuresPerson, James Ball]
-
A.
Phil Beauman
Phil Beauman is an American comedy writer and producer best known for his work on parody films and television, including contributions to the hit spoof franchise "Scary Movie."
-
B.
Philip Giffin
Philip Giffin is a film and television composer known for his work on the series "Boomtown."
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C.
John Paddock
John Paddock was an archaeologist known for his work on Mesoamerican sites, including significant excavations at the Zapotec site of Lambityeco in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Ben Salisbury
Ben Salisbury is a British composer best known for his atmospheric film and television scores, including frequent collaborations with director Alex Garland.
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E.
Jon Sopel
Jon Sopel is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for his work as a BBC correspondent and news presenter.
- 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: James Ball Triple: [We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, featuresPerson, James Ball]
Generated description
James Ball is a British journalist and former WikiLeaks staffer known for his investigative reporting on transparency, surveillance, and digital politics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ball Target entity description: James Ball is a British journalist and former WikiLeaks staffer known for his investigative reporting on transparency, surveillance, and digital politics.
-
A.
Phil Beauman
Phil Beauman is an American comedy writer and producer best known for his work on parody films and television, including contributions to the hit spoof franchise "Scary Movie."
-
B.
Philip Giffin
Philip Giffin is a film and television composer known for his work on the series "Boomtown."
-
C.
John Paddock
John Paddock was an archaeologist known for his work on Mesoamerican sites, including significant excavations at the Zapotec site of Lambityeco in Oaxaca, Mexico.
-
D.
Ben Salisbury
Ben Salisbury is a British composer best known for his atmospheric film and television scores, including frequent collaborations with director Alex Garland.
-
E.
Jon Sopel
Jon Sopel is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for his work as a BBC correspondent and news presenter.
- 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_69d822d9c0408190b9a2b3643e58bb4d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de94e5b7b48190878be271840c265b |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd6da26a308190bf86ed1edbe8d57e |
completed | May 8, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd71ef47848190bf10dbedb72304e6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd729c87dc81909d9149928c70cb00 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:21 a.m.