Triple

T22791100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize E564110 entity
Predicate hasAwarded P2391 FINISHED
Object Bill Binney
Bill Binney is a former high-ranking NSA official and whistleblower known for exposing mass surveillance practices and advocating for civil liberties and government accountability.
E1554674 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: Bill Binney | Statement: [Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize, hasAwarded, Bill Binney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Binney
Context triple: [Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize, hasAwarded, Bill Binney]
  • A. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • B. David Wheeler
    David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
  • C. Mark Bittner
    Mark Bittner is an American writer and former street musician best known for his close relationship with and documentation of a flock of wild parrots in San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill neighborhood.
  • D. Darius R. Bushnell
    Darius R. Bushnell was a benefactor whose contributions led to the naming of Bushnell Memorial Hall in his honor.
  • E. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • 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: Bill Binney
Triple: [Ron Ridenhour Courage Prize, hasAwarded, Bill Binney]
Generated description
Bill Binney is a former high-ranking NSA official and whistleblower known for exposing mass surveillance practices and advocating for civil liberties and government accountability.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Binney
Target entity description: Bill Binney is a former high-ranking NSA official and whistleblower known for exposing mass surveillance practices and advocating for civil liberties and government accountability.
  • A. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • B. David Wheeler
    David Wheeler was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his fundamental contributions to early computer architecture and software, including work on subroutines and the EDSAC computer.
  • C. Mark Bittner
    Mark Bittner is an American writer and former street musician best known for his close relationship with and documentation of a flock of wild parrots in San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill neighborhood.
  • D. Darius R. Bushnell
    Darius R. Bushnell was a benefactor whose contributions led to the naming of Bushnell Memorial Hall in his honor.
  • E. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • 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_69e2455500788190b4b33030461f3bbd completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17c3545fc819084af67cc25e94839 completed April 29, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b9e905b148190b319d88ca3e7ca8e completed May 18, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b9f0e73048190ac2e1ad53912dde5 completed May 18, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b9ff292b88190b1f318a8a801fbd1 completed May 18, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:30 p.m.