Triple

T3577985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stellar Wind E75732 entity
Predicate disclosedBy P5035 FINISHED
Object Thomas Tamm
Thomas Tamm is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer known for exposing the Bush administration’s secret warrantless wiretapping program, code-named Stellar Wind.
E469140 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: Thomas Tamm | Statement: [Stellar Wind, disclosedBy, Thomas Tamm]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Tamm
Context triple: [Stellar Wind, disclosedBy, Thomas Tamm]
  • A. John F. Seitz
    John F. Seitz was a prominent American cinematographer best known for his influential work in early Hollywood and on classic film noirs such as Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard.
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Robert B. Hotz
    Robert B. Hotz was an American aviation journalist and editor known for his expertise in aerospace and defense, who served on the presidential Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • D. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • E. Herbert F. York
    Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
  • 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: Thomas Tamm
Triple: [Stellar Wind, disclosedBy, Thomas Tamm]
Generated description
Thomas Tamm is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer known for exposing the Bush administration’s secret warrantless wiretapping program, code-named Stellar Wind.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Tamm
Target entity description: Thomas Tamm is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer known for exposing the Bush administration’s secret warrantless wiretapping program, code-named Stellar Wind.
  • A. John F. Seitz
    John F. Seitz was a prominent American cinematographer best known for his influential work in early Hollywood and on classic film noirs such as Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard.
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Robert B. Hotz
    Robert B. Hotz was an American aviation journalist and editor known for his expertise in aerospace and defense, who served on the presidential Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • D. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • E. Herbert F. York
    Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
  • 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_69ad85d5e3008190bdfe0bacdd1f5a1b completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc0dd3e048190a0c6666e13ead9cd completed March 8, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4379623c8190856b03238e3ef0dd completed March 21, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be456d92d48190934a695b1aefe0fd completed March 21, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be461311ec8190b39c0275640240d9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.