Triple

T861905
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Snowden E18616 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Snowden
Snowden is the surname of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information about global surveillance programs.
E18616 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: Snowden | Statement: [Edward Snowden, familyName, Snowden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snowden
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, familyName, Snowden]
  • A. Edward Snowden
    Edward Snowden is a former National Security Agency contractor who became internationally known in 2013 for leaking classified documents revealing global mass surveillance programs.
  • B. Julian Assange
    Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.
  • C. Snowden (2016 film)
    Snowden (2016 film) is a biographical political thriller directed by Oliver Stone that dramatizes the life and NSA revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  • D. United States v. Edward Snowden
    United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
  • E. Glenn Greenwald
    Glenn Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former constitutional lawyer best known for his investigative reporting on mass surveillance and civil liberties, including publishing Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations.
  • 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: Snowden
Triple: [Edward Snowden, familyName, Snowden]
Generated description
Snowden is the surname of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information about global surveillance programs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snowden
Target entity description: Snowden is the surname of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information about global surveillance programs.
  • A. Edward Snowden chosen
    Edward Snowden is a former National Security Agency contractor who became internationally known in 2013 for leaking classified documents revealing global mass surveillance programs.
  • B. Julian Assange
    Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, publisher, and activist best known as the founder of WikiLeaks, which released classified and sensitive documents from governments and organizations worldwide.
  • C. Snowden (2016 film)
    Snowden (2016 film) is a biographical political thriller directed by Oliver Stone that dramatizes the life and NSA revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  • D. United States v. Edward Snowden
    United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
  • E. Glenn Greenwald
    Glenn Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former constitutional lawyer best known for his investigative reporting on mass surveillance and civil liberties, including publishing Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a4938ce8688190a24bdfef82ba7d21 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac6631408190a19b83126fa86100 completed March 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7b84b7ac0819089abf39adff96191 completed March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7b9c5839c8190ba5fced9f0914b15 completed March 4, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7ba8f08b08190a448f0334d5e673f completed March 4, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.