Triple

T861919
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Snowden E18616 entity
Predicate notableEvent P259 FINISHED
Object 2013 global surveillance disclosures
The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
E101809 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: 2013 global surveillance disclosures | Statement: [Edward Snowden, notableEvent, 2013 global surveillance disclosures]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2013 global surveillance disclosures
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, notableEvent, 2013 global surveillance disclosures]
  • A. XKeyscore
    XKeyscore is a highly classified NSA surveillance system designed to search and analyze vast amounts of global internet and communications data in real time.
  • B. 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.
  • C. USA FREEDOM Act
    The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.
  • D. FISA Amendments Act of 2008
    The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that expanded and updated government authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreign targets while providing legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such intelligence activities.
  • E. United States v. Chelsea Manning
    United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
  • 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: 2013 global surveillance disclosures
Triple: [Edward Snowden, notableEvent, 2013 global surveillance disclosures]
Generated description
The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2013 global surveillance disclosures
Target entity description: The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
  • A. XKeyscore
    XKeyscore is a highly classified NSA surveillance system designed to search and analyze vast amounts of global internet and communications data in real time.
  • B. 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.
  • C. USA FREEDOM Act
    The USA FREEDOM Act is a 2015 U.S. law that reformed government surveillance authorities, notably curbing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records while renewing and modifying key intelligence-gathering powers.
  • D. FISA Amendments Act of 2008
    The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that expanded and updated government authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreign targets while providing legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such intelligence activities.
  • E. United States v. Chelsea Manning
    United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
  • 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_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_69a7a3c5c15c8190a91eb3746007ebf5 completed March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7a613db0881908c14569257c53bb0 completed March 4, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7a66cc1108190a072cc7d9be2756c completed March 4, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.