Triple

T861920
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Snowden E18616 entity
Predicate disclosedTo P5035 FINISHED
Object 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.
E101810 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Glenn Greenwald | Statement: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Glenn Greenwald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glenn Greenwald
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Glenn Greenwald]
  • A. Tom Engelhardt
    Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
  • B. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Juan Cole
    Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
  • 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: Glenn Greenwald
Triple: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Glenn Greenwald]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glenn Greenwald
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Tom Engelhardt
    Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
  • B. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Juan Cole
    Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: disclosedTo
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Glenn Greenwald]
  • A. discloses chosen
    Indicates that one entity reveals, makes known, or provides previously non-public information to another entity or to the public.
  • B. requiresSourceDisclosure
    Indicates that performing or using something is contingent on revealing or making known the origin or source from which it was derived.
  • C. covered
    Indicates that one entity lies over or on top of another entity so as to conceal, protect, or obscure it.
  • D. exposed
    Indicates that one entity has been made visible, revealed, or left unprotected to another entity or to some external influence.
  • E. grantedTo
    Indicates that a right, permission, or resource has been formally given or assigned by one party to another.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4aa84835081908aaf98b10656d7d6 completed March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.