Triple

T861922
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Snowden E18616 entity
Predicate disclosedTo P5035 FINISHED
Object Ewen MacAskill
Ewen MacAskill is a Scottish journalist and former Guardian reporter known for helping reveal Edward Snowden’s NSA surveillance leaks.
E107622 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: Ewen MacAskill | Statement: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Ewen MacAskill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ewen MacAskill
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Ewen MacAskill]
  • A. Duncan Kenworthy
    Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer best known for hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
  • B. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • C. Tam O'Shaughnessy
    Tam O'Shaughnessy is an American educator, former professional tennis player, and cofounder of Sally Ride Science who was the longtime partner of astronaut Sally Ride.
  • D. Eric Drummond
    Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known for serving as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, helping to shape the early framework of modern international diplomacy.
  • E. Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • 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: Ewen MacAskill
Triple: [Edward Snowden, disclosedTo, Ewen MacAskill]
Generated description
Ewen MacAskill is a Scottish journalist and former Guardian reporter known for helping reveal Edward Snowden’s NSA surveillance leaks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ewen MacAskill
Target entity description: Ewen MacAskill is a Scottish journalist and former Guardian reporter known for helping reveal Edward Snowden’s NSA surveillance leaks.
  • A. Duncan Kenworthy
    Duncan Kenworthy is a British film and television producer best known for hit romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
  • B. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • C. Tam O'Shaughnessy
    Tam O'Shaughnessy is an American educator, former professional tennis player, and cofounder of Sally Ride Science who was the longtime partner of astronaut Sally Ride.
  • D. Eric Drummond
    Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known for serving as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, helping to shape the early framework of modern international diplomacy.
  • E. Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • 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_69a4b2b66c908190a52f731119b77a1e completed March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7c71702fc8190a143fe45b228ae24 completed March 4, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7ca67dbc88190b40fd74ad91a4bd6 completed March 4, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7cb0b497c8190926fce5cc5e99734 completed March 4, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.