Triple

T861925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Snowden E18616 entity
Predicate leakedInformationAbout P5035 FINISHED
Object PRISM surveillance program
The PRISM surveillance program is a classified U.S. National Security Agency data-collection initiative that gathers and analyzes digital communications from major internet companies for intelligence purposes.
E101812 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: PRISM surveillance program | Statement: [Edward Snowden, leakedInformationAbout, PRISM surveillance program]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PRISM surveillance program
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, leakedInformationAbout, PRISM surveillance program]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Operation Bluecoat
    Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive launched in late July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy to seize key terrain south of Caumont and support the American breakout from the Normandy beachhead.
  • D. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: PRISM surveillance program
Triple: [Edward Snowden, leakedInformationAbout, PRISM surveillance program]
Generated description
The PRISM surveillance program is a classified U.S. National Security Agency data-collection initiative that gathers and analyzes digital communications from major internet companies for intelligence purposes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PRISM surveillance program
Target entity description: The PRISM surveillance program is a classified U.S. National Security Agency data-collection initiative that gathers and analyzes digital communications from major internet companies for intelligence purposes.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Operation Bluecoat
    Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive launched in late July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy to seize key terrain south of Caumont and support the American breakout from the Normandy beachhead.
  • D. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information, particularly for national security and counterintelligence purposes.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: leakedInformationAbout
Context triple: [Edward Snowden, leakedInformationAbout, PRISM surveillance program]
  • A. covered
    Indicates that one entity lies over or on top of another entity so as to conceal, protect, or obscure it.
  • B. identityRevealedIn
    Indicates that an entity’s true identity becomes known or disclosed within a specified context, source, or situation.
  • C. declassified
    Indicates that information or material has been officially downgraded from a restricted or secret status, making it accessible to a wider audience or the public.
  • D. exposed
    Indicates that one entity has been made visible, revealed, or left unprotected to another entity or to some external influence.
  • E. discloses chosen
    Indicates that one entity reveals, makes known, or provides previously non-public information to another entity or to the public.
  • 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.