Triple
T861948
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward Snowden |
E18616
|
entity |
| Predicate | chargedUnder |
P1693
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Espionage Act of 1917 |
E10089
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Espionage Act of 1917 | Statement: [Edward Snowden, chargedUnder, Espionage Act of 1917]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Espionage Act of 1917 Context triple: [Edward Snowden, chargedUnder, Espionage Act of 1917]
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A.
Espionage Act of 1917
chosen
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a U.S. federal law enacted during World War I that criminalizes interference with military operations, support for U.S. enemies, and certain forms of dissent, and has been widely used and debated in national security and free speech cases.
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B.
Sedition Act of 1918
The Sedition Act of 1918 was a World War I–era U.S. law that expanded restrictions on speech by criminalizing criticism of the government, the Constitution, the military, or the war effort.
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C.
Smith Act
The Smith Act is a 1940 U.S. federal law that criminalized advocating the violent overthrow of the government and was widely used during the early Cold War to prosecute suspected communists.
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D.
National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized the nation’s military and intelligence structure, creating institutions such as the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
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E.
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of controversial 1798 laws passed by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress that restricted immigration and curtailed speech critical of the government, sparking major debates over civil liberties and constitutional rights.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: chargedUnder Context triple: [Edward Snowden, chargedUnder, Espionage Act of 1917]
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A.
charge
chosen
Indicates that one entity formally accuses another of an offense or imposes a financial cost or obligation on them.
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B.
hasCharge
Indicates that an entity possesses a specific electrical or formal charge, such as positive, negative, or neutral.
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C.
chargeOftenUsed
Indicates that an entity is frequently subjected to or associated with a particular charge (such as a legal, financial, or electrical charge).
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D.
centralCharge
Indicates that an entity has a specific central charge value, typically quantifying a key parameter in a conformal or related physical or mathematical theory.
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E.
paidBy
Indicates that a payment or financial obligation is made or settled by the specified entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4aa84835081908aaf98b10656d7d6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.