Bellingcat
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Bellingcat is an investigative journalism collective known for using open-source intelligence and digital forensics to uncover high-profile cases of corruption, conflict, and human rights abuses.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bellingcat canonical | 4 |
| Bellingcat Podcast | 1 |
| Bellingcat Training | 1 |
| Bellingcat Workshops | 1 |
| Bellingcat YouTube channel | 1 |
| Bellingcat investigative collective | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7106064 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bellingcat Context triple: [Navalny, featuresOrganization, Bellingcat]
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A.
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international whistleblowing organization and website that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted documents to promote transparency and expose government and corporate misconduct.
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B.
ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom known for its in-depth investigative journalism on issues of public interest in the United States.
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C.
The Intercept
The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
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D.
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch is a conservative, non-profit watchdog organization in the United States known for using Freedom of Information Act lawsuits and other legal actions to promote government transparency and accountability.
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E.
The Circle NGO
The Circle NGO is a global feminist organization that campaigns for women's rights and gender equality, co-founded by musician and activist Annie Lennox.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bellingcat Target entity description: Bellingcat is an investigative journalism collective known for using open-source intelligence and digital forensics to uncover high-profile cases of corruption, conflict, and human rights abuses.
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A.
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international whistleblowing organization and website that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted documents to promote transparency and expose government and corporate misconduct.
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B.
ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom known for its in-depth investigative journalism on issues of public interest in the United States.
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C.
The Intercept
The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
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D.
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch is a conservative, non-profit watchdog organization in the United States known for using Freedom of Information Act lawsuits and other legal actions to promote government transparency and accountability.
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E.
The Circle NGO
The Circle NGO is a global feminist organization that campaigns for women's rights and gender equality, co-founded by musician and activist Annie Lennox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
investigative journalism organization
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media organization ⓘ open-source intelligence collective ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| employs |
journalists
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open-source investigators ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
digital forensics
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journalism ⓘ open-source intelligence ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Leicester ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eliot Higgins ⓘ |
| fundingModel |
donations
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grants ⓘ training fees ⓘ |
| genre |
citizen journalism
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data journalism ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Investigative journalism using open sources ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bellingcat Podcast
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linked to:
Bellingcat
Bellingcat Training ⓘ
linked to:
Bellingcat
Bellingcat Workshops ⓘ
linked to:
Bellingcat
Bellingcat YouTube channel ⓘ
linked to:
Bellingcat
Bellingcat website ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | The Hague ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
armed conflicts
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corruption ⓘ disinformation ⓘ human rights abuses ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| notableAward | European Press Prize ⓘ |
| notableWork |
exposés on far-right extremism
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identification of suspects in the Skripal poisoning case ⓘ investigation of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 ⓘ investigations into Russian military intelligence (GRU) operations ⓘ investigations into chemical weapons use in Syria ⓘ investigations into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny ⓘ |
| operatesOnPlatform |
Facebook
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Instagram ⓘ Telegram ⓘ Twitter ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
YouTube ⓘ |
| uses |
data verification techniques
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digital forensics ⓘ geolocation analysis ⓘ open-source intelligence ⓘ satellite imagery analysis ⓘ social media analysis ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bellingcat.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bellingcat Description of subject: Bellingcat is an investigative journalism collective known for using open-source intelligence and digital forensics to uncover high-profile cases of corruption, conflict, and human rights abuses.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
documentary film "Navalny"
linked to: Bellingcat
linked to: Bellingcat
linked to: Bellingcat
linked to: Bellingcat
linked to: Bellingcat