Edward Snowden documentary footage
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Edward Snowden documentary footage refers to real-life video material capturing whistleblower Edward Snowden’s activities, interviews, and surroundings during and after his NSA revelations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Snowden documentary footage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10151805 — 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: Edward Snowden documentary footage Context triple: [Lindsay Mills, appearedIn, Edward Snowden documentary footage]
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A.
Snowden leaks
The Snowden leaks were a series of revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that exposed extensive global surveillance programs run by the U.S. and its allies, sparking worldwide debates over privacy, security, and government transparency.
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B.
Snowden (2016 film)
Snowden (2016 film) is a biographical political thriller directed by Oliver Stone that dramatizes the life and NSA revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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C.
The Snowden Files
The Snowden Files is a non-fiction book by journalist Luke Harding that chronicles Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations and their global impact.
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D.
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.
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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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Snowden documentary footage Target entity description: Edward Snowden documentary footage refers to real-life video material capturing whistleblower Edward Snowden’s activities, interviews, and surroundings during and after his NSA revelations.
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A.
Snowden leaks
The Snowden leaks were a series of revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that exposed extensive global surveillance programs run by the U.S. and its allies, sparking worldwide debates over privacy, security, and government transparency.
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B.
Snowden (2016 film)
Snowden (2016 film) is a biographical political thriller directed by Oliver Stone that dramatizes the life and NSA revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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C.
The Snowden Files
The Snowden Files is a non-fiction book by journalist Luke Harding that chronicles Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations and their global impact.
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D.
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.
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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
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audiovisual work
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documentary footage ⓘ |
| capturedWith | digital video cameras ⓘ |
| chronologyStart | 2013 ⓘ |
| createdDuring | post-9/11 surveillance era ⓘ |
| depicts |
Edward Snowden
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Snowden’s life after NSA revelations ⓘ Snowden’s surroundings during NSA revelations ⓘ interviews with Edward Snowden ⓘ whistleblowing activities ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
cinema documentaries
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news websites ⓘ online streaming platforms ⓘ television broadcasters ⓘ |
| documentsEvent |
Edward Snowden’s stay in Hong Kong
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Snowden’s asylum-seeking process ⓘ Snowden’s life in Russia ⓘ initial meetings with journalists in Hong Kong ⓘ media interviews after the leaks ⓘ public appearances by Edward Snowden via video link ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Edward Snowden
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Ewen MacAskill ⓘ Glenn Greenwald ⓘ Laura Poitras ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
biographical documentary material
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political documentary material ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Edward Snowden ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
digital privacy
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national security vs. civil liberties ⓘ press freedom ⓘ state surveillance ⓘ whistleblower protection ⓘ |
| medium |
digital recording
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video ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Security Agency
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civil liberties ⓘ global surveillance disclosures (2013) ⓘ government secrecy ⓘ investigative reporting ⓘ journalism ⓘ mass surveillance ⓘ privacy rights ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Citizenfour
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Snowden (2016 film) behind-the-scenes and promotional materials ⓘ news documentaries about NSA surveillance ⓘ online investigative video reports ⓘ television news segments ⓘ |
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: Edward Snowden documentary footage Description of subject: Edward Snowden documentary footage refers to real-life video material capturing whistleblower Edward Snowden’s activities, interviews, and surroundings during and after his NSA revelations.
Referenced by (1)
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