Triple

T18575156
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Snowden Files E453964 entity
Predicate hasSubjectConcept P531 FINISHED
Object Tempora (surveillance program)
Tempora is a British mass surveillance program run by GCHQ that intercepts and stores large volumes of internet and communications data from fiber-optic cables.
 E1331591 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: Tempora (surveillance program) | Statement: [The Snowden Files, hasSubjectConcept, Tempora (surveillance program)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tempora (surveillance program)
Context triple: [The Snowden Files, hasSubjectConcept, Tempora (surveillance program)]
  • A. Terrorist Surveillance Program
    The Terrorist Surveillance Program was a post-9/11 U.S. National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping initiative that monitored international communications involving suspected terrorists.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Sentinel programme
    The Sentinel programme is a series of Earth observation satellites developed for the European Union’s Copernicus initiative to provide continuous, high-quality environmental and climate monitoring data.
  • D. President’s Surveillance Program
    The President’s Surveillance Program was a post-9/11 classified U.S. intelligence initiative that authorized warrantless electronic surveillance and data collection by the National Security Agency.
  • E. The Surveillance
    The Surveillance is an album by the American synth-rock band Trans Am, showcasing their blend of electronic and rock influences.
  • 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: Tempora (surveillance program)
Triple: [The Snowden Files, hasSubjectConcept, Tempora (surveillance program)]
Generated description
Tempora is a British mass surveillance program run by GCHQ that intercepts and stores large volumes of internet and communications data from fiber-optic cables.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tempora (surveillance program)
Target entity description: Tempora is a British mass surveillance program run by GCHQ that intercepts and stores large volumes of internet and communications data from fiber-optic cables.
  • A. Terrorist Surveillance Program
    The Terrorist Surveillance Program was a post-9/11 U.S. National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping initiative that monitored international communications involving suspected terrorists.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Sentinel programme
    The Sentinel programme is a series of Earth observation satellites developed for the European Union’s Copernicus initiative to provide continuous, high-quality environmental and climate monitoring data.
  • D. President’s Surveillance Program
    The President’s Surveillance Program was a post-9/11 classified U.S. intelligence initiative that authorized warrantless electronic surveillance and data collection by the National Security Agency.
  • E. The Surveillance
    The Surveillance is an album by the American synth-rock band Trans Am, showcasing their blend of electronic and rock influences.
  • 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_69d8d38974308190a9174430ef256b73 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e543c8c0608190afc99235006bf87f completed April 19, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04f888bffc819083c8ea4490a53e57 completed May 13, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04f934be088190916350d9209c1d7d completed May 13, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a04f9cbff948190ab189a933a1f7e6d completed May 13, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:43 a.m.