Triple

T4405005
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Phillip Rogaway E93708 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”
“The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work” is a widely discussed essay by cryptographer Phillip Rogaway that critiques the political and ethical implications of modern cryptography and calls for a more socially responsible practice of the field.
E437870 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: “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work” | Statement: [Phillip Rogaway, notableWork, “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”
Context triple: [Phillip Rogaway, notableWork, “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”]
  • A. New Directions in Cryptography
    New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
  • B. the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" lecture and paper
    "Reflections on Trusting Trust" is Ken Thompson’s influential 1984 Turing Award lecture and paper that exposed how a compiler could be maliciously modified to invisibly insert security vulnerabilities, fundamentally shaping thinking about software trust and supply-chain security.
  • C. IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive
    The IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive is an online repository that provides open-access preprints and technical reports in cryptology and information security research.
  • D. Merkle puzzles
    Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
  • E. Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
    "Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
  • 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: “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”
Triple: [Phillip Rogaway, notableWork, “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”]
Generated description
“The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work” is a widely discussed essay by cryptographer Phillip Rogaway that critiques the political and ethical implications of modern cryptography and calls for a more socially responsible practice of the field.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”
Target entity description: “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work” is a widely discussed essay by cryptographer Phillip Rogaway that critiques the political and ethical implications of modern cryptography and calls for a more socially responsible practice of the field.
  • A. New Directions in Cryptography
    New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
  • B. the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" lecture and paper
    "Reflections on Trusting Trust" is Ken Thompson’s influential 1984 Turing Award lecture and paper that exposed how a compiler could be maliciously modified to invisibly insert security vulnerabilities, fundamentally shaping thinking about software trust and supply-chain security.
  • C. IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive
    The IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive is an online repository that provides open-access preprints and technical reports in cryptology and information security research.
  • D. Merkle puzzles
    Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
  • E. Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
    "Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
  • 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_69b345158c748190a2c040fce2da9980 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35488d5b8819087370dd77249aefb completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f6016bd881908099c4a9ab972580 completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f689da008190ae5bd42af1f95bfa completed March 15, 2026, midnight
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f72f5dac819081f98d835c467aca completed March 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:28 p.m.