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A  Collabora)ve,  En)ty-­‐Centric  Approach  to  Mining  OSINT  Data  

Gregor  Stewart  

Director  of  Product  Management  

Basis  Technology  Corpora=on    

Open Source Intelligence !and Research Association Inaugural Meeting

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Key  Issue:  Things  not  Strings!

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§  Brief  Introduc=on  to  Basis  §  Review  two  technologies  that  take  us  from  Strings  to  Things:  –  Extrac=on:  finding  names  and  types  in  text  –  Resolu=on:  connec=ng  names  to  things  

§  A  Search  Example,  illustra=ng:  –  How  En=ty-­‐based  querying  can  help  find  things  quickly  –  How  human  feedback  can  be  used  to  improve  accuracy  over  =me  

Overview

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Introduc)on:  Basis  Technology

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English

Pronoun Verb Name

Pronoun+VerbVerb NounConjunction Title Name

Pronoun Verb NameDeterminer Noun

Verb Name Title Name NamePrep.

Noun VerbRel. Pronoun Verb Verb Prep. Verb Noun

Pronoun+Verb Adjective Noun Prep. Adjective Adjective

What is Big Text ?

It's huge volumes of multilingual , unstructured

text that must be processed to deliver insights

and build connections . It’s President Clinton

helping Malawi . Secretary Clinton in .

The福島 meltdown . This is Big Text .

دابآ ملسا

Concept

Person

ConceptPlace

Place Person Place

Urdu: “Islamabad”

Japanese:"Fukushima”

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Introduc)on:  Gregor  Stewart

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En)ty  Extrac)on:  What  is  it?

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Unhasu Orchestra

Kim Jong-ilKim

HyunRi Sol-ju

Wangjeasan Light Music Band

Twitter

South KoreaChosun Ilbo

Chosun

North KoreaChina

Hyon Song-wolKim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un

Unhasu Orchestra

Chosun Ilbo

China

Hyon

Kim Jong-ilKim

Ri Sol-ju

Wangjeasan Light Music Band Twitter

South Korea

Chosun

North Korea

Kim Jong-unKim Jong-un

Unhasu OrchestraUnhasu Orchestra Chosun Ilbo

Chosun Ilbo

ChinaChina

HyunHyon Song-wol

Hyon

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En)ty  Extrac)on:  How  is  it  Done?

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Probabilis=c  Extractor  

                         Supervised  Model  

Unsupervised  Model  

Determinis=c  Extractor  

Exact  Match  (GazeOeer)  

PaOern  Match  (Regex)  

En=ty  Re

dactor  

En=ty  Joining  Input  Text  

Filtering  

Overlap  Adjudica=on  

Tagged  Text  

Domain  Text  

Output  Text  

User  Defined  Lists  

User  Defined  PaOerns  

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Un estadounidense que aprendió a saltar en paracaídas

durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial cumplió su sueño de

poner en práctica su habilidad a los 90 años de edad. Lester

Slate saltó este domingo en el estado de Maine acompañado

de un guía paracaidista. A pesar de haber volado en

numerosas ocasiones, según la prensa local, este veterano de

la marina estadounidense nunca se había lanzado en

paracaídas. Slate señaló que se sintió inspirado por el

expresidente de Estados Unidos Goerge H.W. Bush, quien

realizó un salto con motivo de su 85 cumpleaños en 2009.

Tras pisar tierra, el nonagenario dijo que esperaba poder

repetir en su 95 y 100 cumpleaños.

FISHING NEWS

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Three

generations of an American political

dynasty went fishing off the Maine coast.

The family set out together in the morning

on their new powerboat, built by

Penobscot Boat Builders.

On board were the first President Bush;

the second President Bush

and his niece, Noelle Bush.

Un estadounidense que aprendió a saltar en paracaídas

durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial cumplió su sueño de

poner en práctica su habilidad a los 90 años de edad. Lester

Slate saltó este domingo en el estado de Maine acompañado

de un guía paracaidista. A pesar de haber volado en

numerosas ocasiones, según la prensa local, este veterano de

la marina estadounidense nunca se había lanzado en

paracaídas. Slate señaló que se sintió inspirado por el

expresidente de Estados Unidos Goerge H.W. Bush, quien

realizó un salto con motivo de su 85 cumpleaños en 2009.

Tras pisar tierra, el nonagenario dijo que esperaba poder

repetir en su 95 y 100 cumpleaños.

FISHING NEWS

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Three

generations of an American political

dynasty went fishing off the Maine coast.

The family set out together in the morning

on their new powerboat, built by

Penobscot Boat Builders.

On board were the first President Bush;

the second President Bush

and his niece, Noelle Bush.

Un estadounidense que aprendió a saltar en paracaídas

durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial cumplió su sueño de

poner en práctica su habilidad a los 90 años de edad. Lester

Slate saltó este domingo en el estado de Maine acompañado

de un guía paracaidista. A pesar de haber volado en

numerosas ocasiones, según la prensa local, este veterano de

la marina estadounidense nunca se había lanzado en

paracaídas. Slate señaló que se sintió inspirado por el

expresidente de Estados Unidos Goerge H.W. Bush, quien

realizó un salto con motivo de su 85 cumpleaños en 2009.

Tras pisar tierra, el nonagenario dijo que esperaba poder

repetir en su 95 y 100 cumpleaños.

George H. W. Bush41st U.S. PresidentID: USPRES41DOB: June 12, 1924

George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States.

George W. Bush43rd U.S. PresidentID: USPRES43DOB: July 6, 1946

George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States of America from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

FISHING NEWS

Noelle BushID: BD239852

Unknown Person

Unknown OrganizationPenobscot Boat BuildersID: TF354723

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Three

generations of an American political

dynasty went fishing off the Maine coast.

The family set out together in the morning

on their new powerboat, built by

Penobscot Boat Builders.

On board were the first President Bush;

the second President Bush

and his niece, Noelle Bush.

1 Identifying Known Entities

2 Inferring New Entities

En)ty  Resolu)on:  What  is  it?  (1)

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En)ty  Resolu)on:  What  is  it?  (2)

Alberto  

Alberto  

Alberto  Alberto  

Alberto  Amos  Fernandez…    

Alberto    M.  Fernandez…    

Alberto    Fernandez…    

Alberto    Fernandiz…    

Albert  Fernandez…    

Alberto  

Alberto  

Alberto  Alberto  

Alberto  Fernandez…    …  Chief  of  Cabinet  …  Argen=na…      …Prof  of  Criminal  Law…  

Alberto  Fernandez…    …  born  Sept  7,  1984  …  cycling  …  Madrid  

Alberto  Fernandez…    …  born  in  Cuba  …  US  Ambassador  

Alburto  Fernandez…  

Alberto  

Alberto  Fernandez  de  la  Puebla…    

Alberto  

Ratio of Politicians to Sportsmen?

2:1

Alberto  Fernandez…    

Sportsmen? YES

Nickname “El Galleta?”

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En)ty  Resolu)on:  How  is  it  Done?  (1)

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En)ty  Resolu)on:  How  is  it  Done?  (2)

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En)ty  Resolu)on:  How  is  it  Done?  (3)

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En)ty  Resolu)on:  How  is  it  Done?  (4)

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Resolu=on  Engine  Candidate  Selec=on  

En=ty  Index  

En=ty  Men=on  

+  Context  

Link  or  Ghost  

Ranking  

Knowledge  Base  

Learned  

Seeded  

!

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§  In  a  far  away  place,  not  so  long  ago…  the  CIA  was  asked  by  the  US  President  to  assess  the  likelihood  that  the  Syrian  opposi=on  would  use  chemical  weapons  by  mid-­‐2014.  

§  As  part  of  building  that  analysis,  and  because  there  are  Al-­‐Qaeda  elements  in  the  Syrian  opposi=on,  Alice  the  analyst  was  asked  to:  characterize  Al-­‐Qaeda’s  a2tude  to  using  chemical  weapons  against  Middle  Eastern  governments.  

A  (Convenient)  Fic)on…

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A  document  that  Alice  needs  to  read…  

 

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From:  Ayman  Al-­‐Zawahiri  (?)  To:  “Hafiz  Sultan”    

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From:  Ayman  Al-­‐Zawahiri  (?)  To:  “Hafiz  Sultan”    

Dear  Brother,  We  need  guidance  from  you  on  the  issue  of  using  chlorine  gas  technology.  It  was  reported  that  the  brothers  in  Iraq  have  used  it,  but  this  was  implicitly  denied  in  a  statement  issued  by  the  Islamic  State  of  Iraq.    The  brothers  where  Mahmud  is  have  the  poten=al  to  use  chlorine  gas  on  the  forces  of  the  apostates,  Jalal  Talabani  and  Mas'ud  Barzani,  and  have  already  considered  using  it.  However,  I  informed  them  that  maOers  as  serious  as  this  require  centralized  [coordina=on]  and  permission  from  the  senior  [al-­‐Qa'ida]  leadership,  because  the  gas  could  be  difficult  to  control  and  might  harm  some  people,  which  could  tarnish  our  image,  alienate  people  from  us,  and  so  on.”    

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From:  Ayman  Al-­‐Zawahiri  (?)  To:  “Hafiz  Sultan”    

Dear  Brother,  We  need  guidance  from  you  on  the  issue  of  using  chlorine  gas  technology.  It  was  reported  that  the  brothers  in  Iraq  have  used  it,  but  this  was  implicitly  denied  in  a  statement  issued  by  the  Islamic  State  of  Iraq.    The  brothers  where  Mahmud  is  have  the  poten=al  to  use  chlorine  gas  on  the  forces  of  the  apostates,  Jalal  Talabani  and  Mas'ud  Barzani,  and  have  already  considered  using  it.  However,  I  informed  them  that  maOers  as  serious  as  this  require  centralized  [coordina=on]  and  permission  from  the  senior  [al-­‐Qa'ida]  leadership,  because  the  gas  could  be  difficult  to  control  and  might  harm  some  people,  which  could  tarnish  our  image,  alienate  people  from  us,  and  so  on.”    

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From:  Ayman  Al-­‐Zawahiri  (?)  To:  “Hafiz  Sultan”    

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…characterize  Al-­‐Qaeda’s  a2tude  to  using  chemical  weapons  against  Middle  Eastern  governments.  

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Summary

§  By  Connec=ng  Strings  to  Things  in  text,  exis=ng  knowledge  can  be  applied:  –  And  we  can  know  where  exis=ng  knowledge  is  lacking  (ghosts)  

§  Indexing  text  by  Things  allows  each  query  to  be  more  precise  and  produc=ve  –  Fewer  queries,  fewer  adjustments,  fewer  things  to  read  

§  By  using  abundant  human  feedback,  resolu=on  accuracy  can  get  beOer  over  =me  without  effort.  –  More  subtle  dis=nc=ons  between  en==es  can  be  learned  by  example  

§  But…  

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…it’s  not  the  shoes

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Thank  You!   Gregor  Stewart  ([email protected])  Director  of  Product  Management  

Basis  Technology  Corpora=on    

Open Source Intelligence !and Research Association Inaugural Meeting