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Entity: Organization
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Introduction
Welcome and thank you for taking part in our study. This study investigates new technologies to automatically process
textual information in a format that is most useful to the human user. We call this 'Human-Assisted Machine Information Exploitation' (HAMIE).
The study begins to address the question: Can a 'machine' identify the most important pieces of information a human user needs to answer a
question quickly and accurately?
As a participant in the study, you will take on the role of an Intelligence Analyst tasked by your Commander to find the answer to an
important question which impacts the direction of the mission. In order to answer the Commander's question you will need to analyze information
contained in a variety of documents and reports.
Before beginning your duty as Intelligence Analyst, please complete a short demographic questionnaire.
Demographics
The Mission
You are serving as a 35F Intelligence Analyst in the 307th Engineer Battalion responsible for conducting human terrain mapping near
Kandahar, Afghanistan. Your battalion has recently arrived on station with little knowledge about the area or local persons of interest.
The unit's mission is to reduce the regional influence of drug trafficking and promote support for the Afghan national government.
As a 35F Intelligence Analyst the majority of your time is spent analyzing data and preparing summaries to assist the battalion
Commander in mission critical decisions.
The data you will need to analyze is collected from a variety of sources.
Open Source Information (OSI): Public information found on the World Wide Web.
Blog posts (BLOG): Personal contributions to online discussions
Biographies (BIO): Brief descriptions of a person's life
RAP Sheets (RAP): Records of an individual's criminal history
Intelligence Information Reports (IIR): Observations and activities shared among members of the intelligence community.
To analyze the above sources of information a sequence of three processing tasks must be performed.
The first task is called annotation. Annotation is the highlighting or labeling of specific words and phrases in the text. The purpose
of annotation is to identify important portions of the text so the reader can summarize the text more easily and determine if it contains
useful information. The highlighted words are called 'entities' and 'attributes'. There are many different types of entities. Some common
examples of entity types are people, organizations, locations, events, dates, and times. An attribute can be thought of as a
characteristic or feature of an entity.
For example in this sentence 'Soldier' is an entity and 'Humvee' is an attribute.
The
Entity
Soldier
drives the
Attribute
Humvee down the road.
The second task is called relation identification. Typically, a relationship exists between entities and attributes identified
in the annotation task. For example, in the sentence "The Soldier drives the Humvee down the road.", Soldier is an entity and Humvee is
an attribute. The relationship between the entity and attribute is 'drives'. Identifying the relationships between entities and
attributes increases understanding of the document's content.
For example in this sentence 'drives' is the relation.
The
Entity
Soldierdrives
Relation
the
Attribute
Humvee down the road.
The third task is called a link diagram. The link diagram visualizes the relationships between entities and attributes
in the form of a network visualization using 'nodes' and 'links'. The links represent relationships connecting the nodes (entities
and attributes). The nodes are circles containing the name of the entity or attribute. The line connecting two nodes, the link, is
labeled with the relationship. For example here is the relation represented as a node-link diagram called a dyad:
Node
Soldier
Link
drives
Node
Humvee
When the entity or attribute labels of a node match, the dyads can be merged to create a network diagram. For example here is how the above dyad would fit into a network diagram:
Kandahar
Located
Soldier
Member of
Drives
Humvee
Property of
307th
Don't worry if this sounds complicated. A robot assistant named HAMIE will help you with each of the three processing tasks!
The Commander has just handed you an urgent Intelligence Information Request (IIR) which directly impacts the mission!!!
Your job is to analyze the data collected so far using the help of HAMIE.
The Commander needs to make a mission critical decision in 30 minutes!
He is depending on your answer to the IIR.
[OSI1] Open Source Information-01
Mosques in the local Kandahar area where Muslims of good faith worship and minister.
The local government is led by a Mayor.
The ExecutiveOffice is made up of several department heads who work with each other under the Mayor.
Rasul Mohammed, Mayor
Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor
Jalal Kadar, Commerce Minister
Habib Ahmed, Police Chief
Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief
[OSI3] Open
Source Information-03
Local tribes
populating the Kandahar area
Pastun
Baloch
Tajik
[BIO1] Biography-01
Name: Habib Ahmed
Position: Police Chief
Habib Ahmed was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan
in 1967 and is currently 46 years of age. He graduated from Sufi SahibHigh School and was drafted into the
military shortly thereafter. He served during the Iraq-Iran war with distinction and earned a
mid-grade non-commissioned officer rank. When he retired from the service, he
returned home to Kandahar. His family
helped Habib find work in the police
profession where he rose steadily through the ranks. As the Chief of Police, he is responsible for all
matters of local enforcement and reports directly to the Mayor.
[BIO2] Biography-02
Name: Hashim Ahmad
Position: Assistant Police Chief
Hashim Ahmad was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan
in 1978 and is currently 35 years of age. He graduated from Ahmad Shah BabaHigh
School in 1996 with top grades but
elected to enter into professional law enforcement directly after graduation.
Lacking political and family influence, Hashim
has advanced to the position of Assistant Chief
through hard work and good law enforcement practice over his 17-year career. As Assistant
Police Chief, he is responsible for planning, staffing, and conducting
police activities including management of evidence collection and preservation.
Hashim reports directly to the Police Chief.
[RAP] RAP sheet
Name: Mostafa Karimi
Case: Ackbar Raid
Mostafa Karimi was arrested on 30April2015. He was found in a house at 14732AckbarRoad, Kandahar,
with drug making paraphernalia and enough raw product and chemicals to produce
several kilos of opium. The subject was in the company of several others
including one Ziyad Sultan who was also
taken into custody. The subject was released on 2May2013
because evidence against him was mishandled and subsequently lost.
Additionally, the crime scene was burned to the ground with the loss of all
contents. Arson is suspected. While no proof has been found to indicate a
perpetrator, Miraj Karimi has written and
spoken in public of the travesty of the arrest of his son and is a prime
suspect in the arson.
[IIR1] Intelligence Information Report-01
Date: 02April2015
Location: Kandahar
Rasul Mohammed, Mayor, and Wafi
Hakim, Assistant Mayor, attended
the 2015Annual
Forum on Drug Trafficking and Use
in Kandahar. Also in attendance, Habib Ahmed, Police
Chief, and Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief.
[IIR2] Intelligence Information Report-02
Date: 07April2015
Location: Kandahar
Source is a Cleric of the Islamic faith, Muslim
of the Pashtun Tribe, with direct
knowledge of information about the religious community through his professional
interactions. The Cleric identifies Miraj Karimi as the Mullah practicing at the ImamShahMosque.
The area directly surrounding this Mosque
is characterized by poverty, crime, and known insurgent activities. The source
has not interacted with Karimi as he is
often in seclusion with no public access and the people that go to this Mosque
are not of his liking.
[BLOG1] Blog post from KandaharJoe
Date: 02May2015
I can't say I'm surprised Ziyad Sultan
and Mostafa Karimi were let go. It seems
evidence has a tendency to go missing around here.
[BLOG2] Blog post from Mubin
Date: 02May2015
I can stay silent no longer! I cannot take the blatant injustice that Ahmed serves! They deserve to pay for their
crimes. They have brought nothing but sadness to our community.
[IIR3] Intelligence Information Report-03
Date: 4May2015
Location: Kandahar
Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief, was killed by an IED attack this morning while on route from
his home to the police station in the MaiwandDistrict. The bomb was located in an
alleyway which Ahmad frequently uses as
a short cut to the police station. Media is calling the incident the MaiwandAlley
bombing. The funeral is planned for 6May.
[IIR4] Intelligence Information Report-04
Date: 09May2015
Source is one Ziyad Sultan, a
known criminal working in the KhojakDrugCartel.
He has direct knowledge of the Cartel's
operations and contacts. Ziyad was
recently arrested on solid drug charges during the AckbarRaid but released
under suspicious circumstances. Ziyad's
primary motivation to report information is money. Ziyad identified the leader of the Cartel
as Abu Sultan. Abu is Ziyad's uncle but
notably Abu is of the Tajik tribe. The Tajik
and Pashtun are not on friendly terms
and have different doctrine on government relations; Pashtun being generally for the government and Tajik being generally against the government.
Ziyad indicates that Abu was born in Afghanistan
and is 45 years old. Abu graduated from the prestigious Polytechnic University of Kabul, yet only managed to work as a laborer
in Kandahar. The lack of jobs in his field
drove Abu to the illegal drug trade.
[IIR5] Intelligence Information Report-05
Date: 15May2015
Source named Haji is motivated
to report information because he is dissatisfied with the AbulhaMosque
leadership and religious practices. The AbulhaMosque is led by MullahGabr Ahmed who is
perceived as providing support for the local criminal element. Haji has observed several instances where known
criminals have attended services and had secret meetings on the Mosque grounds. Specifically, Haji has observed MullahGabr Ahmed speaking
with Abu Sultan. Haji has also witnessed the Police
Chief, Mullah, and drug lord at
the same table during the Mosque's BrotherhoodFundraisingDinner on 1May2015.
Haji states that Habib Ahmed, Gabr Ahmed,
and Abu Sultan are all born into the Tajik tribe.
[OSI1] Open Source Information-01
Mosques in the local Kandahar area where Muslims of good faith worship and minister.
Abulha Mosque 2645 Darulaman Street Kandahar Phone: (+43-1) 376 1495
[OSI2] Open Source Information-02
Kandahar local Government
The local government is led by a
Mayor. The Executive Office is made up of several department heads who work with each other under the Mayor.
Rasul Mohammed, Mayor
Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor
Jalal Kadar, Commerce Minister
Habib Ahmed, Police Chief
Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief
[OSI3] Open
Source Information-03
Local tribes populating the Kandahar area
Pastun
Baloch
Tajik
[BIO1] Biography-01
Name: Habib Ahmed
Position: Police Chief
Habib Ahmed was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1967 and is currently 46 years of age. He graduated from Sufi Sahib High School and was drafted into the military shortly thereafter. He served during the Iraq-Iran war with distinction and earned a mid-grade
non-commissioned officer rank. When he
retired from the service, he returned home
to Kandahar. His family helped Habib
find work in the police profession where
he rose steadily through the ranks. As the Chief of Police, he is
responsible for all matters of local enforcement and reports directly to the Mayor.
[BIO2] Biography-02
Name: Hashim Ahmad
Position: Assistant Police Chief
Hashim Ahmad was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan
in 1978 and is currently 35 years of age. He
graduated from Ahmad Shah Baba High School
in 1996 with top grades but elected to
enter into professional law enforcement
directly after graduation. Lacking political and family influence, Hashim has advanced to the position of Assistant Chief through hard work and good law
enforcement practice over his 17-year career.
As Assistant Police Chief, he is responsible
for planning, staffing, and conducting police activities including management
of evidence collection and preservation. Hashim
reports directly to the Police Chief.
[RAP] RAP sheet
Name: Mostafa Karimi
Case: Ackbar Raid
Mostafa Karimi was arrested on 30 April 2015. He
was found in a house at 14732 Ackbar Road,
Kandahar, with drug making paraphernalia
and enough raw product and chemicals to produce several kilos of opium. The subject was in the company of several others including one Ziyad Sultan who was also taken into custody. The subject was released on 2 May 2013 because evidence against him was mishandled and subsequently lost.
Additionally, the crime scene was burned to the ground with the loss of all
contents. Arson is suspected. While no
proof has been found to indicate a perpetrator,
Miraj Karimi has written and spoken in public of the travesty of the
arrest of his son and is a prime suspect in the arson.
[IIR1] Intelligence Information Report-01
Date: 02 April 2015
Location: Kandahar
Rasul Mohammed, Mayor, and Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor, attended the 2015 Annual Forum on Drug Trafficking and Use in
Kandahar. Also in attendance, Habib Ahmed, Police Chief, and Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief.
[IIR2] Intelligence Information Report-02
Date: 07 April 2015
Location: Kandahar
Source is a Cleric of the Islamic faith, Muslim of the Pashtun
Tribe, with direct knowledge of information about the religious community through his
professional interactions. The Cleric
identifies Miraj Karimi as the Mullah practicing at the ImamShahMosque. The area directly surrounding
this Mosque is characterized by poverty,
crime, and known insurgent activities. The
source has not interacted with Karimi
as he is often in seclusion with no
public access and the people that go to this
Mosque are not of his liking.
[BLOG1] Blog post from Kandahar
Joe
Date: 02 May 2015
I can't say I'm surprised Ziyad
Sultan and Mostafa Karimi were
let go. It seems evidence has a tendency to go missing around here.
[BLOG2] Blog post from Mubin
Date: 02 May 2015
I can stay silent no longer! I cannot take the blatant injustice that Ahmed serves! They
deserve to pay for their crimes. They have brought nothing but sadness to our community.
[IIR3] Intelligence Information Report-03
Date: 4 May 2015
Location: Kandahar
Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief,
was killed by an IED attack this morning
while on route from his home to the police station in the Maiwand District. The bomb was located in an alleyway which Ahmad frequently uses as a short
cut to the police station. Media
is calling the incident the Maiwand Alley bombing. The funeral is planned for 6 May.
[IIR4] Intelligence Information Report-04
Date: 09 May 2015
Source is one Ziyad Sultan, a
known criminal working in the Khojak Drug Cartel. He has direct knowledge of the Cartel's operations and contacts. Ziyad was recently arrested on solid drug
charges during the Ackbar Raid but
released under suspicious circumstances. Ziyad's
primary motivation to report information is money. Ziyad identified the leader of the
Cartel as Abu Sultan. Abu is Ziyad's
uncle but notably Abu is of the Tajik tribe. The Tajik
and Pashtun are not on friendly terms
and have different doctrine on government
relations; Pashtun being generally for
the government and Tajik being generally against the government. Ziyad
indicates that Abu was born in Afghanistan and is 45 years old. Abu graduated
from the prestigious Polytechnic University of
Kabul, yet only managed to work as a
laborer in Kandahar. The lack of jobs in his field
drove Abu to the illegal drug trade.
[IIR5] Intelligence Information Report-05
Date: 15 May 2015
Source named Haji is motivated to report information because
he is dissatisfied with the Abulha Mosque
leadership and religious practices. The Abulha
Mosque is led by Mullah Gabr Ahmed
who is perceived as providing support for the
local criminal element. Haji has observed
several instances where known criminals
have attended services and had secret meetings on the Mosque grounds. Specifically, Haji
has observed Mullah Gabr Ahmed speaking
with Abu Sultan. Haji has also witnessed the Police
Chief, Mullah, and drug lord at the same table during the Mosque's Brotherhood
Fundraising Dinner on 1 May 2015.
Haji states that Habib Ahmed, Gabr Ahmed,
and Abu Sultan are all born into the Tajik tribe.
[OSI1] Open Source Information-01
Mosquesin the local Kandahar area where Muslims of good faith worship and minister.
Abulha Mosque 2645 Darulaman Street
Kandahar
Phone: (+43-1) 376 1495
[OSI2] Open Source Information-02
Kandahar local Government
The local government is led by
a Mayor. The
Executive Office is made up of several department headswho work with each other under the Mayor.
Rasul Mohammed, Mayor
Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor
Jalal Kadar, Commerce Minister
Habib Ahmed, Police Chief
Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief
[OSI3] Open
Source Information-03
Local tribes populating the Kandahar area
Pastun
Baloch
Tajik
[BIO1] Biography-01
Name: Habib Ahmed
Position: Police
Chief
Habib Ahmed
was born in Kandahar,
Afghanistan in 1967 and is
currently 46 years of age. He graduated from Sufi Sahib High School and was drafted into the military shortly
thereafter. He
served during the Iraq-Iran war with
distinction and earned a mid-grade non-commissioned officer rank. When he retired from the service,
he returned home to Kandahar. His family helped Habib find work in the police profession where he rose steadily
through the ranks.
As the Chief of Police,
he is
responsible for all matters of local enforcement and reports directly to the Mayor.
[BIO2] Biography-02
Name: Hashim
Ahmad
Position: Assistant
Police Chief
Hashim Ahmad
was born in Kandahar,
Afghanistan in 1978 and is
currently 35 years of age. He graduated from Ahmad Shah Baba High School in 1996
with top grades but elected to enter into professional law enforcement directly
after graduation. Lacking political and family influence, Hashim has advanced to the position of Assistant Chief
through hard work and good law enforcement practice over his 17-year career. As Assistant Police Chief, he is responsible
for planning, staffing, and conducting police activities including management of evidence collection and preservation.
Hashim
reports directly to the Police
Chief.
[RAP] RAP sheet
Name: Mostafa
Karimi
Case: Ackbar Raid
Mostafa Karimi
was arrested on 30 April 2015. He was found in a house at 14732 Ackbar Road, Kandahar, with
drug making paraphernalia and enough raw product and chemicals to produce
several kilos of opium. The subject was in the company of several
others including one Ziyad
Sultan who was also taken into custody. The subject was released
on 2 May 2013 because evidence
against him
was mishandled and subsequently lost. Additionally, the crime scene was burned to the ground with the loss of all
contents. Arson is suspected. While no
proof has been found to indicate a perpetrator,
Miraj Karimi has written and spoken in public of
the travesty of the arrest of his son and is a prime
suspect in the arson.
[IIR1] Intelligence Information Report-01
Date: 02 April 2015
Location: Kandahar
Rasul
Mohammed, Mayor, and Wafi Hakim, Assistant Mayor, attended the 2015 Annual Forum on Drug Trafficking and Use in
Kandahar.
Also in attendance, Habib
Ahmed, Police Chief, and Hashim Ahmad, Assistant Police Chief.
[IIR2] Intelligence Information Report-02
Date: 07 April 2015
Location: Kandahar
Source
is a Cleric of the
Islamic faith, Muslim
of the Pashtun Tribe,
with direct knowledge of information about the religious
community through his professional interactions. The Cleric
identifies Miraj Karimi
as the Mullah
practicing at the Imam
Shah Mosque. The area directly surrounding this Mosque is
characterized by poverty, crime, and known
insurgent activities. The source has not interacted with Karimi as he is often in
seclusion with no public access and the people
that go to this Mosque
are not of his
liking.
[BLOG1] Blog post from Kandahar Joe
Date:02 May 2015
I
can't say I'm
surprised Ziyad Sultan
and Mostafa Karimi
were let go. It seems evidence has a tendency to go missing around here.
[BLOG2] Blog post from Mubin
Date: 02 May 2015
I can stay
silent no longer! I
cannot take the blatant injustice that Ahmed serves! They deserve to pay for their crimes. They have
brought nothing but sadness to our community.
[BLOG3] Blog post from Kandahar
Jane
Date: 02 May 2015
I'm sure Ahmed delegates evidence collection to one of his underlings. Maybe the assistant police chiefHashim
Ahmad is responsible for their
release.
[IIR3] Intelligence Information Report-03
Date: 4 May 2015
Location: Kandahar
Hashim Ahmad,
Assistant Police Chief, was killed
by an IED attack this morning while on route from hishome
to the police station in the Maiwand
District. The bombing took place in
an alleyway which Ahmad frequently
uses as a short cut to the police station.
Media is calling the incident the Maiwand
Alley bombing. The funeral is
planned for 6 May.
[IIR4] Intelligence Information Report-04
Date: 09 May 2015
Source
is one Ziyad Sultan,
a known criminal
working in the Khojak
Drug Cartel. He
has direct knowledge of the Cartel's operations and contacts. Ziyad was recently arrested on solid drug
charges during the Ackbar Raid but
released under suspicious circumstances. Ziyad's primary motivation to report
information is money. Ziyad
identified the leader of the Cartel as Abu Sultan. Abu is Ziyad's uncle but notably Abu is of the Tajik tribe. The Tajik and Pashtun are not on friendly terms and
have different doctrine on government
relations; Pashtun
being generally for the government
and Tajik
being generally against the government.
Ziyad
indicates that Abu
was born in Afghanistan and is 45 years old. Abu graduated from the prestigious Polytechnic University of Kabul, yet only managed
to work as a laborer
in Kandahar. The lack of jobs in his field
drove Abu to
the illegal drug trade.
[IIR5] Intelligence Information Report-05
Date: 15 May 2015
Source named
Haji is
motivated to report information because he is dissatisfied with the Abulha Mosque leadership
and religious practices. The Abulha Mosque is led by Mullah Gabr Ahmed who is perceived as
providing support for thelocal criminal element. Haji has observed
several instances where known criminals
have attended services and had secret meetings on the Mosque grounds. Specifically, Haji
has observed Mullah Gabr
Ahmed speaking with Abu Sultan. Haji has also witnessed the Police Chief, Mullah, and drug
lord at the same table during the Mosque'sBrotherhood Fundraising Dinner on 1 May 2015. Haji states that Habib Ahmed, Gabr Ahmed, and Abu Sultan are all born into the Tajik tribe.