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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

"It will require a very long, very complex security operation that won't eliminate all the risks," said Bertrand Cavallier, a former commander at France's national military police training school. ...

"Paris will be bunkerized under the current plan for the opening ceremony," said Fr d ric P chenard, the former head of France's national police. ...

Momentum supporting factors

(security,vehicle)

(police,military,sky)

Challenge supporting factors

(police,attacks,ing)

(police,attacks,security,ing)

(police,ing)

(security,ing)

(police,attacks,security,united_states)

(police,attacks,united_states)

(security,united_states)

(france,police,train)

(france,train)

(police,attacks,train)

(police,military,train)

(france,police,school)

(france,minister,trocad)

(france,trocad)

(france,minister,stade)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(police,attacks,security,school)

(security,france,school)

(security,police,france,school)

(security,police,school)

(police,attacks,security,risks)

(security,france,risks)

(security,police,france,risks)

(security,police,risks)

(security,france,ric)

(security,police,france,ric)

(security,police,ric)

(security,police,france,military)

(security,police,military)

(security,police,chenard)

(security,police,france,chenard)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	26.16	2.49	71.36

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (police,attacks,security,school)	100.00
(2) (security,france,school)	97.98
(3) (security,police,france,school)	96.86
(4) (security,police,school)	95.52
(5) (police,attacks,security,risks)	95.29
(6) (security,france,risks)	93.05
(7) (security,police,france,risks)	92.38
(8) (security,police,risks)	90.58
(9) (security,france,ric)	90.36
(10) (security,police,france,ric)	90.13
(11) (security,police,ric)	87.89
(12) (security,police,france,military)	87.44
(13) (security,police,military)	85.87
(14) (security,police,chenard)	84.30
(15) (security,police,france,chenard)	83.86
(16) (police,chenard,bunkerized)	81.61
(17) (security,police,france,bunkerized)	80.94
(18) (security,police,paralympic_games)	78.70
(19) (security,france,sciences_po_university)	78.48
(20) (france,attack,rald)	77.58
(21) (france,minister,rald)	76.46
(22) (security,france,rald)	74.89
(23) (france,attack,minister)	74.44
(24) (security,france,minister)	71.30
(25) (police,attacks,ing)	69.96
(26) (police,attacks,security,ing)	69.06
(27) (police,ing)	68.61
(28) (security,ing)	68.39
(29) (security,games,terrorism)	67.94
(30) (security,terrorism)	67.49
(31) (security,games,start)	67.26
(32) (security,games,potential)	66.82
(33) (security,games,london)	66.59
(34) (security,vehicle)	66.37
(35) (police,attacks,security,united_states)	65.47
(36) (police,attacks,united_states)	62.11
(37) (security,united_states)	61.66
(38) (security,swells)	61.43
(39) (france,terrorist,trocad)	60.76
(40) (france,terrorist,train)	60.31
(41) (police,terrorist,train)	59.87
(42) (france,minister,threat)	58.52
(43) (france,terrorist,threat)	58.07
(44) (france,terrorist,stade)	57.40
(45) (france,police,squares)	55.83
(46) (france,terrorist,squares)	54.93
(47) (police,attacks,squares)	53.59
(48) (police,military,squares)	51.79
(49) (police,terrorist,squares)	50.90
(50) (france,police,soldiers)	49.55
(51) (france,terrorist,soldiers)	48.43
(52) (police,attacks,soldiers)	47.31
(53) (police,military,soldiers)	45.52
(54) (police,terrorist,soldiers)	44.39
(55) (france,terrorist,seine)	44.17
(56) (france,police,train)	42.15
(57) (france,train)	41.93
(58) (police,attacks,train)	40.13
(59) (police,military,train)	38.57
(60) (france,police,terrorist)	36.77
(61) (police,attacks,terrorist)	34.75
(62) (police,military,terrorist)	32.96
(63) (france,police,school)	31.61
(64) (france,police,risks)	29.82
(65) (france,minister,trocad)	26.46
(66) (france,trocad)	26.23
(67) (france,minister,terrorist)	25.11
(68) (france,minister,stade)	23.77
(69) (france,minister,seine)	22.42
(70) (france,attack,terrorism)	19.96
(71) (france,attack,summer_olympics)	18.61
(72) (france,attack,security)	17.26
(73) (france,attack,moscow)	16.14
(74) (france,attack,french)	15.02
(75) (france,tony_estanguet)	13.45
(76) (police,terrorist,resting)	13.23
(77) (police,terrorist,munich_olympic_games)	13.00
(78) (police,terrorist,israeli_olympic)	12.56
(79) (police,terrorist,islamist)	12.11
(80) (police,attacks,france)	11.66
(81) (police,military,france)	9.42
(82) (police,military,sky)	7.40
(83) (police,chenard,ric)	6.28
(84) (police,chenard,plan_b)	5.61
(85) (police,chenard,minister)	5.38
(86) (police,chenard,france)	5.16
(87) (police,attacks,security,secur)	2.24
(88) (police,attacks,security,paying)	0.67
(89) (police,attacks,security,nuclear)	0.45
(90) (police,united_states)	0.22

Supporting narratives:

Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

momentum - Back to HLA

Behind him, as he spoke during a security drill, more than 40 members of his team rammed into an abandoned office building in a Paris suburb using a specialized armored vehicle, and then exited from the roof hanging from a helicopter. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,vehicle)

momentum - Back to HLA

Four helicopters will monitor the sky, with officers trained in tracking and defusing drones.. . Some 45,000 police and military police officers will flood Paris and its suburbs - about 10 times their typical presence ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,military,sky)
Inferred entity relationships (5)
(military,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(military,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(military,police,squares) [inferred]
(military,police,security) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

There will be some 100 diver bomb specialists inspect ing the water ; some 650 officers from specialized anti-terrorist units ; over 700 firefighters specialized in stopping nuclear and chemical attacks ; about 2,000 private security guards secur ing the areas holding paying spectators ; and 2,500 foreign officers, including some from the United States, many with bomb-detecting dogs ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,attacks,ing)
(police,attacks,security,ing)
(security,ing)
(police,attacks,security,nuclear)
(police,attacks,security,paying)
(police,attacks,security,secur)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(attacks,police,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,ing,police) [inferred]
(attacks,police,train) [inferred]
(ing,police) [inferred]
(attacks,police,school,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,ing,police,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,security,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,soldiers) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

There will be some 100 diver bomb specialists inspect ing the water ; some 650 officers from specialized anti-terrorist units ; over 700 firefighters specialized in stopping nuclear and chemical attacks ; about 2,000 private security guards secur ing the areas holding paying spectators ; and 2,500 foreign officers, including some from the United States, many with bomb-detecting dogs. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,ing)
(police,attacks,united_states)
(security,united_states)
(police,attacks,security,united_states)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(attacks,police,secur,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,united_states) [inferred]
(security,united_states) [inferred]
(police,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,train) [inferred]
(attacks,police,school,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,security,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,soldiers) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

"It will require a very long, very complex security operation that won't eliminate all the risks," said Bertrand Cavallier, a former commander at France's national military police training school.. . Since the 2015 deadly Islamist attacks, France has become sadly accustomed to terrorist threats and to soldiers patrolling its crowded squares and train stations, their fingers resting near the triggers of machine guns ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,attacks,train)
(police,attacks,france)
(france,police,train)
(france,train)
(france,police,school)
(police,military,train)
(police,military,france)
Inferred entity relationships (25)
(police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,secur,security) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,sky) [inferred]
(military,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,school,security) [inferred]
(military,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,security,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(military,police,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,united_states) [inferred]
(france,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,squares) [inferred]
(military,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(france,military,police,security) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Macron said that if there were a serious terrorist threat, the government would be prepared to pull the ceremony off the Seine - and hold it either at Trocad ro Square or in the Stade de France, the national stadium.. . "When the sports minister said there was no Plan B, I was shocked," said Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,trocad)
(france,minister,stade)
(france,minister,trocad)
Inferred entity relationships (7)
(france,minister,seine) [inferred]
(france,minister,stade) [inferred]
(france,minister,rald) [inferred]
(france,minister,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,minister,trocad) [inferred]
(france,minister,security) [inferred]
(france,minister,threat) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

"Paris will be bunkerized under the current plan for the opening ceremony," said Fr d ric P chenard, the former head of France's national police. "The French police have spared no expense." ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,chenard,france)
(police,chenard,ric)
Inferred entity relationships (12)
(chenard,france,police,security) [inferred]
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(france,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(chenard,police,security) [inferred]
(police,ric,security) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

There will be some 100 diver bomb specialists inspect ing the water ; some 650 officers from specialized anti-terrorist units ; over 700 firefighters specialized in stopping nuclear and chemical attacks ; about 2,000 private security guards secur ing the areas holding paying spectators ; and 2,500 foreign officers, including some from the United States, many with bomb-detecting dogs.. . "There will be a gendarme or police officer every square meter," said Ghislain R ty, the head of one of the country's antiterrorism units, which was formed after the terrorist attack on the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, where 11 Israeli Olympic athletes were killed ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,united_states)

WIP - Back to HLA

"It will require a very long, very complex security operation that won't eliminate all the risks," said Bertrand Cavallier, a former commander at France's national military police training school. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,police,france,military)
(police,attacks,security,school)
(security,police,military)
(france,police,risks)
(security,police,france,school)
(security,france,school)
(security,police,school)
Inferred entity relationships (26)
(police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,secur,security) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(military,police,sky) [inferred]
(military,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,security,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(police,risks,security) [inferred]
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(military,police,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,united_states) [inferred]
(france,military,police) [inferred]
(france,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,squares) [inferred]
(military,police,soldiers) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

"It will require a very long, very complex security operation that won't eliminate all the risks," said Bertrand Cavallier, a former commander at France's national military police training school ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,police,risks)
(police,attacks,security,risks)
(security,police,france,risks)
(security,france,risks)
Inferred entity relationships (17)
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(attacks,police,secur,security) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(attacks,police,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,train) [inferred]
(attacks,police,school,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,security,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(police,risks,security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

"Paris will be bunkerized under the current plan for the opening ceremony," said Fr d ric P chenard, the former head of France's national police. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,police,france,chenard)
(security,police,ric)
(security,police,france,ric)
(security,france,ric)
(security,police,chenard)
Inferred entity relationships (12)
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(chenard,france,police) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(chenard,police,ric) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(france,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(police,ric,security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

"Paris will be bunkerized under the current plan for the opening ceremony," said Fr d ric P chenard, the former head of France's national police ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,police,france,bunkerized)
(police,chenard,bunkerized)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(chenard,police,ric) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(france,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(chenard,police,security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Still, he pointed out, the opening ceremony will be just the first few hours of a 17-day event, followed later by the Paralympic Games - all to be secured by thousands of police officers and private security guards. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,police,paralympic_games)

WIP - Back to HLA

"We have never seen anything like this before," said Guillaume Farde, a security expert who teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris.. . France's security apparatus on average foils one planned attack every other month, G rald Darmanin, the interior minister, told a French newspaper this month ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,france,sciences_po_university)

WIP - Back to HLA

France's security apparatus on average foils one planned attack every other month, G rald Darmanin, the interior minister, told a French newspaper this month. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,france,minister)
(france,minister,rald)
(france,attack,rald)
(france,attack,french)
(security,france,rald)
(france,attack,minister)
Inferred entity relationships (15)
(attack,france,rald) [inferred]
(attack,france,security) [inferred]
(france,minister,stade) [inferred]
(attack,france,terrorism) [inferred]
(attack,france,summer_olympics) [inferred]
(france,minister,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,minister,trocad) [inferred]
(france,minister,threat) [inferred]
(france,minister,seine) [inferred]
(attack,france,minister) [inferred]
(france,minister,rald) [inferred]
(france,rald,security) [inferred]
(attack,france,french) [inferred]
(attack,france,moscow) [inferred]
(france,minister,security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Olympics organizers say the potential for terrorism was stitched into the plan for the Games from the start. Over the months of preparation, in response to security concerns, they have adjusted some of the original plans for the opening ceremony - for example, by cutting the number of spectators permitted along the river ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,games,terrorism)
(security,games,start)
(security,terrorism)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(games,security,start) [inferred]
(security,terrorism) [inferred]
(games,security,terrorism) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Olympics organizers say the potential for terrorism was stitched into the plan for the Games from the start ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,games,potential)

WIP - Back to HLA

The security for this year's Olympics will be far greater than what London had during the 2012 Games. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,games,london)

WIP - Back to HLA

Then there is the river, with its own swells, eddies, connections and traffic.. . . "It will require a very long, very complex security operation that won't eliminate all the risks," said Bertrand Cavallier, a former commander at France's national military police training school ...
High Level Abstractions:

(security,swells)

WIP - Back to HLA

Macron said that if there were a serious terrorist threat, the government would be prepared to pull the ceremony off the Seine - and hold it either at Trocad ro Square or in the Stade de France, the national stadium. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,terrorist,stade)
(france,minister,terrorist)
(france,terrorist,trocad)
(france,minister,threat)
(france,minister,seine)
Inferred entity relationships (9)
(france,minister,stade) [inferred]
(france,terrorist,threat) [inferred]
(france,minister,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,minister,trocad) [inferred]
(france,minister,threat) [inferred]
(france,terrorist,train) [inferred]
(france,minister,seine) [inferred]
(france,minister,rald) [inferred]
(france,minister,security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Since the 2015 deadly Islamist attacks, France has become sadly accustomed to terrorist threats and to soldiers patrolling its crowded squares and train stations, their fingers resting near the triggers of machine guns. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,terrorist,train)
(police,terrorist,resting)
(police,terrorist,train)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(france,terrorist,threat) [inferred]
(france,terrorist,trocad) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Macron said that if there were a serious terrorist threat, the government would be prepared to pull the ceremony off the Seine - and hold it either at Trocad ro Square or in the Stade de France, the national stadium ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,terrorist,seine)
(france,terrorist,threat)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(france,terrorist,train) [inferred]
(france,terrorist,trocad) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Since the 2015 deadly Islamist attacks, France has become sadly accustomed to terrorist threats and to soldiers patrolling its crowded squares and train stations, their fingers resting near the triggers of machine guns ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,terrorist,squares)
(police,terrorist,squares)
(france,police,squares)
(police,attacks,soldiers)
(police,terrorist,islamist)
(france,police,terrorist)
(police,military,terrorist)
(police,attacks,squares)
(police,attacks,terrorist)
(france,police,soldiers)
(police,military,squares)
(police,terrorist,soldiers)
(france,terrorist,soldiers)
(police,military,soldiers)
Inferred entity relationships (27)
(france,police,risks) [inferred]
(france,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,secur,security) [inferred]
(france,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,school,security) [inferred]
(france,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,sky) [inferred]
(military,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(attacks,police,train) [inferred]
(attacks,police,school,security) [inferred]
(military,police,train) [inferred]
(military,police,squares) [inferred]
(attacks,police,security,united_states) [inferred]
(attacks,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(police,soldiers,terrorist) [inferred]
(france,police,ric,security) [inferred]
(france,police,school) [inferred]
(france,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(police,terrorist,train) [inferred]
(military,police,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,united_states) [inferred]
(france,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,risks,security) [inferred]
(attacks,police,terrorist) [inferred]
(military,police,soldiers) [inferred]
(attacks,police,squares) [inferred]
(police,squares,terrorist) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Nine years later, the Summer Olympics are set to open in Paris in July with France at its highest level of terrorism alert, after the attack on the Moscow concert hall last month. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,attack,terrorism)
(france,attack,moscow)
Inferred entity relationships (7)
(attack,france,rald) [inferred]
(attack,france,security) [inferred]
(attack,france,minister) [inferred]
(attack,france,terrorism) [inferred]
(attack,france,summer_olympics) [inferred]
(attack,france,french) [inferred]
(attack,france,moscow) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Nine years later, the Summer Olympics are set to open in Paris in July with France at its highest level of terrorism alert, after the attack on the Moscow concert hall last month ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,attack,summer_olympics)
Inferred entity relationships (6)
(attack,france,rald) [inferred]
(attack,france,security) [inferred]
(attack,france,minister) [inferred]
(attack,france,terrorism) [inferred]
(attack,france,french) [inferred]
(attack,france,moscow) [inferred]

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. France's security apparatus on average foils one planned attack every other month, G rald Darmanin, the interior minister, told a French newspaper this month ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,attack,security)
Inferred entity relationships (6)
(attack,france,rald) [inferred]
(attack,france,minister) [inferred]
(attack,france,terrorism) [inferred]
(attack,france,summer_olympics) [inferred]
(attack,france,french) [inferred]
(attack,france,moscow) [inferred]

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For example, in 2016, France hosted the European soccer championships, drawing some 600,000 foreign spectators, noted Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris Olympic Committee. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(france,tony_estanguet)

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"There will be a gendarme or police officer every square meter," said Ghislain R ty, the head of one of the country's antiterrorism units, which was formed after the terrorist attack on the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, where 11 Israeli Olympic athletes were killed. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,terrorist,israeli_olympic)
(police,terrorist,munich_olympic_games)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(police,terrorist,train) [inferred]

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"When the sports minister said there was no Plan B, I was shocked," said Mr. P chenard, the former head of the national police, referring to an earlier insistence among ministers that the plan would not change ...
High Level Abstractions:

(police,chenard,plan_b)
(police,chenard,minister)

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A City Scarred by Terrorism Prepares an Olympic Opening Without Walls