Triple
T181978
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 |
E3896
|
entity |
| Predicate | sponsor |
P67
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Sarbanes was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Maryland best known for co-authoring major corporate governance reforms in the early 2000s.
|
E34996
|
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: Paul Sarbanes | Statement: [Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, sponsor, Paul Sarbanes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Sarbanes Context triple: [Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, sponsor, Paul Sarbanes]
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A.
Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Donald W. Riegle Jr. is a former United States Senator from Michigan who played a prominent role in banking and financial regulation policy during his tenure in Congress.
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B.
Erskine Bowles
Erskine Bowles is an American businessman and Democratic politician who served in senior roles in the Clinton administration and later co-chaired the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
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C.
Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson is an American politician who served as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013 and previously as the state's governor.
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D.
Andrew Card
Andrew Card is an American politician and government official best known for serving as White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush.
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E.
David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
- 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: Paul Sarbanes Triple: [Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, sponsor, Paul Sarbanes]
Generated description
Paul Sarbanes was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Maryland best known for co-authoring major corporate governance reforms in the early 2000s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Sarbanes Target entity description: Paul Sarbanes was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Maryland best known for co-authoring major corporate governance reforms in the early 2000s.
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A.
Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Donald W. Riegle Jr. is a former United States Senator from Michigan who played a prominent role in banking and financial regulation policy during his tenure in Congress.
-
B.
Erskine Bowles
Erskine Bowles is an American businessman and Democratic politician who served in senior roles in the Clinton administration and later co-chaired the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
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C.
Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson is an American politician who served as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013 and previously as the state's governor.
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D.
Andrew Card
Andrew Card is an American politician and government official best known for serving as White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush.
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E.
David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
- 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25923507c8190bd7f6eda404b0da0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a38b8959dc8190b6ec8ef2583505a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a38c55a1d48190a5932267dc49dc85 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a38cba99c4819086cec3eb4c72c057 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.