Triple

T5731519

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	WorldCom accounting scandal	`E126393`	entity
Predicate	cooperation	`P435`	FINISHED
Object	Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors as a key former WorldCom executive who became a central figure in exposing the massive accounting fraud at the telecommunications company.	`E539477`	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: Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors | Statement: [WorldCom accounting scandal, cooperation, Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors
Context triple: [WorldCom accounting scandal, cooperation, Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors]

A. Saltergate
Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
B. Watergate Special Prosecution Force
The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
C. Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is an American attorney and former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump who later became a key witness in investigations into Trump's business and political activities.
D. Michael D. Cohen
Michael D. Cohen was an American organizational theorist and professor known for his influential work on organizational decision-making and the "garbage can model" of organizational choice.
E. FBI ABSCAM operation
The FBI ABSCAM operation was a late-1970s undercover sting in which federal agents posed as wealthy Arab investors to expose political corruption among U.S. public officials.
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: Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors
Triple: [WorldCom accounting scandal, cooperation, Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors]

Generated description

Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors as a key former WorldCom executive who became a central figure in exposing the massive accounting fraud at the telecommunications company.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors
Target entity description: Scott Sullivan cooperated with prosecutors as a key former WorldCom executive who became a central figure in exposing the massive accounting fraud at the telecommunications company.

A. Saltergate
Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
B. Watergate Special Prosecution Force
The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
C. Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is an American attorney and former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump who later became a key witness in investigations into Trump's business and political activities.
D. Michael D. Cohen
Michael D. Cohen was an American organizational theorist and professor known for his influential work on organizational decision-making and the "garbage can model" of organizational choice.
E. FBI ABSCAM operation
The FBI ABSCAM operation was a late-1970s undercover sting in which federal agents posed as wealthy Arab investors to expose political corruption among U.S. public officials.
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_69c0083082288190b7478cead6b5430a`	completed	March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c02532fd308190a7434dd42a55e9ac`	completed	March 22, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c05a906e008190bd2b9a3481733f14`	completed	March 22, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c05cabceac819095c4a114220efb1a`	completed	March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c05d30463481909876ca02516d31cc`	completed	March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.

Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:47 p.m.