Triple
T7612042
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme |
E172262
|
entity |
| Predicate | trustee |
P451
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Irving H. Picard
Irving H. Picard is the court-appointed trustee and attorney responsible for recovering funds for victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme.
|
E861176
|
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: Irving H. Picard | Statement: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, trustee, Irving H. Picard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving H. Picard Context triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, trustee, Irving H. Picard]
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A.
Edward M. Kern
Edward M. Kern was a 19th-century American topographer and explorer after whom California’s Kern County was named.
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B.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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C.
Herbert F. York
Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
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D.
Edward H. R. Lyman
Edward H. R. Lyman was a philanthropist and cultural patron known for establishing the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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E.
Franklin H. Martin
Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
- 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: Irving H. Picard Triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, trustee, Irving H. Picard]
Generated description
Irving H. Picard is the court-appointed trustee and attorney responsible for recovering funds for victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving H. Picard Target entity description: Irving H. Picard is the court-appointed trustee and attorney responsible for recovering funds for victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme.
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A.
Edward M. Kern
Edward M. Kern was a 19th-century American topographer and explorer after whom California’s Kern County was named.
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B.
Robert N. Davoren
Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
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C.
Herbert F. York
Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
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D.
Edward H. R. Lyman
Edward H. R. Lyman was a philanthropist and cultural patron known for establishing the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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E.
Franklin H. Martin
Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
- 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_69c6994f50808190ba228764bb422417 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6fa221c848190b892ba1caec8d83a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7faf8c1048190a136289a44a0930b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d81c40dc6081908cc186ee6cd0814e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d8277fbf0881908a1e16d6c07886e6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.