Triple
T9029152
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | WorldCom, Inc. |
E216124
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bernard Ebbers |
E216126
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Bernard Ebbers | Statement: [WorldCom, Inc., foundedBy, Bernard Ebbers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Ebbers Context triple: [WorldCom, Inc., foundedBy, Bernard Ebbers]
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A.
Bernard Ebbers
chosen
Bernard Ebbers was a Canadian-born businessman best known as the co-founder and former CEO of WorldCom, central to one of the largest accounting scandals in U.S. corporate history.
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B.
Kenneth Lay
Kenneth Lay was the longtime chairman and CEO of Enron, widely known for his central role in the massive Enron corporate fraud and accounting scandal of the early 2000s.
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C.
Jeffrey Skilling
Jeffrey Skilling is the former CEO of Enron who became a central figure in one of the largest corporate fraud cases in U.S. history.
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D.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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E.
Charles Keating
Charles Keating was a British actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the sophisticated villain Carl Hutchins on the American soap opera "Another World."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83a5fa88819088144801b4dd7245 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6a9bcb508190b58751f1772407d4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfdbc289648190834031537c8ce130 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:08 p.m.