Triple

T9029190
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WorldCom, Inc. E216124 entity
Predicate legalOutcomeForExecutive P2931 FINISHED
Object Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy E216126 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 convicted of fraud and conspiracy | Statement: [WorldCom, Inc., legalOutcomeForExecutive, Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy
Context triple: [WorldCom, Inc., legalOutcomeForExecutive, Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy]
  • 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.
  • B. United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
    United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
  • C. United States v. Skilling
    United States v. Skilling is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case involving former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling that significantly narrowed the scope of the federal “honest services” fraud statute.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Enron
    Enron was a major American energy company that became infamous for one of the largest corporate frauds and bankruptcies in history, leading to sweeping reforms in financial regulation and corporate governance.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: legalOutcomeForExecutive
Context triple: [WorldCom, Inc., legalOutcomeForExecutive, Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud and conspiracy]
  • A. legalOutcome chosen
    Indicates the resulting legal status, decision, or consequence that follows from a legal process, action, or judgment.
  • B. executiveFor
    Indicates that one entity serves in an executive role (such as CEO, president, or similar leadership position) for another entity, typically an organization or company.
  • C. hasExecutiveAuthority
    Indicates that one entity holds formal decision-making and managerial power over an organization, group, or process.
  • D. executiveOfficeInvolved
    Indicates that an executive-level office is directly involved in, overseeing, or responsible for the referenced action or relationship.
  • E. executiveAuthorityExercisedOnAdviceOf
    Indicates that an executive authority performs its powers or functions based on, and typically in accordance with, the formal advice or recommendations of another designated body or office.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cc5ee132f08190940749c7c522e4c1 completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:08 p.m.