Triple

T9029237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernard Ebbers E216126 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object WorldCom accounting scandal E126393 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: WorldCom accounting scandal | Statement: [Bernard Ebbers, notableFor, WorldCom accounting scandal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: WorldCom accounting scandal
Context triple: [Bernard Ebbers, notableFor, WorldCom accounting scandal]
  • A. WorldCom accounting scandal chosen
    The WorldCom accounting scandal was a massive early-2000s corporate fraud case in which the telecommunications giant inflated its earnings by billions of dollars, becoming one of the largest accounting scandals in U.S. history and helping spur major reforms in financial regulation.
  • B. Enron accounting scandal
    The Enron accounting scandal was a major corporate fraud case in the early 2000s involving widespread financial misrepresentation at energy company Enron, which led to its bankruptcy and spurred sweeping reforms in U.S. corporate governance and financial regulation.
  • C. 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.
  • D. WorldCom, Inc.
    WorldCom, Inc. was a major American telecommunications company that became infamous for one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in U.S. corporate history, leading to its bankruptcy and rebranding as MCI Inc.
  • E. Credit Mobilier scandal
    The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.
  • 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.