Triple
T9029239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bernard Ebbers |
E216126
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | WorldCom |
E216124
|
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 | Statement: [Bernard Ebbers, employer, WorldCom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WorldCom Context triple: [Bernard Ebbers, employer, WorldCom]
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A.
WorldCom, Inc.
chosen
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.
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B.
WorldCom accounting scandal
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.
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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.
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D.
Qwest Communications International
Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
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E.
United States v. Bernard J. Ebbers
United States v. Bernard J. Ebbers was the federal criminal case in which former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers was prosecuted and convicted for orchestrating one of the largest accounting frauds in U.S. history.
- 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_69cfeb83e8988190bf29baa1aff11ac0 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:08 p.m.