Triple
T18905955
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco |
E462462
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ted Forstmann |
—
|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Ted Forstmann | Statement: [Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, notableCharacter, Ted Forstmann]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Forstmann Context triple: [Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, notableCharacter, Ted Forstmann]
-
A.
Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith is a Canadian composer best known for his film and television scores.
-
B.
Morris Levy
Morris Levy was an influential and controversial American music industry executive and record label owner known for his role in the rise of rock and roll and for his alleged ties to organized crime.
-
C.
Bernie Brillstein
Bernie Brillstein was a prominent American talent manager and television and film producer known for guiding the careers of major comedians and helping develop influential shows like Saturday Night Live.
-
D.
Joe Masteroff
Joe Masteroff was an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the book for the musical "Cabaret."
-
E.
Bob Perelman
Bob Perelman is an American poet and critic associated with the Language poetry movement, known for his experimental style and influential essays on contemporary poetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Forstmann Target entity description: Ted Forstmann was a prominent American financier and co-founder of the private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company, known for his influential role in the leveraged buyout boom of the 1980s and his outspoken criticism of excessive debt in corporate takeovers.
-
A.
Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith is a Canadian composer best known for his film and television scores.
-
B.
Morris Levy
Morris Levy was an influential and controversial American music industry executive and record label owner known for his role in the rise of rock and roll and for his alleged ties to organized crime.
-
C.
Bernie Brillstein
Bernie Brillstein was a prominent American talent manager and television and film producer known for guiding the careers of major comedians and helping develop influential shows like Saturday Night Live.
-
D.
Joe Masteroff
Joe Masteroff was an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the book for the musical "Cabaret."
-
E.
Bob Perelman
Bob Perelman is an American poet and critic associated with the Language poetry movement, known for his experimental style and influential essays on contemporary poetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8dcfd05bc819088903cca13cc2846 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5c52cc9cc8190ac489d36e51693c8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.