Triple
T18906093
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forstmann Little & Co. |
E462465
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s |
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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: Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s | Statement: [Forstmann Little & Co., associatedWith, Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s Context triple: [Forstmann Little & Co., associatedWith, Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s]
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A.
Long-Term Capital Management
Long-Term Capital Management was a highly leveraged hedge fund founded in the 1990s that became infamous for its near-collapse in 1998, which threatened global financial stability and led to a major Federal Reserve–brokered bailout.
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B.
savings and loan crisis of the 1980s
The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s was a major U.S. financial disaster in which hundreds of savings and loan institutions failed due to risky lending, deregulation, and fraud, leading to massive taxpayer-funded bailouts and significant reforms of the financial sector.
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C.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" is a bestselling non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s, illustrating the excesses and power struggles of Wall Street during that era.
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D.
Reaganomics
Reaganomics is the conservative, supply-side economic program of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, emphasizing tax cuts, deregulation, reduced social spending, and tight monetary policy to curb inflation and stimulate growth.
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E.
Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America’s Leading Corporations
Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America’s Leading Corporations is a landmark book by investment banker Bruce Wasserstein that chronicles the rise of modern mergers and acquisitions and their impact on corporate America.
- 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: Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s Target entity description: The Wall Street buyout wave of the 1980s was a period marked by a surge in leveraged buyouts and corporate takeovers driven by private equity firms and junk bond financing, reshaping American corporate ownership and finance.
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A.
Long-Term Capital Management
Long-Term Capital Management was a highly leveraged hedge fund founded in the 1990s that became infamous for its near-collapse in 1998, which threatened global financial stability and led to a major Federal Reserve–brokered bailout.
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B.
savings and loan crisis of the 1980s
The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s was a major U.S. financial disaster in which hundreds of savings and loan institutions failed due to risky lending, deregulation, and fraud, leading to massive taxpayer-funded bailouts and significant reforms of the financial sector.
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C.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
chosen
"Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" is a bestselling non-fiction book that chronicles the dramatic leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco in the late 1980s, illustrating the excesses and power struggles of Wall Street during that era.
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D.
Reaganomics
Reaganomics is the conservative, supply-side economic program of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, emphasizing tax cuts, deregulation, reduced social spending, and tight monetary policy to curb inflation and stimulate growth.
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E.
Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America’s Leading Corporations
Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America’s Leading Corporations is a landmark book by investment banker Bruce Wasserstein that chronicles the rise of modern mergers and acquisitions and their impact on corporate America.
- F. None of above.
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.