Triple
T1937558
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MCI Inc. |
E41476
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bernard Ebbers
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.
|
E216126
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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 | Statement: [MCI Inc., keyPerson, Bernard Ebbers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Ebbers Context triple: [MCI Inc., keyPerson, Bernard Ebbers]
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A.
Kenneth Lay
Kenneth Lay was the longtime chairman and CEO of Enron, widely known for his central role in the massive Enron corporate fraud and accounting scandal of the early 2000s.
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B.
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.
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C.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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D.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
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E.
Edward Lampert
Edward Lampert is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager best known for orchestrating the merger of Sears and Kmart and serving as the longtime chairman of Sears Holdings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Bernard Ebbers Triple: [MCI Inc., keyPerson, Bernard Ebbers]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Ebbers Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Kenneth Lay
Kenneth Lay was the longtime chairman and CEO of Enron, widely known for his central role in the massive Enron corporate fraud and accounting scandal of the early 2000s.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
-
D.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
-
E.
Edward Lampert
Edward Lampert is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager best known for orchestrating the merger of Sears and Kmart and serving as the longtime chairman of Sears Holdings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a88649b24c819080047f26b6db2ded |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb2c752fc81909baf38ff1cdeb18c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adf3f6285c8190925af156f49cf9a2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adf4aea46481908b5da7c4251dd867 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adf52b63c481908fcb9db4c40875b4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.