Triple
T20733816
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bernie Madoff |
E509638
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bernard Lawrence Madoff |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Bernard Lawrence Madoff | Statement: [Bernie Madoff, fullName, Bernard Lawrence Madoff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Lawrence Madoff Context triple: [Bernie Madoff, fullName, Bernard Lawrence Madoff]
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A.
Bernie Madoff
chosen
Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.
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B.
Andrew Madoff
Andrew Madoff was the younger son of infamous financier Bernie Madoff, known for his involvement in his father's investment firm and his public efforts to distance himself from the Ponzi scheme scandal.
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C.
Mark Madoff
Mark Madoff was the elder son of infamous financier Bernie Madoff, whose life and tragic death drew widespread attention in the aftermath of his father's massive Ponzi scheme.
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D.
Ruth Madoff
Ruth Madoff is the wife of infamous financier and Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, known for her controversial role and public scrutiny following the exposure of his massive financial fraud.
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E.
Harry Markopolos
Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c1ef3040819085c8056e75571104 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:31 p.m.