Triple
T20859203
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arthur Andersen |
E513569
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Big Five accounting firms |
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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: Big Five accounting firms | Statement: [Arthur Andersen, partOf, Big Five accounting firms]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Five accounting firms Context triple: [Arthur Andersen, partOf, Big Five accounting firms]
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A.
Big Eight accounting firms
chosen
The Big Eight accounting firms were the dominant group of large international professional services networks that led the global audit and accounting industry before a series of mergers reduced them to today’s Big Four.
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B.
Big Four auditors
The Big Four auditors are the four largest international accounting and professional services firms that dominate the global audit market for large public companies.
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C.
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is a global professional services firm, known as one of the "Big Four" accounting organizations, providing audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services to clients worldwide.
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D.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is one of the world’s largest professional services networks, providing audit, tax, and consulting services to clients across a wide range of industries.
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E.
KPMG
KPMG is one of the world’s largest professional services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory services to clients across a wide range of industries.
- 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_69e0b4f5b01081909452f654d2fc3f50 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c3aabef4819098f0fd24dcc27dbd |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m.