Triple

T5731510
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WorldCom accounting scandal E126393 entity
Predicate keyExecutive P256 FINISHED
Object Scott Sullivan
Scott Sullivan is the former WorldCom chief financial officer who became a central figure in one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in U.S. corporate history.
 E539476 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: Scott Sullivan | Statement: [WorldCom accounting scandal, keyExecutive, Scott Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scott Sullivan
Context triple: [WorldCom accounting scandal, keyExecutive, Scott Sullivan]
  • A. David Sullivan
    David Sullivan is a British businessman and former pornography and media magnate best known as the co-owner and long-serving chairman of Premier League football club West Ham United.
  • B. Dan Sullivan
    Dan Sullivan is a Republican U.S. Senator from Alaska, known for his work on national security, energy policy, and Arctic issues.
  • C. Mike Sullivan
    Mike Sullivan is an American professional ice hockey coach best known for leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to multiple Stanley Cup championships.
  • D. Steve Sullivan
    Steve Sullivan is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player best known for his long NHL career as a skilled, undersized scoring forward.
  • E. Timothy Sullivan
    Timothy Sullivan is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, judges, and academics, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
  • 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: Scott Sullivan
Triple: [WorldCom accounting scandal, keyExecutive, Scott Sullivan]
Generated description
Scott Sullivan is the former WorldCom chief financial officer who became a central figure in one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in U.S. corporate history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scott Sullivan
Target entity description: Scott Sullivan is the former WorldCom chief financial officer who became a central figure in one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in U.S. corporate history.
  • A. David Sullivan
    David Sullivan is a British businessman and former pornography and media magnate best known as the co-owner and long-serving chairman of Premier League football club West Ham United.
  • B. Dan Sullivan
    Dan Sullivan is a Republican U.S. Senator from Alaska, known for his work on national security, energy policy, and Arctic issues.
  • C. Mike Sullivan
    Mike Sullivan is an American professional ice hockey coach best known for leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to multiple Stanley Cup championships.
  • D. Steve Sullivan
    Steve Sullivan is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player best known for his long NHL career as a skilled, undersized scoring forward.
  • E. Timothy Sullivan
    Timothy Sullivan is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, judges, and academics, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
  • 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_69c0083082288190b7478cead6b5430a completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02532fd308190a7434dd42a55e9ac completed March 22, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a906e008190bd2b9a3481733f14 completed March 22, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05cabceac819095c4a114220efb1a completed March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05d30463481909876ca02516d31cc completed March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:47 p.m.